![]() ![]() ![]() How are you supposed to answer someone who says such a thing?” Southwest issued a statement saying, “The airline apologizes for this event – an action that was not reflective of the Southwest hospitality for which we are known and strive to provide each day on every flight.”Īfter I explain the whole “Let’s go, Brandon” thing the woman who’d been walking her dog she says, “That seems incredibly childish. Perhaps because, among other things, they are uncomfortable having someone so juvenile at the helm of a passenger airliner. While others are calling for the pilot to be fired. In this case, there have been calls by passengers and others who found the wayward Southwest pilot’s “Let’s go, Brandon” remark offensive to boycott Southwest Airlines. Of course, we all learned as children that infantile behavior tends to draw some type of backlash. Others send emails, Twitter responses and voicemails to, for example, their local newspaper columnist that end with “Let’s go, Brandon.”Īs if he will be impressed by their … what? Wit? Acuity? Savoir-faire? How to answer someone who says such a thing There are adults who channel their 8-year-old selves by bringing signs saying, “Let’s go, Brandon” to public events, as well as some who scribble the message in paint on the rear window of their automobiles. ![]() Or about how the whole thing began when a race car driver named Brandon Brown won a NASCAR race and, while being interviewed on TV, the crowd started chanting, “F-k Joe Biden.” The flummoxed interviewer suggested they might be saying, “Let’s go, Brandon.”Īfter that, the phrase became a way for grown-up 8-year-olds to say the f-word about Biden without actually using it.Įlected Republican politicians in Washington, D.C., started using the phrase.ĭonald Trump began selling “Let’s go Brandon” T-shirts through his Save America PAC for $45, and grown-up 8-year-olds in America actually purchased them. For instance, the woman had not heard about the Southwest Airlines pilot who recently signed off on a flight, telling passengers, “Let’s go, Brandon.” ![]()
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