Posted on 12/09/2021 6:03:04 AM PST by Red Badger
Aboat with "Let's go, Brandon" decor won a lighted boat parade contest Saturday in Yorktown, Va, only to be disqualified hours later.
The non-profit parade sponsor, the Yorktown Foundation, disqualified the vessel and retracted its "Best in Show" award hours after the event, citing the boat's "overt political message," the Virginian-Pilot reported.
The bright 50-foot boat featured American flags, a Christmas Tree and a sign with "FJB" and "Let's go Brandon" written in lights.
"Let's go, Brandon" is a euphemism that rose to fame in September after an NBC reporter incorrectly described a NASCAR stadium chant of "F*** Joe Biden" as "Let's go, Brandon."
Some at the parade began cheering with the boat, while others were not so enthused.
The rules for the Yorktown Lighted Boat Parade will look a little different next year following the "Let's go, Brandon" controversy.https://t.co/tomTCkcfOA— The Virginian-Pilot (@virginianpilot) December 8, 2021 Walt Akers, Yorktown Foundation board member, said, "We profoundly apologize for what happened, and we deeply regret that this happened at all… we’re going to take actions to make sure it doesn't happen in the future."
The Yorktown Lighted Boat Parade on Wednesday posted on Facebook, "an incident occurred that we regret." They described the boat as "an overt political statement that was not in keeping with the intended spirit of the holiday season."
Parade judge Chad Green defended his decision to vote for the boat. “I did my job, I walked away, and then suddenly there’s all kinds of controversy,” he said. “But I feel that my judging was fair and open and honest.”
Another judge, Sheriff J.D. Diggs, also stood by his vote for the political vessel. "If there had been a boat out there with some kind of content that I personally didn’t like, do I penalize that person because they were exercising their free speech, and I just didn’t like it? The answer is no,” Diggs said.
One unnamed judge apparently voted for the boat without realizing what the phrase meant.
The phrase has been promoted across the nation. A Florida man decorated the side of his house with three-story-tall "Let's Go Brandon" banners. Firearms manufacturers are selling gun parts with the phrase. A rap of the euphemism made it to the top of iTunes charts in October.
What is that?
Oops!
An Amish buggy........................
That’s what I thought too but it’s got electric lights on it....
Required by law.......................
I was talking to a friend who lives on the north side of Detroit. He had some of the “I did that” Biden stickers he keeps in his car. He stuck one on the gas pump at the local Costco station last week. He received a call the next day from the store manager. They had reviewed the camera footage from the previous day and discovered that he was the person that had put the sticker on their pump. They asked him to not do that in the future.
He is an 80 something year old man. I told him I would have said, don’t worry about it, I will never come to your station again.
Pretty sums up 2021 in a nutshell. Suddenly protests against the President are bad
Excellent
Awwwww...some poor, stupid, communist libs got their little feelings hurt...that’s such a shame!!!! We’re just gonna have to pull the award to make em feel better. It’s only fair. Here’s a tissue for your tears. /s
The communist libs are like the preverbal drop of raw sewage into a gallon of pure water. They screw up every single thing they touch.
FJB. Let’s Go Brandon!!!!
It looks like a brougham or a dormouse carriage.
” He received a call the next day from the store manager. They had reviewed the camera footage from the previous day and discovered that he was the person that had put the sticker on their pump. They asked him to not do that in the future.”
FWIW, the cameras usually cannot see the face of the gas pump on the last row of pumps facing out.
It’s an Amish SUV..........................
I want to see pics of the winning entry.
But a boat with F*** Donald Trump would have been OK, right?
Can’t find any................... weird?..............
1st prize! of course......................
Go to the link within the story for photo
http://www.pilotonline.com/news/dp-nw-york-boat-parade-20211207-zxfmnbckkrby3otnaset4zn2ry-story.html
The lights are battery-powered and required by law along with the reflective triangle placard. Been that way as long as I can remember.
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