Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

The extraordinary power of ‘Let’s Go Brandon’
American Thinker ^ | Andrea Widberg

Posted on 10/27/2021 3:22:00 AM PDT by RoosterRedux

I never wear clothes with logos on them. However, when I saw that I could buy a “Let’s Go Brandon” t-shirt for only $20, I couldn’t resist. Today, when I went to my local outlet mall and then to Costco, I wore that shirt. I live in the Southeast, in an area with a sizeable Black population and a lot of Democrats. Still, there are conservatives here so I expected some recognition for the shirt. What I didn’t expect was the happiness with which my shirt would be greeted.

At the outlet mall, a young Black woman, maybe in her late 20s, came hurrying up to me. “I love your shirt,” she said. “Where did you get it?” I explained that I’d bought it online. We agreed that its subtlety made it especially appealing. From there, the brief conversation drifted to Ben Shapiro (she’s a big fan, while I’m more of a Matt Walsh and Michael Knowles person) and ended with fond farewells on both our parts.

My next stop was Costco, where the shirt again elicited happy praise, although this time from White people only. A young woman with a small child in her cart told me that she loved my shirt. Two grizzled older men liked it too. When I checked out, the clerk said, “I love your shirt.” She also told me that the gas station she passes on the way to work increased the price of gas by ten cents overnight.

The whole experience was so uplifting that I’m planning to make the shirt my standard garb for shopping. The great thing about it is that it’s not “in your face.”

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: kellistavast; letsgobrandon; nbcreporter
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-67 next last
To: xp38

“She may or may not have said it on instruction from her director”

I always assumed she was getting orders in her earpiece from her producer.


21 posted on 10/27/2021 4:06:46 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (When government fears the people, there is liberty. Don't forget his And cohort)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: srmanuel
Animal House

I think that's Animal Farm.

22 posted on 10/27/2021 4:10:42 AM PDT by Bearshouse (Malo periculosam, libertatem quam quietam servitutem. *Thomas Jefferson)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 18 | View Replies]

To: RoosterRedux

“Willie and Camel Toe” tshirts would be subtle but also NOT subtle.


23 posted on 10/27/2021 4:10:44 AM PDT by BiglyCommentary
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: navymom1

“I keep wondering if the reporter who helped coin this phrase is still kicking herself.”

Yeah... where’s a good back pocket copywrite lawyer when you need one?


24 posted on 10/27/2021 4:11:21 AM PDT by Clutch Martin (The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: RoosterRedux

I want to see the signs and hear the chants on ESPN’s college gameday.


25 posted on 10/27/2021 4:13:17 AM PDT by Nifty
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Bearshouse

Forget it. He’s on a roll.


26 posted on 10/27/2021 4:14:05 AM PDT by Freedumb
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 22 | View Replies]

To: Bearshouse

You’re absolutely right I routinely make typing errors


27 posted on 10/27/2021 4:18:46 AM PDT by srmanuel (`)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 22 | View Replies]

To: srmanuel
I have a tee with a big American flag on the front, and the words "If you're offended, I'll help you pack"

I get compliments on it every time I wear it out in public

28 posted on 10/27/2021 4:20:14 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 18 | View Replies]

To: srmanuel

I do it all the time. I blame it on my head getting ahead of my fingers.


29 posted on 10/27/2021 4:21:30 AM PDT by Bearshouse (Malo periculosam, libertatem quam quietam servitutem. *Thomas Jefferson)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 27 | View Replies]

To: RoosterRedux; All

Only problem with a lot of these shirts is, they’re made in China! I’ve been trying to find a Gadsden flag license plate for the front of my car, can’t find one not made in China...hell they’re the ones treading on us!


30 posted on 10/27/2021 4:32:28 AM PDT by notdownwidems (Washington D.C. has become the enemy of free people everywhere!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: notdownwidems
I bought mine this weekend from a vendor at local festival who was printing them on his mobile press as quickly as he could. (The tshirt itself was made in Nicaragua, but the printing was pure American entrepreneurialism.)

The guy's booth was packed with smiling shoppers, holding out their money.

31 posted on 10/27/2021 4:50:16 AM PDT by NoLongerTrappedInNY
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 30 | View Replies]

To: where's_the_Outrage?

Imported = Made in China.


32 posted on 10/27/2021 5:00:30 AM PDT by Scarpetta (Trump won...by a lot. )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: srmanuel

Blame spellcheck!


33 posted on 10/27/2021 5:15:04 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 27 | View Replies]

To: srmanuel

>>Wore my new T-Shirt “Let’s Go Brandon” yesterday.....it’s my own form of passive aggression....

which will accomplish nothing - ‘lets go brandon’ is exactly what the democrats want, easily dismissed, nobody except insiders know what it means, and doesn’t make any point or political statement except to the people who already know what it means, and already have an opinion.

Good job playing right into the democrats hand.


34 posted on 10/27/2021 5:23:53 AM PDT by qwerty1234
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: qwerty1234

Who pissed in your cornflakes this morning ???

Mad and pissed off is no way to live your life, at least for me it isn’t....it’s what I do to make a very small political statement, so what....it makes me feel good about doing it...

Besides bitching and complaining what is your solution...


35 posted on 10/27/2021 5:29:47 AM PDT by srmanuel (`)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 34 | View Replies]

To: RoosterRedux

Same here. Got a Let’s Go Brandon sweatshirt online, and it is greeted with joy everywhere I go.

EVERYONE should be wearing an item of clothing with Let’s Go Brandon. It is a happy experience, and it lets us know our numbers are BIG.

And it triggers our overlords and their apparatchiks.


36 posted on 10/27/2021 5:37:00 AM PDT by Gratia
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: qwerty1234

Re #34: Maybe the stupidest comment ever made at FR.


37 posted on 10/27/2021 5:40:43 AM PDT by Gratia
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 34 | View Replies]

To: srmanuel

>>Besides bitching and complaining what is your solution...

Congrats, people like you changed thousands of people, at many locations who used to cheer ‘f*ck joe biden’ - which is unmistakable in what it means, and now they cheer ‘lets go brandon’ which to the average person *means nothing* and accomplishes nothing....the Democrats couldn’t have planned it better themselves.


38 posted on 10/27/2021 5:50:07 AM PDT by qwerty1234
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 35 | View Replies]

To: srmanuel

>>.it’s what I do to make a very small political statement,

Problem is, its NOT a political statement - its an inside joke.

Stand up and say ‘F*ck joe biden’ if you want to make a political statement.

The democrats are laughing at this ‘Lets Go Brandon’ foolishness, guaranteed.


39 posted on 10/27/2021 5:52:11 AM PDT by qwerty1234
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 35 | View Replies]

To: srmanuel

>>Who pissed in your cornflakes this morning ???

Want to be a coward, be a coward, thats your choice.

I will continue to proudly fly my ‘Fuck Joe Biden’ flag.

Everyone knows how where I stand when they see that flag; nobody knows what ‘Lets Go Brandon’ means except a few insiders and political junkies - all of who *already* know how they are going to vote next time around - on both sides. You have been played for a fool. You can pretend you are making a political statement with your ‘Lets Go Brandon’ T-shirt. Democrats are smirking at the stupidity of how they cleverly managed to stop a wave of ‘F*ck Joe Biden’ chants spontaneously breaking out around the country and replace it with....what exactly?


40 posted on 10/27/2021 5:58:48 AM PDT by qwerty1234
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 35 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-67 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson