TOP STORY Lamborn challenger Dave Williams sues to add 'Let's Go Brandon' to his name on primary ballot

Gazette ^ | April 18, 2022 | Ernest Luning

[DoodleBob]

Republican congressional candidate Dave Williams wants voters in Colorado's upcoming primary election to know how he feels about President Joe Biden when they see his name on the ballot.

On Monday, the state lawmaker from Colorado Springs, one of three Republicans challenging U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn in the June primary, filed a lawsuit to force the state's top election official to include a phrase popular among Biden critics, along with his name on the primary ballot, claiming that he's widely known as Dave "Let's Go Brandon" Williams.

Some of the Democratic president's most vocal detractors have adopted the phrase as code for "F--- Joe Biden." It quickly became a rallying cry among conservatives last fall when a TV reporter misunderstood what an anti-Biden crowd was chanting after a NASCAR race, telling winning driver Brandon Brown that they were cheering him on by saying, "Let's go Brandon."

Williams told Colorado Politics he decided to sue after Democratic Secretary of State Jena Griswold rejected his request to include what he argues is his nickname on the ballot.

According to the lawsuit filed in Denver District Court, Griswold refused to print the phrase on the ballot, saying it is a slogan, not a nickname, even though Griswold decided last year that a school board candidate in Larimer County could appear on the ballot as Blake "No Mandates" Law.

[DoodleBob]

It quickly became a rallying cry among conservatives anyone sick of being lied to last fall when a TV reporter misunderstood undoubtedly heard what an anti-Biden crowd a crowd of normal Americans was chanting after a NASCAR race, and was likely told by her producer to cover for the Ruling Class by telling winning driver Brandon Brown that they were cheering him on by saying, "Let's go Brandon."

[mikey_hates_everything]

"Griswold refused to print the phrase on the ballot, saying it is a slogan, not a nickname"

It's his pronoun.

[Zack Attack]

It’s his pronoun.

Exactly. And sue any teacher who refuses to call you by your pronoun of choice!

[KarlInOhio]

claiming that he's widely known as Dave "Let's Go Brandon" Williams.

I doubt it's used by anyone but his wife, and she sighs and rolls her eyes when he insists she uses it

[Robert DeLong]

Yeah, apparently Ernest never learned the truth, that they were definitely not shouting “Let’s Go Biden”, they were shouting the actual chant of “F Joe Biden”.

[MileHi]

Don’t know if this is helpful, but Lamborn needs to spend more time with his family.