A Southwest Airlines pilot reportedly told passengers Friday over the plane’s intercom: “Let’s go Brandon” ― a code phrase that’s being used to mean “f**k Joe Biden.”
The phrase was announced to some audible gasps from passengers on the morning flight from Houston to Albuquerque, New Mexico, according to Associated Press reporter Colleen Long who said she was on the flight and heard the announcement.
Long said she unsuccessfully attempted to get a comment from the pilot while still on the plane. The airline in a later statement told her that “behavior from any individual that is divisive or offensive is not condoned.”
The phrase has become a PG way of insulting Biden after a NASCAR crowd was heard shouting “Fuck Joe Biden” at an event in early October. A reporter at the scene mistook the crowd as saying “Let’s go, Brandon,” in support of driver Brandon Brown after he won his first NASCAR Xfinity Series race.
Friday’s incident may not have been the first time a pilot made such a declaration on a flight, as a video posted to TikTok on Oct. 11 claims to have captured another Southwest Airlines pilot telling passengers “Let’s go Brandon” while welcoming them aboard.