AP reports Southwest pilot's 'Let's Go Brandon' signoff prompted 'audible gasps' from some passengers

Doug P. | 2:59 PM on October 30, 2021

“Let’s Go Brandon” is all the rage across the country except perhaps in the bluest of blue areas. The Associated Press has a story explaining how it came about:

From the House floor to a Southwest Airlines flight, President Biden's critics have embraced the phrase “Let’s Go Brandon.” The phrase took off after a reporter at a NASCAR race mistook a crude anti-Biden chant as cheering for driver Brandon Brown. https://t.co/ToCAm75IrS

— The Associated Press (@AP) October 30, 2021

The story includes this detail:

"On Friday morning on a Southwest flight from Houston to Albuquerque, the pilot signed off his greeting over the public address system with the phrase, to audible gasps from some passengers." https://t.co/0KlzkTWSch

— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) October 30, 2021

The report has caused some triggering from blue checks and others:

On a ⁦Southwest flight from Houston to Albuquerque, the pilot signed off over the public address system with the phrase “Let’s go, Brandon” (GOP code for “Fuck Joe Biden”) to audible gasps from some passengers.

Care to comment, ⁦@SouthwestAir⁩? https://t.co/ZgfHwZHmVe

— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) October 30, 2021

Until and unless @SouthwestAir fires its #LetsGoBrandon pilot I will never fly on that airline… https://t.co/i5RUDlQMzM

— Andy Ostroy (@AndyOstroy) October 30, 2021

Vulgarity stand-in from ⁦@SouthwestAir⁩ cockpit: “On Friday morning on a Southwest flight from Houston to Albuquerque, the pilot signed off his greeting over the public address system with the phrase, to audible gasps from some passengers.” https://t.co/fYgDsCFGcT

— Cathleen Decker (@cathleendecker) October 30, 2021