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Chants of 'Let's go Brandon' broke out during a press conference held by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis after he mocked President Joe Biden's White House as the 'Brandon administration' on Wednesday.
The anti-Biden phrase originated in far-right internet circles and quickly rose to the mouths of mainstream Republican figures.
Republicans nationwide were in a buoyant mood after GOP businessman Glenn Youngkin scored an upset victory in the Virginia gubernatorial election over the state's popular former Democratic Governor Terry McAuliffe on Tuesday night.
DeSantis was holding a press conference at the Hilton Palm Beach Airport to push for new election security laws when he invoked the vulgar phrase.
'If you look at what's going on with some of the big corporations with their woke agenda, when you look at the Biden - the Brandon administration - in terms of what they're doing,' the Florida Republican said.
Cheers and applause broke out before DeSantis finished speaking, prompting him to trail off and laughs as chants of 'Let's go Brandon' filled the room.
It's supposed to be a stand-in for 'F**k Joe Biden.'
DeSantis, a potential 2024 presidential candidate, became the latest high profile Republican to invoke the right-wing anti-Joe Biden meme
Instead of toning down the crowd's cheer, which is more commonly seen at sporting events than small-scale political remarks, DeSantis quietly nodded and allowed the crowd of mostly middle-aged and older adults grow louder with
