White House press secretary Jen Psaki suggested Friday that President Joe Biden is unfazed by the 'Let's Go Brandon' chants, signs and merchandise that are supposed to be a stand-in for 'f**k Joe Biden.'
'I don't think he spends much time focused on it or thinking about it,' she said at the briefing, after a number of prominent Republicans, including former President Donald Trump, have embraced the phrase.
Psaki added, 'Well, it takes two to move toward a more civil engagement and discourse in this country.'
'And the president's going to continue to operate, as you said, from the promise he made early on, which is that he wants to govern for all Americans,' Psaki stated.
During the 2020 campaign, Biden called for an end of the 'uncivil war' between Republicans and Democrats.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki (left) said Friday that President Joe Biden (right) doesn't spend 'much time' thinking about the 'Let's Go Brandon' chants, signs and merchandise. The phrase has become a stand-in for 'f**k Joe Biden'
Fans put up a 'Let's go Brandon' sign at a college football game between Boston College and Syracuse in Syracuse in late October. The phrase has been embraced by those on the right critical of the Democratic president
Psaki pointed to the passage of the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, which received Republican support in both chambers, as an example of Biden getting things done for Americans of all political persuasions.
'That's going to help expand broadband to everyone no matter your political party, no matter whether you voted for him or not,' she noted. 'That's going to replace lead pipes, make sure kids have clean drinking water, whether you're a Democrat or a Republican or not political at all.'
'That's how he's going to govern,' she continued.
'And certainly we're hopeful we'll have partners to move toward more civil discourse with in the future,' the press secretary added.
But prominent members of the GOP have embraced the motto.
For example, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis called the Biden White House the 'Brandon administration' during a press conference last week.
'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,' DeSantis said.
Cheers and applause broke out before DeSantis finished speaking, prompting him to trail off and laugh as chants of 'Let's go Brandon' filled the room.
Instead of toning down the crowd's cheer, which is more commonly seen at sporting events than small-scale political remarks, DeSantis quietly
