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Topic	Brandon Just Wants to Drive His Racecar
hockeybub89 12/20/21 6:28:28 PM #3:	On Oct. 2, at the Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Ala., he experienced the greatest thrill in his life when he raced to his first-ever NASCAR victory after 113 Xfinity Series contests. His face covered in sweat, an ecstatic Mr. Brown stood before an NBC Sports Network camera for the post-race interview, shouting, This is a dream come true! Wow! Talladega! Dad, we did it! --- With the chant, a catchphrase was born. Soon afterward, Lets Go, Brandon flags and yard signs popped up across the country. A Florida congressman intoned Lets Go, Brandon on the House floor, and Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida referred to the Brandon administration. --- He thought it was kind of funny, and a couple of days later he tweeted the phrase, followed by, not political just feelin myself. He tried another line later that week: To all the other Brandons out there, Youre welcome! Lets go us. But the hot slogan of the American right doesnt turn out to be something you can easily shake off. Now Mr. Brown finds himself facing a threat to his vocation: Hes an athlete on the cusp of breaking out in a sport that relies on corporate sponsors, a group that likes nothing less than the whiff of divisive partisanship. Our whole navigation is, you want to appeal to everybody, because, all in all, everybody is a consumer, Mr. Brown said after our drive. I have zero desire to be involved in politics.* He had reached out to me, through a spokesman for his team, because he realized that waiting out the storm wasnt working. But as his name took on a new meaning, his silence on the matter seemed to be a political statement. And for most athletes these days and many others politics can be hazardous to your ability to make money. --- This whole Talladega race win was supposed to be a celebration, and then it was supposed to be something that I was able to use to move up, and I really wanted to capitalize on that, Mr. Brown said. But with this meme going viral, it was more of, I had to stay more silent, because everybody wanted it to go on to the political side. Im about the racing side. --- Mr. Brown looked away from me, over the track, trying to make sure he spoke carefully. He is a Republican, he said. He makes sure to vote on Election Day, and he would like to encourage others to vote, as well, but he would rather not say who he voted for. And did he think we should, well, cuss at Joe Biden? The issue is, I dont know enough about politics to really form a true opinion, so I really focus on racing, he said. And hes written an op-ed piece that will appear this Monday in Newsweek in which he seeks to explain himself and described his fear of being canceled by association. He also suggests a new slogan: Lets Go, America! --- http://card.psnprofiles.com/1/NIR_Hockey.png http://www.last.fm/user/hockeybub89/ <cite>hockeybub89 posted [p:961084183] in Brandon Ju... [t:79819237]...</cite> <quote>On Oct. 2, at the Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Ala., he experienced the greatest thrill in his life when he raced to his first-ever NASCAR victory after 113 Xfinity Series contests. His face covered in sweat, an ecstatic Mr. Brown stood before an NBC Sports Network camera for the post-race interview, shouting, This is a dream come true! Wow! Talladega! Dad, we did it! --- With the chant, a catchphrase was born. Soon afterward, Lets Go, Brandon flags and yard signs popped up across the country. A Florida congressman intoned Lets Go, Brandon on the House floor, and Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida referred to the Brandon administration. --- He thought it was kind of funny, and a couple of days later he tweeted the phrase, followed by, *not political just feelin myself. He tried another line later that week: To all the other Brandons out there, Youre welcome! Lets go us. But the hot slogan of the American right doesnt turn out to be something you can easily shake off. Now Mr. Brown finds himself facing a threat to his vocation: Hes an athlete on the cusp of breaking out in a sport that relies on corporate sponsors, a group that likes nothing less than the whiff of divisive partisanship. Our whole navigation is, you want to appeal to everybody, because, all in all, everybody is a consumer, Mr. Brown said after our drive. I have zero desire to be involved in politics. He had reached out to me, through a spokesman for his team, because he realized that waiting out the storm wasnt working. But as his name took on a new meaning, his silence on the matter seemed to be a political statement. And for most athletes these days and many others politics can be hazardous to your ability to make money. --- This whole Talladega race win was supposed to be a celebration, and then it was supposed to be something that I was able to use to move up, and I really wanted to capitalize on that, Mr. Brown said. But with this meme going viral, it was more of, I had to stay more silent, because everybody wanted it to go on to the political side. Im about the racing side. --- Mr. Brown looked away from me, over the track, trying to make sure he spoke carefully. He is a Republican, he said. He makes sure to vote on Election Day, and he would like to encourage others to vote, as well, but he would rather not say who he voted for. And did he think we should, well, cuss at Joe Biden? The issue is, I dont know enough about politics to really form a true opinion, so I really focus on racing, he said. And hes written an op-ed piece that will appear this Monday in Newsweek in which he seeks to explain himself and described his fear of being canceled by association. He also suggests a new slogan: Lets Go, America! --- http://card.psnprofiles.com/1/NIR_Hockey.png http://www.last.fm/user/hockeybub89/</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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