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1. Shard Calculation

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Calculated Shard: 51 (from laksa025)

2. Crawled Status Check

Query:

curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa051.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical, ml_categories_json AS ml_categories_json, ml_types_json AS ml_types_json, ml_intent_types_json AS ml_intent_types_json, meta_language AS meta_language, attrs_author AS attrs_author, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(attrs_publish_time), 0) AS attrs_publish_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(attrs_original_publish_time), 0) AS attrs_original_publish_time, ifNull(attrs_is_republished, 0) AS attrs_is_republished, ifNull(attrs_nr_words, 0) AS attrs_nr_words, ifNull(attrs_boilerpipe_nr_words, 0) AS attrs_boilerpipe_nr_words, ifNull(body_ext_links_number, 0) AS body_ext_links_number, ifNull(body_int_links_number, 0) AS body_int_links_number, ifNull(meta_nofollow, 0) AS meta_nofollow, ifNull(meta_noarchive, 0) AS meta_noarchive, ifNull(props_was_rendered, 0) AS props_was_rendered, ifNull(src_redirect, \'\') AS src_redirect, ifNull(download_time_msec, 0) AS download_time_msec, ifNull(download_ttfb_msec, 0) AS download_ttfb_msec, ifNull(download_size, 0) AS download_size FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/01/politics/lets-go-brandon-joe-biden\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/01/politics/lets-go-brandon-joe-biden\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

Response:

{"found_url":"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/11\/01\/politics\/lets-go-brandon-joe-biden","crawl_time":1775751517,"first_indexed_time":1658402436,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"com,cnn!www,\/2021\/11\/01\/politics\/lets-go-brandon-joe-biden s443","src_root_hash":"2312100192101524051","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"‘Let’s go Brandon,’ explained | CNN Politics","meta_descriptions":["On Friday night, a Southwest Airlines pilot allegedly said “Let’s go Brandon” over the plane intercom, causing a stir on board and prompting an investigation by the airline."],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"Unable to load video\nPlease try again later.\nError occurred while fetching labs\nVideo Ad Feedback\nCongressman wears mask on House floor with not-so-secret message\n02:00\n• Source:\nCNN\nPolitics of the Day\n11 videos\nVideo Ad Feedback\nSen. Raphael Warnock's Easter message: We have a shot at working with God to write 'a new chapter for human possibility'\n17:09\nNow playing\n• Source:\nCNN\nVideo Ad Feedback\nCNN poll shows Democrats hold early advantage in midterms\n00:49\nNow playing\n• Source:\nCNN\nVideo Ad Feedback\nTrump gives an Oval Office primetime address on the war with Iran\n05:04\nNow playing\n• Source:\nCNN\nVideo Ad Feedback\nCongressman wears mask on House floor with not-so-secret message\n02:00\nNow playing\n• Source:\nCNN\nVideo Ad Feedback\nNATO Chief on Trump meeting: Trump 'clearly disappointed' with allies\n10:36\nNow playing\n• Source:\nCNN\nVideo Ad Feedback\nPentagon says US forces ready to resume combat operations if ordered\n00:40\nNow playing\n• Source:\nCNN\nVideo Ad Feedback\nSee Trump’s social media post agreeing to two week ceasefire\n03:20\nNow playing\n• Source:\nCNN\nVideo Ad Feedback\nTrump threatens to jail a journalist over Iran rescue ‘leak’\n01:19\nNow playing\n• Source:\nCNN\nVideo Ad Feedback\nArtemis II shares laugh with Trump\n00:45\nNow playing\n• Source:\nCNN\nVideo Ad Feedback\nAnalysts react to Trump’s social media post on Iran\n05:02\nNow playing\n• Source:\nCNN\nVideo Ad Feedback\nHow the US military rescued the fighter jet crew member who crashed in Iran\n01:08\nNow playing\n• Source:\nCNN\nVideo Ad Feedback\nSen. Raphael Warnock's Easter message: We have a shot at working with God to write 'a new chapter for human possibility'\n17:09\nNow playing\n• Source:\nCNN\nVideo Ad Feedback\nCNN poll shows Democrats hold early advantage in midterms\n00:49\nNow playing\n• Source:\nCNN\nVideo Ad Feedback\nTrump gives an Oval Office primetime address on the war with Iran\n05:04\nNow playing\n• Source:\nCNN\nVideo Ad Feedback\nCongressman wears mask on House floor with not-so-secret message\n02:00\nNow playing\n• Source:\nCNN\nVideo Ad Feedback\nNATO Chief on Trump meeting: Trump 'clearly disappointed' with allies\n10:36\nNow playing\n• Source:\nCNN\nVideo Ad Feedback\nPentagon says US forces ready to resume combat operations if ordered\n00:40\nNow playing\n• Source:\nCNN\nCNN\n — \nOn Friday night, a Southwest Airlines pilot allegedly said “Let’s go Brandon” over the plane intercom, causing a stir on board and prompting an investigation by the airline.\nAs CNN wrote\n:\n“The Associated Press, which had a reporter on board the flight, first reported that a pilot of a Friday flight from Houston to Albuquerque ended his typical greeting to passengers with the phrase “Let’s go Brandon,” which has become right-wing code for ‘F**k Joe Biden.’ The AP report said passengers responded with audible gasps.”\nAd Feedback\nAd Feedback\nIf you follow Donald Trump Jr. or any of the other lesser luminaries in the orbit of former President Donald Trump, you have seen their social media feeds full of these mock “Let’s Go Brandon” cheers of late. Florida Rep. Bill Posey\nended a speech\non the House floor late last month with the phrase. South Carolina Rep. Jeff Duncan\nwore a mask\non the House floor emblazoned with it as well. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has said it’s “one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen.” There’s now a “Let’s Go Brandon” song and a “Let’s Go Brandon” dance.\nSo, how the heck did we get here?\nThe origin of the chant – and it’s not-so-hidden meaning – appears to be a NASCAR race in Alabama in early October. Interviewing the winner – a driver named Brandon Brown – a reporter for NBC Sports referred to chants coming from the crowd.\n“As you can hear the chants from the crowd,” the reporter said to Brown “‘Let’s go Brandon.’”\nExcept that’s not what the crowd was chanting. (You can listen to it yourself\nhere\n.)\nTrumpworld took the misunderstanding from the reporter as evidence of the “fake news” media and its unwillingness to own up to the anti-Biden sentiment in the country. “The clip is surreal,”\nCruz told a Trump-loving podcaster last month\n. “Listening to the NBC reporter say, ‘Look, they’re chanting, “Let’s go Brandon.’” It captures everything about fake news all at once.” (It’s unclear – at least to me – that the reporter willfully misunderstood the chant.)\nAccording to Google Trends, it took roughly a week after the Brandon Brown interview for the phrase to take off – and it has since gone into the internet stratosphere.\nThe rapid rise in popularity of the phrase amounts to a sort of verbal secret handshake, a way for those deeply opposed to Joe Biden’s presidency to identify other members of their tribe. It’s become the PG-rated version of the expletive-laced chant heard at Talladega (and lots of other sporting events) over the past few months.\nAs the\nWashington Times wrote\n:\n“‘Let’s go, Brandon’ has exploded on the right, arming cheeky conservatives with a deceptively innocuous cri de coeur that takes sarcastic swings at President Biden and the mainstream media without running afoul of technology censors.”\nThis – like so many other politically themed memes and internet ephemera (\n“Joe the Plumber,”\nanyone?) – will almost certainly fade as rapidly as it has become ubiquitous.\nBut, for now, “Let’s go Brandon” is having its moment.","attrs_markdown":"Thank You\\!\n\nYour effort and contribution in providing this feedback is much appreciated.\n\nClose\n\nAd Feedback\n\n[Politics](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics)\n\n[Elections 2026](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/election\/2026)\n\n[Trump](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/president-donald-trump-47)\n\n[Facts First](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/fact-check)\n\n[CNN Polls](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/polling)\n\n[Redistricting Tracker](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/state-redistricting-maps-vis\/index.html)\n\n[Epstein Files](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/epstein-files)\n\n[More]()\n\n[Elections 2026](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/election\/2026)   [Trump](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/president-donald-trump-47)   [Facts First](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/fact-check)   [CNN Polls](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/polling)   [Redistricting Tracker](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/state-redistricting-maps-vis\/index.html)   [Epstein Files](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/epstein-files)\n\n[Watch](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/subscription\/all-access)   [Listen](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/audio)\n\nSubscribe\n\nSign in\n\nMy Account\n\n- [Settings](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/account\/settings)\n- [Newsletters](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/newsletters)\n- [Topics you follow](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/follow?iid=fw_var-nav)\n- [Sign out](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/11\/01\/politics\/lets-go-brandon-joe-biden)\n\nYour CNN account Sign in to your CNN account\n***\nSign in\n\nMy Account\n\n- [Settings](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/account\/settings)\n- [Newsletters](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/newsletters)\n- [Topics you follow](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/follow?iid=fw_var-nav)\n- [Sign out](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/11\/01\/politics\/lets-go-brandon-joe-biden)\n\nYour CNN account Sign in to your CNN account\n***\n[Listen](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/audio)   [Watch](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/subscription\/all-access)\n***\nEdition\n\n[US](https:\/\/us.cnn.com\/?hpt=header_edition-picker)\n\n[International](https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/?hpt=header_edition-picker)\n\n[Arabic](https:\/\/arabic.cnn.com\/?hpt=header_edition-picker)\n\n[Español](https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/?hpt=header_edition-picker)\n\nEdition\n\n- [US](https:\/\/us.cnn.com\/?hpt=header_edition-picker)\n- [International](https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/?hpt=header_edition-picker)\n- [Arabic](https:\/\/arabic.cnn.com\/?hpt=header_edition-picker)\n- [Español](https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/?hpt=header_edition-picker)\n***\n[Elections 2026](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/election\/2026)\n\n[Trump](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/president-donald-trump-47)\n\n[Facts First](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/fact-check)\n\n[CNN Polls](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/polling)\n\n[Redistricting Tracker](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/state-redistricting-maps-vis\/index.html)\n\n[Epstein Files](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/epstein-files)\n***\nFollow CNN Politics\n\nDownload the CNN App\n***\n\n- [US](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/us)\n  - 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Florida Rep. Bill Posey [ended a speech](https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?c4983243\/user-clip-posey-lets-brandon) on the House floor late last month with the phrase. South Carolina Rep. Jeff Duncan [wore a mask](https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DuncanforCongress\/posts\/6589201327787396) on the House floor emblazoned with it as well. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has said it’s “one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen.” There’s now a “Let’s Go Brandon” song and a “Let’s Go Brandon” dance.\n\nSo, how the heck did we get here?\n\nThe origin of the chant – and it’s not-so-hidden meaning – appears to be a NASCAR race in Alabama in early October. Interviewing the winner – a driver named Brandon Brown – a reporter for NBC Sports referred to chants coming from the crowd.\n\n“As you can hear the chants from the crowd,” the reporter said to Brown “‘Let’s go Brandon.’”\n\nExcept that’s not what the crowd was chanting. (You can listen to it yourself [here](https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrumpJew2\/status\/1444460915802484737).)\n\nTrumpworld took the misunderstanding from the reporter as evidence of the “fake news” media and its unwillingness to own up to the anti-Biden sentiment in the country. “The clip is surreal,” [Cruz told a Trump-loving podcaster last month](https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2021\/oct\/10\/anti-biden-lets-go-brandon-catchphrase-becomes-all\/). “Listening to the NBC reporter say, ‘Look, they’re chanting, “Let’s go Brandon.’” It captures everything about fake news all at once.” (It’s unclear – at least to me – that the reporter willfully misunderstood the chant.)\n\n[![](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/media\/sites\/cnn\/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) THE POINT -- NOW ON YOUTUBE! In each episode of his weekly YouTube show, Chris Cillizza will delve a little deeper into the surreal world of politics. 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It’s become the PG-rated version of the expletive-laced chant heard at Talladega (and lots of other sporting events) over the past few months.\n\nAs the [Washington Times wrote](https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2021\/oct\/10\/anti-biden-lets-go-brandon-catchphrase-becomes-all\/):\n\n*“‘Let’s go, Brandon’ has exploded on the right, arming cheeky conservatives with a deceptively innocuous cri de coeur that takes sarcastic swings at President Biden and the mainstream media without running afoul of technology censors.”*\n\nThis – like so many other politically themed memes and internet ephemera ([“Joe the Plumber,”](https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PUvwKVvp3-o) anyone?) – will almost certainly fade as rapidly as it has become ubiquitous.\n\nBut, for now, “Let’s go Brandon” is having its moment.\n\nAd Feedback\n\nAd Feedback\n\nAd Feedback\n\nSubscribe\n\nSign in\n\nMy Account\n\n- [Settings](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/account\/settings)\n- [Newsletters](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/newsletters)\n- [Topics you follow](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/follow?iid=fw_var-nav)\n- [Sign out](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/11\/01\/politics\/lets-go-brandon-joe-biden)\n\nYour CNN account Sign in to your CNN account\n***\n[Listen](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/audio)   [Watch](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/watch)\n***\n- [US](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/us)\n  - 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Florida Rep. Bill Posey [ended a speech](https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?c4983243\/user-clip-posey-lets-brandon) on the House floor late last month with the phrase. South Carolina Rep. Jeff Duncan [wore a mask](https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DuncanforCongress\/posts\/6589201327787396) on the House floor emblazoned with it as well. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has said it’s “one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen.” There’s now a “Let’s Go Brandon” song and a “Let’s Go Brandon” dance.\n\nSo, how the heck did we get here?\n\nThe origin of the chant – and it’s not-so-hidden meaning – appears to be a NASCAR race in Alabama in early October. Interviewing the winner – a driver named Brandon Brown – a reporter for NBC Sports referred to chants coming from the crowd.\n\n“As you can hear the chants from the crowd,” the reporter said to Brown “‘Let’s go Brandon.’”\n\nExcept that’s not what the crowd was chanting. (You can listen to it yourself [here](https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrumpJew2\/status\/1444460915802484737).)\n\nTrumpworld took the misunderstanding from the reporter as evidence of the “fake news” media and its unwillingness to own up to the anti-Biden sentiment in the country. “The clip is surreal,” [Cruz told a Trump-loving podcaster last month](https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2021\/oct\/10\/anti-biden-lets-go-brandon-catchphrase-becomes-all\/). “Listening to the NBC reporter say, ‘Look, they’re chanting, “Let’s go Brandon.’” It captures everything about fake news all at once.” (It’s unclear – at least to me – that the reporter willfully misunderstood the chant.)\n\nAccording to Google Trends, it took roughly a week after the Brandon Brown interview for the phrase to take off – and it has since gone into the internet stratosphere.\n\nThe rapid rise in popularity of the phrase amounts to a sort of verbal secret handshake, a way for those deeply opposed to Joe Biden’s presidency to identify other members of their tribe. 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Raphael Warnock's Easter message: We have a shot at working with God to write 'a new chapter for human possibility' 17:09 Now playing • Source: CNN Video Ad Feedback CNN poll shows Democrats hold early advantage in midterms 00:49 Now playing • Source: CNN Video Ad Feedback Trump gives an Oval Office primetime address on the war with Iran 05:04 Now playing • Source: CNN Video Ad Feedback Congressman wears mask on House floor with not-so-secret message 02:00 Now playing • Source: CNN Video Ad Feedback NATO Chief on Trump meeting: Trump 'clearly disappointed' with allies 10:36 Now playing • Source: CNN Video Ad Feedback Pentagon says US forces ready to resume combat operations if ordered 00:40 Now playing • Source: CNN CNN — On Friday night, a Southwest Airlines pilot allegedly said “Let’s go Brandon” over the plane intercom, causing a stir on board and prompting an investigation by the airline. As CNN wrote : “The Associated Press, which had a reporter on board the flight, first reported that a pilot of a Friday flight from Houston to Albuquerque ended his typical greeting to passengers with the phrase “Let’s go Brandon,” which has become right-wing code for ‘F**k Joe Biden.’ The AP report said passengers responded with audible gasps.” Ad Feedback Ad Feedback If you follow Donald Trump Jr. or any of the other lesser luminaries in the orbit of former President Donald Trump, you have seen their social media feeds full of these mock “Let’s Go Brandon” cheers of late. Florida Rep. Bill Posey ended a speech on the House floor late last month with the phrase. South Carolina Rep. Jeff Duncan wore a mask on the House floor emblazoned with it as well. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has said it’s “one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen.” There’s now a “Let’s Go Brandon” song and a “Let’s Go Brandon” dance. So, how the heck did we get here? The origin of the chant – and it’s not-so-hidden meaning – appears to be a NASCAR race in Alabama in early October. Interviewing the winner – a driver named Brandon Brown – a reporter for NBC Sports referred to chants coming from the crowd. “As you can hear the chants from the crowd,” the reporter said to Brown “‘Let’s go Brandon.’” Except that’s not what the crowd was chanting. (You can listen to it yourself here .) Trumpworld took the misunderstanding from the reporter as evidence of the “fake news” media and its unwillingness to own up to the anti-Biden sentiment in the country. “The clip is surreal,” Cruz told a Trump-loving podcaster last month . “Listening to the NBC reporter say, ‘Look, they’re chanting, “Let’s go Brandon.’” It captures everything about fake news all at once.” (It’s unclear – at least to me – that the reporter willfully misunderstood the chant.) According to Google Trends, it took roughly a week after the Brandon Brown interview for the phrase to take off – and it has since gone into the internet stratosphere. The rapid rise in popularity of the phrase amounts to a sort of verbal secret handshake, a way for those deeply opposed to Joe Biden’s presidency to identify other members of their tribe. It’s become the PG-rated version of the expletive-laced chant heard at Talladega (and lots of other sporting events) over the past few months. As the Washington Times wrote : “‘Let’s go, Brandon’ has exploded on the right, arming cheeky conservatives with a deceptively innocuous cri de coeur that takes sarcastic swings at President Biden and the mainstream media without running afoul of technology censors.” This – like so many other politically themed memes and internet ephemera ( “Joe the Plumber,” anyone?) – will almost certainly fade as rapidly as it has become ubiquitous. But, for now, “Let’s go Brandon” is having its moment.

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Error occurred while fetching labs Subtitles - Off Video Ad Feedback Congressman wears mask on House floor with not-so-secret message 02:00 • Source: [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/) Politics of the Day 11 videos ![ebenzer warnock.png](https://www.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) Video Ad Feedback Sen. Raphael Warnock's Easter message: We have a shot at working with God to write 'a new chapter for human possibility' 17:09 Now playing • Source: [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/) ![ARLINGTON, VA - MARCH 03: Voting booths sit empty midway through the day of the Democratic presidential primary elections at the Sleepy Hollow Elementary School polling location on Super Tuesday, March 3, 2020 in Arlington, Virginia. 1,357 Democratic delegates are at stake as voters cast their ballots in 14 states and American Samoa on what is known as Super Tuesday. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)](https://www.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) Video Ad Feedback CNN poll shows Democrats hold early advantage in midterms 00:49 Now playing • Source: [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/) ![image.png](https://www.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) Video Ad Feedback Trump gives an Oval Office primetime address on the war with Iran 05:04 Now playing • Source: [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/) ![Jeff Duncan Let's go Brandon mask vpx](https://www.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) Video Ad Feedback Congressman wears mask on House floor with not-so-secret message 02:00 Now playing • Source: [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/) ![rutte.jpg](https://www.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) Video Ad Feedback NATO Chief on Trump meeting: Trump 'clearly disappointed' with allies 10:36 Now playing • Source: [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/) ![260408\_hegseth presseer 16x9.00\_00\_30\_02.Still001.jpg](https://www.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) Video Ad Feedback Pentagon says US forces ready to resume combat operations if ordered 00:40 Now playing • Source: [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/) ![U.S. President Donald Trump attends a press conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 6, 2026. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque](https://www.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) Video Ad Feedback See Trump’s social media post agreeing to two week ceasefire 03:20 Now playing • Source: [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/) ![WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 06: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on April 06, 2026 in Washington, DC. President Trump spoke about the successful military mission to rescue a weapons systems officer whose F-15E Strike Eagle was shot down in Iran. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)](https://www.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) Video Ad Feedback Trump threatens to jail a journalist over Iran rescue ‘leak’ 01:19 Now playing • Source: [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/) ![118618\_TrumpArtemisIICall digvid.jpg](https://www.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) Video Ad Feedback Artemis II shares laugh with Trump 00:45 Now playing • Source: [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/) ![20260405-gps\_split 3 .jpg](https://www.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) Video Ad Feedback Analysts react to Trump’s social media post on Iran 05:02 Now playing • Source: [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/) ![SciuttoLatest thumb.jpg](https://www.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) Video Ad Feedback How the US military rescued the fighter jet crew member who crashed in Iran 01:08 Now playing • Source: [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/) ![ebenzer warnock.png](https://www.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) Video Ad Feedback Sen. Raphael Warnock's Easter message: We have a shot at working with God to write 'a new chapter for human possibility' 17:09 Now playing • Source: [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/) ![ARLINGTON, VA - MARCH 03: Voting booths sit empty midway through the day of the Democratic presidential primary elections at the Sleepy Hollow Elementary School polling location on Super Tuesday, March 3, 2020 in Arlington, Virginia. 1,357 Democratic delegates are at stake as voters cast their ballots in 14 states and American Samoa on what is known as Super Tuesday. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)](https://www.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) Video Ad Feedback CNN poll shows Democrats hold early advantage in midterms 00:49 Now playing • Source: [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/) ![image.png](https://www.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) Video Ad Feedback Trump gives an Oval Office primetime address on the war with Iran 05:04 Now playing • Source: [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/) ![Jeff Duncan Let's go Brandon mask vpx](https://www.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) Video Ad Feedback Congressman wears mask on House floor with not-so-secret message 02:00 Now playing • Source: [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/) ![rutte.jpg](https://www.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) Video Ad Feedback NATO Chief on Trump meeting: Trump 'clearly disappointed' with allies 10:36 Now playing • Source: [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/) ![260408\_hegseth presseer 16x9.00\_00\_30\_02.Still001.jpg](https://www.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) Video Ad Feedback Pentagon says US forces ready to resume combat operations if ordered 00:40 Now playing • Source: [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/) See more videos CNN — On Friday night, a Southwest Airlines pilot allegedly said “Let’s go Brandon” over the plane intercom, causing a stir on board and prompting an investigation by the airline. [As CNN wrote](https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/31/business/southwest-investigation-pilot/index.html): *“The Associated Press, which had a reporter on board the flight, first reported that a pilot of a Friday flight from Houston to Albuquerque ended his typical greeting to passengers with the phrase “Let’s go Brandon,” which has become right-wing code for ‘F\*\*k Joe Biden.’ The AP report said passengers responded with audible gasps.”* Ad Feedback Ad Feedback If you follow Donald Trump Jr. or any of the other lesser luminaries in the orbit of former President Donald Trump, you have seen their social media feeds full of these mock “Let’s Go Brandon” cheers of late. Florida Rep. Bill Posey [ended a speech](https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4983243/user-clip-posey-lets-brandon) on the House floor late last month with the phrase. South Carolina Rep. Jeff Duncan [wore a mask](https://www.facebook.com/DuncanforCongress/posts/6589201327787396) on the House floor emblazoned with it as well. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has said it’s “one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen.” There’s now a “Let’s Go Brandon” song and a “Let’s Go Brandon” dance. So, how the heck did we get here? The origin of the chant – and it’s not-so-hidden meaning – appears to be a NASCAR race in Alabama in early October. Interviewing the winner – a driver named Brandon Brown – a reporter for NBC Sports referred to chants coming from the crowd. “As you can hear the chants from the crowd,” the reporter said to Brown “‘Let’s go Brandon.’” Except that’s not what the crowd was chanting. (You can listen to it yourself [here](https://twitter.com/TrumpJew2/status/1444460915802484737).) Trumpworld took the misunderstanding from the reporter as evidence of the “fake news” media and its unwillingness to own up to the anti-Biden sentiment in the country. “The clip is surreal,” [Cruz told a Trump-loving podcaster last month](https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/oct/10/anti-biden-lets-go-brandon-catchphrase-becomes-all/). “Listening to the NBC reporter say, ‘Look, they’re chanting, “Let’s go Brandon.’” It captures everything about fake news all at once.” (It’s unclear – at least to me – that the reporter willfully misunderstood the chant.) [![](https://www.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) THE POINT -- NOW ON YOUTUBE! In each episode of his weekly YouTube show, Chris Cillizza will delve a little deeper into the surreal world of politics. Click to subscribe\!](https://www.youtube.com/user/CNN?sub_confirmation=1) According to Google Trends, it took roughly a week after the Brandon Brown interview for the phrase to take off – and it has since gone into the internet stratosphere. The rapid rise in popularity of the phrase amounts to a sort of verbal secret handshake, a way for those deeply opposed to Joe Biden’s presidency to identify other members of their tribe. It’s become the PG-rated version of the expletive-laced chant heard at Talladega (and lots of other sporting events) over the past few months. As the [Washington Times wrote](https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/oct/10/anti-biden-lets-go-brandon-catchphrase-becomes-all/): *“‘Let’s go, Brandon’ has exploded on the right, arming cheeky conservatives with a deceptively innocuous cri de coeur that takes sarcastic swings at President Biden and the mainstream media without running afoul of technology censors.”* This – like so many other politically themed memes and internet ephemera ([“Joe the Plumber,”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUvwKVvp3-o) anyone?) – will almost certainly fade as rapidly as it has become ubiquitous. But, for now, “Let’s go Brandon” is having its moment. 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**Unable to load video** Please try again later. Error occurred while fetching labs Video Ad Feedback Congressman wears mask on House floor with not-so-secret message 02:00 • Source: [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/) Politics of the Day 11 videos ![ebenzer warnock.png](https://www.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) Video Ad Feedback Sen. Raphael Warnock's Easter message: We have a shot at working with God to write 'a new chapter for human possibility' 17:09 Now playing • Source: [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/) ![ARLINGTON, VA - MARCH 03: Voting booths sit empty midway through the day of the Democratic presidential primary elections at the Sleepy Hollow Elementary School polling location on Super Tuesday, March 3, 2020 in Arlington, Virginia. 1,357 Democratic delegates are at stake as voters cast their ballots in 14 states and American Samoa on what is known as Super Tuesday. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)](https://www.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) Video Ad Feedback CNN poll shows Democrats hold early advantage in midterms 00:49 Now playing • Source: [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/) ![image.png](https://www.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) Video Ad Feedback Trump gives an Oval Office primetime address on the war with Iran 05:04 Now playing • Source: [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/) ![Jeff Duncan Let's go Brandon mask vpx](https://www.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) Video Ad Feedback Congressman wears mask on House floor with not-so-secret message 02:00 Now playing • Source: [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/) ![rutte.jpg](https://www.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) Video Ad Feedback NATO Chief on Trump meeting: Trump 'clearly disappointed' with allies 10:36 Now playing • Source: [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/) Video Ad Feedback Pentagon says US forces ready to resume combat operations if ordered 00:40 Now playing • Source: [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/) Video Ad Feedback See Trump’s social media post agreeing to two week ceasefire 03:20 Now playing • Source: [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/) Video Ad Feedback Trump threatens to jail a journalist over Iran rescue ‘leak’ 01:19 Now playing • Source: [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/) Video Ad Feedback Artemis II shares laugh with Trump 00:45 Now playing • Source: [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/) ![20260405-gps\_split 3 .jpg](https://www.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) Video Ad Feedback Analysts react to Trump’s social media post on Iran 05:02 Now playing • Source: [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/) ![SciuttoLatest thumb.jpg](https://www.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) Video Ad Feedback How the US military rescued the fighter jet crew member who crashed in Iran 01:08 Now playing • Source: [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/) ![ebenzer warnock.png](https://www.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) Video Ad Feedback Sen. Raphael Warnock's Easter message: We have a shot at working with God to write 'a new chapter for human possibility' 17:09 Now playing • Source: [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/) ![ARLINGTON, VA - MARCH 03: Voting booths sit empty midway through the day of the Democratic presidential primary elections at the Sleepy Hollow Elementary School polling location on Super Tuesday, March 3, 2020 in Arlington, Virginia. 1,357 Democratic delegates are at stake as voters cast their ballots in 14 states and American Samoa on what is known as Super Tuesday. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)](https://www.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) Video Ad Feedback CNN poll shows Democrats hold early advantage in midterms 00:49 Now playing • Source: [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/) ![image.png](https://www.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) Video Ad Feedback Trump gives an Oval Office primetime address on the war with Iran 05:04 Now playing • Source: [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/) ![Jeff Duncan Let's go Brandon mask vpx](https://www.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) Video Ad Feedback Congressman wears mask on House floor with not-so-secret message 02:00 Now playing • Source: [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/) ![rutte.jpg](https://www.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) Video Ad Feedback NATO Chief on Trump meeting: Trump 'clearly disappointed' with allies 10:36 Now playing • Source: [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/) ![260408\_hegseth presseer 16x9.00\_00\_30\_02.Still001.jpg](https://www.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) Video Ad Feedback Pentagon says US forces ready to resume combat operations if ordered 00:40 Now playing • Source: [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/) CNN — On Friday night, a Southwest Airlines pilot allegedly said “Let’s go Brandon” over the plane intercom, causing a stir on board and prompting an investigation by the airline. [As CNN wrote](https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/31/business/southwest-investigation-pilot/index.html): *“The Associated Press, which had a reporter on board the flight, first reported that a pilot of a Friday flight from Houston to Albuquerque ended his typical greeting to passengers with the phrase “Let’s go Brandon,” which has become right-wing code for ‘F\*\*k Joe Biden.’ The AP report said passengers responded with audible gasps.”* Ad Feedback Ad Feedback If you follow Donald Trump Jr. or any of the other lesser luminaries in the orbit of former President Donald Trump, you have seen their social media feeds full of these mock “Let’s Go Brandon” cheers of late. Florida Rep. Bill Posey [ended a speech](https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4983243/user-clip-posey-lets-brandon) on the House floor late last month with the phrase. South Carolina Rep. Jeff Duncan [wore a mask](https://www.facebook.com/DuncanforCongress/posts/6589201327787396) on the House floor emblazoned with it as well. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has said it’s “one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen.” There’s now a “Let’s Go Brandon” song and a “Let’s Go Brandon” dance. So, how the heck did we get here? The origin of the chant – and it’s not-so-hidden meaning – appears to be a NASCAR race in Alabama in early October. Interviewing the winner – a driver named Brandon Brown – a reporter for NBC Sports referred to chants coming from the crowd. “As you can hear the chants from the crowd,” the reporter said to Brown “‘Let’s go Brandon.’” Except that’s not what the crowd was chanting. (You can listen to it yourself [here](https://twitter.com/TrumpJew2/status/1444460915802484737).) Trumpworld took the misunderstanding from the reporter as evidence of the “fake news” media and its unwillingness to own up to the anti-Biden sentiment in the country. “The clip is surreal,” [Cruz told a Trump-loving podcaster last month](https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/oct/10/anti-biden-lets-go-brandon-catchphrase-becomes-all/). “Listening to the NBC reporter say, ‘Look, they’re chanting, “Let’s go Brandon.’” It captures everything about fake news all at once.” (It’s unclear – at least to me – that the reporter willfully misunderstood the chant.) According to Google Trends, it took roughly a week after the Brandon Brown interview for the phrase to take off – and it has since gone into the internet stratosphere. The rapid rise in popularity of the phrase amounts to a sort of verbal secret handshake, a way for those deeply opposed to Joe Biden’s presidency to identify other members of their tribe. It’s become the PG-rated version of the expletive-laced chant heard at Talladega (and lots of other sporting events) over the past few months. As the [Washington Times wrote](https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/oct/10/anti-biden-lets-go-brandon-catchphrase-becomes-all/): *“‘Let’s go, Brandon’ has exploded on the right, arming cheeky conservatives with a deceptively innocuous cri de coeur that takes sarcastic swings at President Biden and the mainstream media without running afoul of technology censors.”* This – like so many other politically themed memes and internet ephemera ([“Joe the Plumber,”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUvwKVvp3-o) anyone?) – will almost certainly fade as rapidly as it has become ubiquitous. But, for now, “Let’s go Brandon” is having its moment.

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