When far-right Oregon resident Jared Schmeck appeared on Steve Bannon’s “War Room” podcast on December 27, he vigorously defended the insult he had hurled at President Joe Biden three days earlier — and he has complained that he is being unfairly persecuted for it. But journalist/radio host Dean Obeidallah, in a biting op-ed published by CNN’s website on December 28, slams Schmeck for trolling the president with an insult and then playing the victim card when he is called out for it.
Schmeck called in during a Christmas Eve Day livestream that featured Biden and First Lady Jill Biden, telling the president “Let’s go, Brandon” —which, on the far right, is a popular anti-Biden insult and is code for “Fuck Joe Biden.” The president didn’t let Schmeck’s trolling get to him, humorously responding, “Let’s go Brandon. I agree.”
