Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, was quick to criticize a CNN analyst over her post about a Southwest Airlines pilot who is accused of saying “Let’s Go Brandon” over a plane’s intercom system.
The saying has gained traction among some Republicans and critics of President Biden and is code for a derogatory message to the president.
Asha Rangappa, the analyst and senior lecturer at Yale’s Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, took to Twitter to consider how the pilot’s alleged comment would be received if he had said,"Long live ISIS" instead. "My guess is that 1) the plane would be immediately grounded; 2) the pilot fired; and 3) a statement issued by the airline within a matter of hours," she posted. "And no, as a factual matter, supporting genocidal religious zealots is not the same as disagreeing with the current President," Cruz posted.CNN and Rangappa did not immediately respond to email inquiries from Fox News.
A Southwest Airlines airplane taxies from a gate at Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport on October 11, 2021 in Baltimore, Maryland. The Southwest pilot signed off his announcement for passengers by saying,"Let’s Go Brandon," according to an Associated Press journalist who said she was on the Friday morning flight from Houston to Albuquerque.
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