Jesse Watters lights up after his claim about ‘Dark Brandon’

Jesse Watts on Tuesday he affirmed that the president Joe Biden plagiarized”Brandon Dark” and “Bidenomics,” sparking a fierce disagreement on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.

He foxnews The host made the claim after posting a clip of “The Last Politician” author Franklin Foer saying that Biden did not like being perceived as stupid as he plagiarism scandal helped ruin his bid for the 1988 Democratic presidential nomination.

“You don’t have to go that far back,” Watters said. “Biden plagiarized the term Bidenomics. Biden plagiarized his own nickname, Dark Brandon. Remember it was a NASCAR crowd singing along and coining Brandon.”

Viewers of the clip shared by @Forks he pounced on Watters and wrote to him that he should look for the plagiarism definition while noting that both terms had their roots in Republican slurs against the president. Biden simply co-opted them in positive ways.

“Not plagiarized, Jesse. He *owned* it,” one person wrote.

Dark Brandon became a meme for a more feisty Biden after his opponents began using “Come on Brandon” as code for “Fuck off.” Joe Biden,” which it was actually sung at a NASCAR race in October 2021. A reporter who interviewed the winner, Brandon Brown, thought the fans were chanting “Come on Brandon.” memes of Lasers fired from the eyes of “Dark Brandon” also circulated.

Bidenomics was a term often toured Republican circles to criticize the president’s economic strategy before it was adopted by Biden, who has not claimed the word as his own. In fact, has credited “Bidenomics” to the Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times.

So yes, this is not plagiarism.

Critics told Watters the same thing: