Colorado congressional candidate David Williams will not be allowed to appear on the ballot as Dave “Let’s Go Brandon” Williams, according to a ruling the candidate intends to appeal.
After Denver District Judge Andrew McCallin ruled Wednesday that the Colorado secretary of state had the authority to bar Williams from using the nickname, the candidate announced he is planning to take his appeal to the state's Supreme Court.
“It’s clear that a Democrat-appointed judge put his thumb on the scale for a corrupt Democrat Secretary of State,” Williams told KUSA. Williams claims he began using the catchphrase as his nickname last December, but Griswold determined it was a slogan, not a nickname, according to his lawsuit. Another candidate in the state was able to run as “Blake ‘No Mandates’ Law” for a school board election last year, Williams pointed out in his suit. Law subsequently lost his race.
Other candidates across the country have also been prevented from using the catchphrase next to their names. Robert Shapiro, a congressional candidate in New Jersey, had battled election officials to use"Let's Go Brand*n — FJB" on the ballot. He was subsequently booted from the ballot because he failed to secure enough valid signatures.Williams, who is challenging incumbent Republican Rep.
"Let’s Go Brandon" has been used as a rallying cry by critics of President Joe Biden since last October, when an NBC reporter mistook a crowd's NASCAR race chant as"Let’s Go Brandon" when they were actually chanting"F*** Joe Biden."
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