A cringe-worthy moment occurred during the annual White House Santa tracking call via NORAD. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden were being recorded as a father, identified as Jared from Oregon, began to wish them a Merry Christmas.

“The NORAD call started normally. The father told the president his two-year-old daughter Penelope would be happy with any presents from Santa. The president urged the family’s children to go to bed by 9 PM” reports Deadline.

Jared from Oregon used the rare opportunity to have the president’s ear with the president to say “Let’s go Brandon” which has become widely used to mean “F*** Joe Biden.” Jared has since said the comment was a joke. He also said he has been receiving threatening phone calls as the aftermath of his “prank.”

“Merry Christmas and ‘Let’s go, Brandon,” Jared said in his sign-off.

In an incredibly uncomfortable moment, Biden took a second and it was unclear if he fully understood the man’s dig. “Let’s go Brandon, I agree” Biden eventually said. First lady Jill was visibly uncomfortable.

Since the video went viral, “I thought it would be automated. We just waited on hold and then they answered,” he told the Oregonian. “And I thought, ‘wow, this is real.’”

“I understand there is a vulgar meaning to ‘Let’s go Brandon,’ but I’m not that simple-minded, no matter how I feel about him,” Jared said. “He seems like he’s a cordial guy. There’s no animosity or anything like that. It was merely just an innocent jest to also express my God-given right to express my frustrations in a joking manner … I love him, just like I love any other brother or sister.”

Despite saying it was a “joke” Jared “stood 100% behind what I did and what I said.”