Republican Ron DeSantis’ comments Wednesday about election integrity turned into an insult directed at President Joe Biden after the Florida governor referred to the current administration as “The Brandon Administration.”

DeSantis was speaking at a press conference to discuss his plans to create a statewide law enforcement body to handle election crimes following former President Donald Trump’s unfounded claims of widespread voter fraud during the 2020 election.

While addressing the crowd, DeSantis began talking about some of the issues Republicans are battling.

“If you look at all the things that are going on, you see Big Tech, you see the corporate media — although they weren’t too happy with Virginia last night,” DeSantis said.

“If you look at that. If you look at what’s going on with some of the big corporations with their woke agenda. When you look at the Biden — when you look at the Brandon administration.”

The audience erupted in laughter following DeSantis’ comments and began chanting “Let’s go Brandon.” The phrase went viral in October after an NBC sports reporter interviewed NASCAR driver Brandon Brown at the Alabama Talladega Superspeedway.

At the time, the crowd was shouting, “[Expletive] Joe Biden.” However, the reporter mistakenly thought the audience was rallying around the driver. “You can hear the chants from the crowd, ‘Let’s go, Brandon!’” the reporter said.

The phrase has since been used by people to insult Biden without using the expletive.

On Wednesday, “The Brandon Administration” began to trend again on Twitter. The jab at Biden received mixed reactions, with some users making light of the situation while others slammed the Florida governor.

Aside from DeSantis’ insult toward the current administration, he elaborated on his plans to take action against those who break election laws.

“We are going to create a separate office at the state level solely dedicated to investigating and prosecuting election crimes in the state of Florida. We’ll [have] sworn law enforcement officers as part of this, we’ll have investigators, we’ll have the statewide prosecutor that’s able to bring the cases,” DeSantis said.

“I guarantee you this: The first person that gets caught, no one is going to want to do it again after that.”

DeSantis’ latest announcement comes after signing several voter restrictions into law in May.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has come under fire for his handling of the public health response to COVID-19
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has come under fire for his handling of the public health response to COVID-19. GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / JOE RAEDLE
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