A profane chant mocking Joe Biden broke out at college football games for the second straight week in stadiums across Southern states as the president's approval ratings dip following the chaotic evacuation from Afghanistan and his controversial vaccine mandate for federal workers.
The F*** Joe Biden shouts echoed throughout stadiums during games played by Coastal Carolina, Virginia Tech, Auburn, Alabama State, Mississippi State, North Carolina State and Texas A&M.
Twitter users pointed out that the protest chant - with the simple lyrics 'f*** Joe Biden' sung between claps - are mostly from colleges in states that Donald Trump won in the 2020 election.
Donald Trump Jr. attributed the derogatory protest on everything from Biden's chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal to the new vaccine rules and rising inflation as the economy recovers from COVID-19 shutdowns.
'Honestly, it's gotten so bad that the media can't run cover for him anymore,' Trump Jr. told David Hookstead of the Daily Caller on Saturday.
The chants broke out the weekends of September 4 and September 11 at various games
The chants were heard at games for various Southern universities, including Coastal Carolina and Texas A&M (above), which played against the University of Colorado-Boulder on Saturday
The chants were also heard at the Auburn and Alabama State game on Saturday. Above, Auburn fans use body paint to honor the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks
Biden's approval was 45.8 percent on September 10, down from a January high of 55 percent
'When you look at Afghanistan, and I can go through 50 points on it, but $65 to $80 billion of equipment left to our enemies, giving them a kill list of American citizens, giving them the biometric scanners to still do that, pulling out the military before you pulled out civilians, telling them you're giving up all of your leverage to a terrorist group, the Taliban, and then going back to negotiating after you've given them everything they could possibly want.'
On the new vaccine rules, Trump, Jr. said: 'It's a little bity crazy. None of this lines up - the whole, "my body my choice," except for when the government mandates something - it doesn't work, but no one's calling out the hypocrisy.'
Video posted by Old Row Sports shows fans of Coastal Carolina University in Conway, S.C., laughing in the stands as the 'f*** Joe Biden' chants break out.
In one video, the chanting interrupted a panel of commentators recording at a studio above a stadium.
Twitter users pointed out that the students chanting are mostly from colleges in states that Donald Trump won in the 2020 election, with the exception of Virginia
The chants were heard at a Coastal Carolina game against the Citadel on September 2 and at a Texas A&M game against Kent State on September 4.
They were heard again on Saturday at games between Mississippi State and North Carolina State and Auburn and Alabama State.
Biden's approval rate stood at 45.8 percent on Friday, significantly down from a high of 55 percent on January 25, according to estimates from FiveThirtyEight.
The US and its allies helped evacuate over 122,000 people - including Afghan interpreters, allies and other vulnerable populations who feared for their lives - after the Taliban's rapid advance to power in Afghanistan on August 15.
Some Republicans have blamed the Biden administration for allowing the Taliban to control checkpoints to the Kabul airport as evacuations took place in August, giving them a list of people who could pass through.
A suicide bombing by ISIS-K on August 26 killed 13 US troops and as many as 170 Afghan civilians.
Last week, President Biden ordered that all employers with more than 100 workers require them to be vaccinated or test for the virus weekly, a move that will affect about 80 million Americans, according to the Associated Press.
The roughly 17 million workers at health facilities that receive federal Medicare or Medicaid also will have to be fully vaccinated.
Biden is also requiring vaccination for employees of the executive branch and contractors who do business with the federal government, with no option to test out.
Some, including Donald Trump, Jr., blamed Biden's handling of the Afghanistan withdrawal, which brought scenes of Afghans desperate to escape Taliban rule and killed 13 US troops
Republicans blamed the Biden administration for allowing the Taliban to control entry into the airport during evacuation. Above, Taliban soldiers stand guard a day after the US withdrawal
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