Former NFL player Jack Brewer on Biden backlash over black voter comment: 'The mask is off'

Former NFL player Jack Brewer said “the mask is off,” reacting on Sunday to former Vice President Joe Biden’s comment during an interview where he said that African-Americans unsure about whether to support him or President Trump "ain't black."

“America can see the real Joe Biden, hopefully all of my African-American brothers and sisters,” Brewer told “Fox & Friends Weekend.”

Brewer made the statements two days after Biden expressed regret during a call with black business leaders for his comment about African-American voters in an earlier interview.

“I shouldn't have been so cavalier,” Biden said in a Friday afternoon phone call with the U. S. Black Chambers, addressing the controversy within seconds of the session starting.

Biden made the comments to host Charlamagne tha God of “The Breakfast Club” radio show. The remarks instantly ignited a backlash from critics, the Trump campaign calling them “racist and dehumanizing.”

“It’s time to look in the mirror and have a real soul check to see the man that has really mass incarcerated black men over the last two-and-a-half-plus decades,” Brewer said on Sunday.

Brewer was referencing Biden’s deep involvement in drafting the 1994 crime bill.

As a senator from Delaware, Biden helped craft the 1994 crime bill that was s... (Read more)

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