Herschel Walker said former Vice President Joe Biden doesn’t “determine who” the black community votes for following his comment that black Trump supporters “ain’t black.”
“Wow. I just watched former Vice President @JoeBiden,” the 59-year-old retired professional football player tweeted Friday to his hundreds of thousands of followers. (RELATED: Fox News Contributor Says Media Is Ignoring Biden’s ‘Staggering’ Support Of Black Voters)
Our First Responders and Military need love too so let’s give them a BIG THANK YOU! @FitnessGov @PHITAmerica @FoxNews @CNN @IvankaTrump @POTUS @NFL pic.twitter.com/M86Wud3e3y
— Herschel Walker (@HerschelWalker) March 27, 2020
“… Does he not understand that black and brown skinned people can think for themselves,” he added. “You don’t determine who we vote for. @DonaldJTrumpJr@FoxNews@espn@CNN@POTUS @realDonaldTrump#YouAintBlack.”(RELATED: The Nation Columnist Defends Joe Biden From Tara Reade: ‘I Would Vote For Joe Biden If He Boiled Babies And Ate Them’)
Wow. I just watched former Vice President @JoeBiden… Does he not understand that black and brown skinned people can think for themselves. You don’t determine who we vote for. @DonaldJTrumpJr @FoxNews @espn @CNN @POTUS @realDonaldTrump #YouAintBlack
— Herschel Walker (@HerschelWalker) May 22, 2020
The comments came following remarks the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee made earlier in the day during a “Breakfast Club” podcast interview with host Charlamagne Tha God.
Biden said, “You got more questions but I’ll tell you if you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t black,” to the black radio host.
WATCH:
.@JoeBiden: “If you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t black.” @cthagod: “It don’t have nothing to do with Trump, it has to do with the fact — I want something for my community.” @breakfastclubam pic.twitter.com/endvWnOIV2
— America Rising (@AmericaRising) May 22, 2020
The host replied, “It don’t have nothing to do with Trump, it has to do with the fact — I want something for my community.”
The Democratic presidential nominee has since walked back the comments.
“Perhaps I was much too cavalier,” Biden said during a phone call with the Black Chamber of Commerce, according to an NBC News correspondent. “I know the comments have come off like I was taking the African American vote for granted. But nothing could be further from the truth.”
“I shouldn’t have been such a wise guy,” he added, calling his comments “unfortunate,” per the NBC reporter. “No one should have to vote for any party based on their race, their religion, their background.”