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Joe Biden<\/a>\u00a0was accused of making a racist comment by critics on Friday after he argued African-Americans who can’t decide whether to vote for him or\u00a0President Trump<\/a>\u00a0\u201cain\u2019t black.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump 2020 senior adviser Katrina Pierson said that Biden\u2019s comments were \u201cracist and dehumanizing.\u201d\u00a0The Trump campaign also released a statement from “Black Voices for Trump” that slammed “Joe Biden\u2019s racist remarks.”<\/p>\n

“He truly believes that he, a 77-year-old white man, should dictate how Black people should behave,\u201d Pierson said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee\u00a0made the comments during\u00a0an interview with Charlamagne tha God<\/a>\u00a0on the radio show “The Breakfast Club” as he defended\u00a0his record with the black community.<\/p>\n

\u201cI tell you if you have a problem figuring out whether you\u2019re for me or Trump, then you ain\u2019t black,\u201d Biden said.<\/p>\n

After the interview, Charlamagne tha God retweeted criticism<\/a>\u00a0of Biden.\u00a0The Breakfast Club\u2019s Twitter account also\u00a0put up a poll asking followers if they agree with Biden\u2019s comments \u2014\u00a0and out of nearly 40,000 votes, 89.6 percent of respondents disagreed with the remarks.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0“you ain’t black” comment also reverberated on social media, igniting\u00a0blowback from black Republicans.<\/p>\n

Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., said such\u00a0\u201carrogant and condescending\u201d comments<\/a>\u00a0are not surprising considering Biden\u2019s record in “sponsoring a crime bill in the 1990s that jailed more African-American males than any other legislation.” He called it the “most arrogant, outrageous comment that I\u2019ve heard in a very long time.”<\/p>\n

BIDEN SAYS ‘YOU AIN’T BLACK’ IF TORN BETWEEN HIM AND TRUMP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cAnd President Trump comes along, and through his criminal justice reform, corrects the absolute mistakes made by Joe Biden; 1.3 million African-Americans voted for Trump,” Scott said. “He\u2019s saying to 1.3 million African-Americans that you are not black? Who in the heck does he think he is? That is the most arrogant, outrageous comment that I\u2019ve heard in a very long time and I take offense to that.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a\u00a0Trump campaign conference call, Scott also voiced his offense to the comments:\u00a0“I thought to myself as an African-American \u2013 been black for 54 years \u2013 I was struck by the condescension and the arrogance in his comments,” he said. “This is the type of negative, race-baiting rhetoric that is the lowest denominator in this nation and it\u2019s got to stop.”<\/p>\n

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said that Biden\u2019s comments were \u201ctruly offensive but a rare and honest insight into liberals’ thinking.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLiberals believe you really can\u2019t be black, Latino, female, or intelligent unless you support their liberal agenda,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

SEN. TIM SCOTT: BIDEN’S NEW COMMENT ON BLACK VOTERS IS ‘MOST ARROGANT AND CONDESCENDING’ I’VE HEARD<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Trump 2020 senior adviser Lara Trump asked what would happen if President Trump made similar remarks.<\/p>\n

\u201cWHAT IF DONALD TRUMP HAD SAID THIS? Will Joe Biden get a pass on this??? I had to watch 3 times to make sure I actually heard what he said,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n

Trump campaign communications director Tim Murtaugh spotlighted a quote from Kanye West, a prominent African-American supporter of the president, saying, \u201cI will not be told who I\u2019m gonna vote on because of my color.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale said Biden\u2019s remarks were the \u201cheight of elitist Democrat arrogance.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOnly one candidate has improved the lives of black Americans: Donald J. Trump,\u201d Parscale continued. \u201cOnly one candidate in this race favors mass incarceration, including for minor offenses: Sleepy Joe Biden.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis, ladies and gentlemen, is why they very rarely let Joe Biden do anything that isn\u2019t completely controlled and scripted,\u201d Murtaugh said. \u201cSometimes he accidentally says what he thinks.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a later tweet, he added: \u201cJoe Biden is an existential threat to the @JoeBiden campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n

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But Biden campaign adviser Symone Sanders defended the comments, stressing Biden’s record with the black community and saying: “The comments made at the end of the Breakfast Club interview were in jest, but let\u2019s be clear about what the VP was saying: he was making the distinction that he would put his record with the African American community up against Trump\u2019s any day. Period.”<\/p>\n

And other Democrats argued black voters aren\u2019t going to abandon Biden over the comments. \u201cTrump is a bigot and a loser,\u201d one Democratic source told Fox News. \u201cBlack voters know that and they know Joe Biden is on our team.\u201d<\/p>\n

Biden has enjoyed widespread support among black voters, not just in general election polls \u2013\u00a0Fox News polling shows black voters favor Biden over Trump by 76-12 percent \u2013\u00a0but during the primary battle. His victory in the South Carolina primary, boosted by black voters’ support, helped revive his then-struggling campaign and catapult him toward a dominating performance on Super Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Fox News’ Paul Steinhauser and Marisa Schultz contributed to this report.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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