‘We Are Not as Divided as Our Politics Suggest,’ Former Democrat Says at RNC

‘We Are Not as Divided as Our Politics Suggest,’ Former Democrat Says at RNC
Former NFL athlete Jack Brewer addresses the virtual RNC on Aug. 26, 2020. Courtesy of the Committee on Arrangements for the 2020 Republican National Committee via Getty Images
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Former Democrat and former NFL player Jack Brewer told Americans on the third night of the Republican National Convention that “we are not as divided as our politics suggest” and that at some point, “policies must take priority over the personalities,” while praising the Trump administration for having helped black Americans.

“Before I left to come to deliver this message, my energetic 8-year-old son Jackson stopped me and said, ‘Dad can you please just tell everyone that all lives need to matter and that God loves everyone?’” he said on Aug. 26. “In that moment, I realized my 8-year-old had figured out what so many adults seem to forget: We are not as divided as our politics suggest.”