 Brewer supported Barack Obama during his first campaign for president, but later soured on the Obama Administration's and Democratic Party's policies and what he perceived as their negative effects on the African-American community.In late 2019, Brewer predicted that there would be a "black awakening" in the US which would lead to President Donald Trump receiving 20% or more of the African-American vote in the 2020 United States presidential election.Trump won 8% of the African-American vote during the 2016 election.