Only a racist would say Obama is irrelevant.

Via Washington Examiner:

Sen. Mark Begich might be facing attacks from Republicans over his degree of support for President Obama’s policies, but he didn’t dodge Wednesday when asked whether he personally voted for Obama in 2008 and 2012.

“I did, but that’s irrelevant,” Begich, the Democratic incumbent from Alaska, told the Washington Examiner. “The president’s not relevant. He’s gone in two years.”

Begich faces an existential threat from Republican Dan Sullivan in one of the pivotal Senate races this year, which could determine control of the Senate.