Alec Baldwin: ‘If Obama Was White, He’d Be Up By 17 Points’

Actor Alec Baldwin remarked on Tuesday that President Barack Obama‘s race plays a significant role in how close the presidential race is right now (according to various polls). Were the president white, he said, he’d be up by 17 points.

Taking to his Alec Baldwin Foundation Twitter account, the 30 Rock star made his point:

He added that while the economy isn’t in the best place, the Obama administration saved it from a worst-case scenario:

(H/T POLITICO)

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