Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) referred to rapper and entrepreneur 50 Cent as a “singing group” in a Senate floor speech Tuesday about the minimum wage.
She was chiding Republicans for opposing an increase in the federal wage to $10.10 per hour, which is set to come up for a procedural vote Wednesday.
“Suppose the other side had had taken that attitude, don’t raise it,” Boxer said, according to a transcript. “Well, it would still be, I guess, a buck an hour — 50 cents if you were kids. Today 50 Cents is a singing group. Am I right about that? Okay. So here’s where we are. Instead we’ve raised the minimum wage over and over and over again.”
[h/t Todd Zwillich]
I love it when Senators try to be cool and mention what they think are ‘cool’ topics. Always good for a laugh.
Well, at least she has HEARD of 50 cent. I’ll bet Mitch has not.
Maybe she is just seeing double.
Slow news day? So what? Not like she called them “That Negro and the Black Boys”.
Let the GOP make hay out of this if they choose. Aren’t there more important things for TPM to be talking about?
LOL to be honest I don’t expect an elderly white woman to know who 50 Cent is and there’s many worse things she could’ve said, like dude in Minnesota who said if you got rid of the NBA the crime rate would go up.