She also suggests opposition to Gina McCarthy is sexist (if she was black it would be racist).
Via Washington Examiner:
Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., fumed at her Republican colleagues this morning after they boycotted a hearing for Gina McCarthy – President Obama’s nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency.
Boxer repeatedly scolded Republicans for their “fringe” behavior, warning them to “get out of the fringe lane.”
“It shows how obstructionist they are. It shows how their pledge to do better with women voters is false,” Boxer said, calling McCarthy “perhaps the most qualified nominee” to lead the EPA.