Watch Barbara Boxer Attempt to Make a Pop Culture Reference…and Then Fail Spectacularly

Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) may not be as hip as some people think she is.

While on the Senate floor Tuesday arguing for a minimum wage increase, the liberal firebrand flubbed a reference to rapper Curtis James Jackson III, known as "50 Cent."

"Today 50 cent is a singing group, right?" Boxer asked. "Am I right about that?"

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