Barbara Boxer: “The facts are stubborn things but they will be put in the record.”

The way the Senate works, as you know, it`s a supermajority to get anything done. It has nothing to do with age.

We Democrats, we do have a very good and diverse coalition. It truly is diverse, everywhere you look at it. But in terms of leadership in Congress, it is true, they’re getting older.

Frankly, anyone who runs on that as an issue should be defeated, overwhelmingly by everybody.

Good on Gavin Newsom for being the bigger person to show up and say, Mr. President, I'm glad you're here.