MSNBC " Ed Show"- Transcript: Boxer On Hillary Clinton Email Controversy

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SEN. BARBARA BOXER, (D) CALIFORNIA: Great to be with you.

SCHULTZ: Senator, are the Democrats, the scuttlebutt in the hallway,
are they satisfied with what they heard from Hillary Clinton yesterday.

BOXER: You know, I have to say, we`re not talking about that, because
we all know this is politics. We`re talking about why it is that why --
anything get anything done in the Senate? And why 47 Republicans did the
unthinkable and embolden the right-wing hard liners in Iran by sending that
letter?

Look, we know what`s happening here. You said it in the best way
possible, but you left one thing out. The Republicans are obsessed with
our President. They are out to get him, and make sure he doesn`t have a
legacy as we see this economy really booming, and we see the fight against
ISIL going better. All they want to do is hurt him, and they are now
turning their attention to the person they fear the most in 2016, Hillary
Clinton.

She has, as is no doubt about it, followed the rules, followed the law
and I find it interesting the Republican Party`s turning into the e-mail
pleas. And at some point, the American people are going to get scared of
that.

And, you know, I want to know Rand Paul, he`s a friend of mine, he`s a
colleague of mine. We sit on the Foreign Relations Committee. Gowdy,
Chairman Gowdy, he is the head of a very important committee. He, Rand
Paul, myself, we all sat in highly classified meeting. I want to know, did
they ever write a classified e-mail to someone. You know, why don`t they
turn over their personal service?

This whole thing is unbelievable. They`re going after Hillary Clinton
because they know she`s exciting the public. And we`ve just going to get
past this...

SCHULTZ: Yeah.

BOXER: ... because you can talk all day. I`m not interested to know
as much as I love to know about Hillary`s grandchild, how many times the
grandchild ate in a day, and all the rest of things that I know she must`ve
been communicating with Chelsea. This is ridiculous.

SCHULTZ: Well, so I think that you think that she should not turnover
her server under any circumstances.

BOXER: Oh my God. I would not support any candidate -- let me make
it clear -- for a public office who turned over their personal e-mails,
because they have to protect privacy and their families. And I just can`t
even believe that this is -- I mean, if she did it? I would be so unhappy.

The fact of the matter is Chairman Gowdy is not turning over his
personal e-mails. I don`t care what...

SCHULTZ: Yeah.

BOXER: ... he writes his family. I don`t know what Rand Paul writes
on his personal e-mails, so with Ted Cruz or Jed Bush.

Here`s the deal, Jed Bush handled his e-mails the exact same...

SCHULTZ: Yeah.

BOXER: ... way as Hillary Clinton, where is one (inaudible) person
questioning the fact that Jed Bush destroyed e-mails that had to do with
Homeland Security or anything else?

SCHULTZ: Well, if he came on this network, he`d probably get that
question.

BOXER: Well good. I`m glad to hear that.

SCHULTZ: If he came on -- if he showed up on this network,
(inaudible), we`ll definitely get that question. Finally Senator, I want
to know.

BOXER: Yes.

SCHULTZ: Unequivocally, you trust Hillary Clinton?

BOXER: Yes, I do. Look, I`ve been to...

SCHULTZ: OK.

BOXER: ... so many classified briefings. And I can tell you, you
don`t write e-mails about what you learned. That is ridiculous. She
followed the rules. She followed the law.

If the Republicans don`t like the law, and they want to turnover
everybody`s personal e-mail, introduce a bill. Introduce a bill, and start
off...

SCHULTZ: SCHULTZ: Senator, great to have you with us.

BOXER: ... by showing your personal e-mails.

SCHULTZ: I appreciate your time tonight. Senator Barbara Boxer of
California, leaving no stone unturned. Thank you.

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