Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders Blast Republicans for Threatening to Block Scalia Replacement

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Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton stood in agreement Saturday as they urged President Obama to move quickly in making a nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court following the death of Justice Antonin Scalia.

They also blasted Republicans on Capitol Hill and on the campaign trail for threatening to block a replacement until after the election.

Speaking at a Democratic dinner in Denver, both Democratic candidates offered their condolences to family members and friends of Scalia, but then quickly turned to politics.

"It appears that some of my Republican colleagues in the Senate have a very interesting view of the Constitution of the United States,” Sanders said. "Apparently they believe that the Constitution does not allow a Democratic president to bring forth a nominee to replace Justice Scalia. I strongly disagree with that.”

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-blast-republicans-threatening-block/story?id=36926684

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1. "Blasted?" Words like 'disappointing' don't equate to that.