Clinton And Sanders Slam GOP Plans To Block Scalia Replacement

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After Senate Republicans said they would block any of President Obama’s nominees to replace the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders found something they could both agree on.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/evanmcsan/democratic-candidates-colorado-scalia#.liajwEg1Y

For one evening, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders took a break from each other and ganged up on the Senate Republicans.

Speaking before a record crowd at the Colorado Democratic Party’s 83rd Annual Dinner Saturday, Clinton and Sanders both attacked Senate Republican promises to block any nominee President Obama selects to replace Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who died Saturday morning.

In back-to-back speeches at a downtown Sheraton ballroom, Clinton and Sanders both called on Obama to nominate a replacement for Scalia and scolded Senate Republicans.

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1. Good for them

“Let me just make one point. Barack Obama is president of the United States until January 20, 2017,” Clinton said. “That is a fact, whether Republicans like it or not. Elections have consequences.”

Sanders, who currently serves in the Senate and presumably would vote on a presidential nominee to the Court, addressed his fellow lawmakers from across the aisle.

“It appears that some of my Republican colleagues in the Senate have a very interesting view of the Constitution of the United States,” he 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,” he said.

The Republicans have no leg to stand on here and they need to be told so.

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2. Just wait until Bernie gets back to Washington!

He'll be kicking some butt.