Hillary Clinton: GOP threats to block SCOTUS nominee based on 'hatred and bigotry'

Brett T. | 9:35 PM on February 16, 2016

Speaking to an audience in Harlem, Hillary Clinton addressed the coming battle over the next Supreme Court justice, citing the Republicans’ “coded racial language.”

While it’s true that Senate Republicans led by Mitch McConnell have said they won’t consider any nominees put forward in this election year, we’re not sure exactly who’s going around claiming that President Obama doesn’t have the right to nominate a candidate. (And if anyone truly is saying that, they’re mistaken. Could Clinton just be — lying?)

In any case, Clinton might bark like a dog, but she can blow that dog whistle too, implying that by challenging the president’s made-up deadline for approving a replacement justice, bigoted Republicans are suggesting that Obama isn’t a real president and shouldn’t be treated like one.

WATCH: @HillaryClinton: GOP obstruction of @POTUS' nominating power in keeping with "coded racial language." https://t.co/7BkCnO85kO

— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) February 16, 2016

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@ABCPolitics @HillaryClinton @POTUS Well, if anyone's an expert on coded racial language…but she IS likable enough, right?

— That Swan Fella (@That_Swan_Fella) February 16, 2016

@ABCPolitics @HillaryClinton @POTUS What is more coded than an old white woman slipping in the polls pandering to a crowd of blacks?

— Jimni27 (@jimni27) February 17, 2016