Sanders: Killer Mike comments 'blown out of proportion'

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders said Thursday that rapper Killer Mike's recent comments that a "uterus doesn't qualify you to be president of the United States" have been "blown out of proportion" by the media covering his race against Hillary Clinton.

The Democratic presidential candidate told reporters traveling with him to Nevada that the rapper was essentially saying that people should not be voting for candidates based on their gender but what they believe.

NARAL Pro-Choice America, a reproductive rights organization that supports Clinton, called the remarks "inappropriate and sexist" and urged Sanders to denounce the comments.

The rapper later defended himself on Twitter, noting that former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, a Clinton supporter, said in New Hampshire that "there's a special place in hell for women who don't help each other."