One thing to bear in mind is that the anger was not just that Bork was scuttled but that he was replaced by Kennedy, who turned out to be soft on key social issues (abortion, LGBT rights). This is what the right sees as the great betrayal.https://twitter.com/daveweigel/status/1308027968191565830 …
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It's been completely whitewashed from history but Bork's pro-sterilization position turned some conservatives against him and explains why six Republican Senators voted against him.
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Imagine being butthurt about THAT for 33 years.
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Yeah, he really borked that up.
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