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Here's one of Bounds' articles, reflecting on his years in the "Multicultural Garden of Eden" AKA Stanford University: https://www.afj.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Race-Think-A-Stanford-Phenomenon.pdf …
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At the confirmation hearing, Jeff Flake as well as Ted Cruz defended Bounds against Democratic criticisms
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At one point in hearing, when talking about LGBT friends who have told him of being assaulted, Bounds became quite emotional. "It was very upsetting," he said.
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After the confirmation hearing it did not seem to me that the complaints against Bounds had much traction, but in the Senate the margins are so thin it doesn't take much to sink a nomination if one or two Republicans balk
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White House official confirms that Bounds has withdrawn
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Odd thing about the Bounds nomination failing is that it could be argued that more controversial appeals court nominees have been confirmed with full-throated GOP support
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