Arkansas
Former Arkansas state Sen. Jason Rapert confirmed to state library board
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Former Arkansas state Sen. Jason Rapert was confirmed by vote onto the state library board Friday morning. The appointment of the avowed social conservative to the board by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders in November had generated controversy. “I appreciate the confidence of Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders for appointing me to the […]
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Arkansas
Sarah Huckabee Sanders Appoints Homophobe to Arkansas Library Board
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’s latest appointee to the State Library Board is a far-right activist who has claimed “activist teachers … are pushing homosexual pornography on minor children” and wants to defund public libraries that are challenging state censorship. Jason Rapert is a former state senator who ran unsuccessfully for lieutenant governor last year. […]
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