Jason Rapert: Difference between revisions

In December 2023, Governor [[Sarah Huckabee Sanders]] appointed Rapart to the seven-member Arkansas State Library Board, for a term expiring on October 18, 2029.<Ref name=Vrbin/> The state Senate confirmed Rapert's appointment on a 22&ndash;10 vote; all sex Democratic senators, as well as four of Rapert's Republican colleagues ([[Jimmy Hickey Jr.]], [[Bryan King (politician)|Bryan King]], [[Breanne Davis]], and [[Jane English (politician)|Jane English]]), voted against confirming him.<Ref name=Vrbin/> While a board member, Rapert promoted the [[Book banning in the United States (2021–present)|book banning movement]]. In 2024, after the board rejected Rapert's proposals to defund libraries that did not restrict circulation of works he found objectionable, Rapart said of his fellow board members: "You probably should be [[tarred and feathered]]. That's what they used to do in America."<ref>Debra Hale-Shelton, [https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/08/27/former-lawmaker-calls-for-tarring-feathering-of-fellow-library-board-members Former lawmaker calls for tarring, feathering of fellow library board members], ''Arkansas Times'' (August 27, 2024).</ref>