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TexasTowelie

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Fri Dec 2, 2016, 02:14 AM Dec 2016

Arkansas legislator says colleague considering bill to remove Clintons' names from airport

An Arkansas state senator is entertaining possible legislation that would change the name of Little Rock’s airport, erasing Bill and Hillary Clinton's names from it.

“Would you support a bill removing the names of Bill & Hillary Clinton from the Little Rock Airport?” Sen. Jason Rapert wrote on Twitter on Monday night. “Arkansas does not support them.”

The tweet included a poll so users could vote for or against deleting the Clintons from Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport/Adams Field. As of 2:05 p.m. Tuesday, 53 percent of those who voted opposed removing the names. By 8:30 p.m., 67 percent of more than 1,800 respondents were against removing the names. Any Twitter user not blocked by Rapert’s account can vote in the poll.

Rapert on Tuesday said he tweeted the poll to get feedback from constituents. He said one of his colleagues in the Senate is considering a bill that would rename the airport. Rapert, a Republican representing District 35, declined to identify the colleague, saying the senator wasn’t “ready to step out on it.”

Read more: http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2016/nov/29/state-senator-remove-clintons-little-rock-airport-/?f=news-politics

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Arkansas legislator says colleague considering bill to remove Clintons' names from airport (Original Post) TexasTowelie Dec 2016 OP
Can we please rename reagan airport pangaia Dec 2016 #1
Oh, it's Nazi Jason again. Arkansas' favorite bigot. sinkingfeeling Dec 2016 #2
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