Earlier this month, Arkansas state Sen. Jason Rapert ( R ) garnered attention from civil rights groups and local politicians for posting anti-Muslim and Islamophobic comments online. But an investigation into his online presence has found that it wasn’t the first time Rapert shared Islamophobic views. She told HuffPost that the state senator’s comments were not surprising to her as a Muslim American who was born and raised in in the state. She said Rapert, who won his re-election this fall, is “well-known” in the Arkansas Muslim community for his history of Islamophobic comments. It’s very hard to experience that in a state that I love so much,” she said.

Source: Huffington Post December 17, 2018 21:56 UTC