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IREHR in Arkansas Times: “Arkansas is #2 (and second in extremism among legislators)” – May 23, 2022

By May 23, 2022May 4th, 2023No Comments1 min read

IREHR’s report, Breaching the Mainstream, was cited in Arkansas Times;

Author Austin Bailey writes, “The study identified nearly 12% of all state lawmakers in 2021 and 2022 have joined at least on far-right (translation: regressive) Facebook group”

Bailey continues, “The study found that Arkansas really blows it out of the water, with more than 25% of our state lawmakers fitting the criteria for far-right extremism.”

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Laura Gibbons

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Laura Gibbons is an IREHR research associate.

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