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Democrat Joyce Elliott compares school choice pilot program to Eugenics Medical Experiments Democrats held a press conference against school choice on Monday March 25th 2019 11am at the Arkansas State Capitol. Arkansas Democrat Senator Joyce Elliott spoke against school choice by comparing the school voucher/scholarship "pilot" program to the MEDICAL experiments done on blacks in Alabama. (description from wikipedia) The Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male was an infamous and unethical clinical study conducted between 1932 and 1972 by the U.S. Public Health Service. The purpose of this study was to observe the natural history of...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- A leading Democratic state lawmaker says she is working on plans for 2020. State Senator Joyce Elliott (D-Little Rock) has served multiple terms in the Arkansas Senate and Arkansas House. She previously ran as the Democratic nominee in the 2010 election in Arkansas's 2nd Congressional District, losing to Republican Tim Griffin. Some Democrats have mentioned the possibility of Elliott running in the 2020 U.S. Senate race against incumbent Republican Tom Cotton. On Capitol View, airing Sunday, February 10th, host Jessi Turnure asked Elliott if she had any plans for 2020. "My plan for 2020 is to...