A Change.org petition calls for removing the names of former President Bill Clinton and first lady Hillary Clinton from an airport in Little Rock, Arkansas, over their association with the late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
The petition was started by Candice Jutz, an Arkansas native and child sexual abuse survivor. She says that naming a public airport after individuals with documented ties to Epstein can “re-traumatize victims simply passing through or seeing the name daily.”
“This isn’t about partisan politics or targeting one side — it’s about accountability based on documented associations,” Ms. Jutz told The Washington Times.
The petition, which had more than 12,000 signatures as of Thursday morning, calls on the Little Rock Municipal Airport Commission to rename Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport.
“An airport’s name isn’t just signage — it’s a symbol of who we choose to honor, seen by every family, child, and traveler passing through. Ties to a man at the center of a global sex trafficking network raise serious concerns about the values we promote,” the petition states.
Ms. Jutz emailed her concerns about the airport’s name to the commission and received confirmation that commission Chairwoman Tiffany Mays O’Guinn, Vice Chairman Harold Betton and Executive Director Suzanne Peyton had received her message.
She said she plans to address the commission at its next meeting on March 17.
“If successful, the rename would send a powerful message of compassion, accountability, and healing. We live in a society where far too many people, including hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of child sex abuse survivors, carry deep trauma from predators and enablers,” Ms. Jutz told The Times.
Mrs. Clinton is scheduled Thursday to testify before the House Oversight Committee in its investigation of Epstein. The closed-door, videotaped deposition is set to be conducted in Chappaqua, New York, where the Clintons live.
Mr. Clinton is scheduled to provide a similar deposition on Friday.
The Clintons’ depositions come after they had initially refused to testify and the committee had threatened to hold them in contempt of Congress.
Recently released government files on Epstein have included flight logs showing that Mr. Clinton flew on Epstein’s private jet more than two dozen times before Epstein was charged with sex trafficking of minors.
Mr. Clinton has expressed regret over his association with Epstein, saying he did not know about his crimes. He has not been accused of any wrongdoing.
• Mary McCue Bell can be reached at mbell@washingtontimes.com.
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