On March 7, Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoedSenate Bill 1439that would have allowed Arizonans to purchase a specialty/memorial license plate honoring the late Charlie Kirk.
On September 10, 2025, Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirkwas assassinatedat an event on the campus of Utah Valley University.
The vanity plate would have created a specialty plate to honor the slain activist, featuring Kirk’s photo and the TPUSA logo, with proceeds benefiting conservative grassroots efforts.
According toFox News, $17 of the $25 fee would go to the Conservative Grassroots Network Special Plate Fund with funds focused on “restoring traditional values, maintaining a grassroots activist network on high school and college campuses in Arizona, and assisting college students with voter registration and absentee ballots.”
In a letter explaining the veto, Hobbs cited concerns with the bill “bring[ing] people together,” claiming it would “insert politics into a function of government that should remain nonpartisan.”
“Charlie Kirk’sassassination is tragic and a horrifying act of violence,” Hobbs wrote. “In America, we resolve our political differences at the ballot box. No matter who it targets, political violence puts us all in harm’s way and damages our sacred democratic institutions.
“I will continue working toward solutions that bring people together, but this bill falls short of that standard.”
Arizona state senator Jake Hoffman (R-15) slammed Hobbs for herfar-Left extremism.
“Arizona Democrat Katie Hobbs VETOED the Charlie Kirk Memorial License Plate bill today,” he shared on X.
“My statement on her vetoKatie Hobbs’ grotesque partisanship knows no bounds. Even in the wake of a global civil rights leader — an Arizona resident and her own constituent — being assassinated in broad daylight for his defense of the First Amendment, Hobbs couldn’t find the human decency to put her far-Left extremism aside simply to allow those how wish to honor him to do so. Katie Hobbs will forever be known as a stain on the pages of Arizona’s story.”
Source: The Gateway Pundit
