Arizona Democrat governor Katie Hobbs has vetoed a bill that would have created a license plate honoring the late Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk.
🚨New: Arizona Democrat Governor Katie Hobbs has veto a Charlie Kirk memorial license plate that the Arizona state legislature has passed pic.twitter.com/PgDWkUPAU1
— The Calvin Coolidge Project (@TheCalvinCooli1) March 7, 2026
Arizona Democrat Katie Hobbs VETOED the Charlie Kirk Memorial License Plate bill today.
— Jake Hoffman (@JakeHoffmanAZ) March 7, 2026
My statement on her veto 👇🏼
Katie Hobbs’ grotesque partisanship knows no bounds. Even in the wake of a global civil rights leader — an Arizona resident and her own constituent — being… pic.twitter.com/yLz9tQN3ET
"Charlie Kirk’s assassination is tragic and a horrifying act of violence," Hobbs said in a statement announcing the decision to veto the bill. "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.”
Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs vetoes Charlie Kirk memorial license plate the Republican controlled Arizona state legislature passed.
— Politics & Poll Tracker 📡 (@PollTracker2024) March 7, 2026
Her veto message: pic.twitter.com/PFs754lpj4
"I will continue working toward solutions that bring people together, but this bill falls short of that standard by inserting politics into a function of government that should remain nonpartisan,” she continued.”
The issue had been overwhelmingly partisan, however. The vote for two bills honoring Kirk only advanced to the governor’s desk by a party-line vote. At the time, Democrats signaled that their unwillingness to support the measures was due to a perceived slight against the recently-deceased Jesse Jackson.
Note the Senator leaving out the double doors as the moment of silence for Rev. Jesse Jackson begins.
— Arizona Senate Democrats (@AZSenateDems) February 19, 2026
It’s Senator Hoffman.
That was yesterday.
Today, he asked that the Senate pass two bills to honor Charlie Kirk. While he asked for respect for his friend, he showed little… pic.twitter.com/wixHAI3dO4
In Kirk’s memory, let’s hope that Turning Point Action mobilizing in Arizona to deliver a defeat in Arizona like they have never seen before.
