Hobbs vetoes Charlie Kirk license plate bill

By: Caitlin Sievers

Outlets: Arizona Mirror

Published: March 7, 2026

Words: 598

Last Updated: 4 months, 2 weeks ago


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Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has vetoed a bill that would have created a specialty license plate in honor of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk, who was shot and killed while speaking at a college campus in Utah last year.

“Charlie Kirk’s assassination is tragic and a horrifying act of violence,” Hobbs wrote in her veto letter. “In America, we resolve our political differences at the ballot box. No matter who it targets, political violence …

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