Charlie Kirk highway got vetoed in Arizona. Elected officials are citing politics

Naming a highway after someone whose sole claim to fame is politics is inherently political.

They could call it the _"1 million Africans Died because Charlie Kirk Lied about USAID"_ highway.

Well, of course it's politics. Duh. What the right wing means when they say something is "political" is "politics we don't like". And with a presidential approval rating of 36% on such conservative-friendly sources as "the Economist", they'd better get used to it.

Folks, this is their MLK. It is quite surprising cause this is the best man they get to offer already

The republicans here wanted cesar chavez’s name ripped off everything immediately, but wanted to name things after this racist POS. They can’t see they’re two sides of the same coin, only brown pedo bad! What about the president?

Not even the consveratives at his own funeral mourned them. They all asked for money specifically for themselves, and his wife was caught on camera wetting her eyes so she could at least pretend to cry. He had no actual friends or family and his own liveshow to celebrate his achievements they had to cancel because they couldn't find any examples, to fill out the runtime. Conservatives don't even give a shit about Charlie Kirk other than to hold it over someone's head as a "So there!" moment. And I've heard consveratives give me the spiel of: "It's disingenious to say he was a bad guy, why can't you show outrage for his death- Let's reverse that. If it's just really mean, to talk about his actions, who he was, or that he personally endorsed political violence against opponents, and it's just really unfair to bring up what kind of person he was? Then he was ***not*** a good person "underneath it all."

Republican state Senate President Warren Petersen, who sponsored the legislation, said it was Hobbs who practiced politics by breaking with “a long-standing Arizona tradition” of recognizing people who made an impact on society. That's the standard he wants to claim? So I guess a highway named after Hitler would be a-okay. Actually wait, he's a republican elected official in 2026, he probably would have no problem with that.

Maybe they should try California. California State Route 190 (CA-190) runs straight through Death Valley and Furnace Creek. Newsom could be up for it.

I don't think anybody's going to want to drive on "Ventilated Neck Expressway"

No, Kirk was just some loud mouth, nothing, absolutely nothing should be named after him.

Immediately after Hitler took power in 1933, a wave of renamings swept through Germany. A decree from the Reich Ministry of the Interior required that the most important street or central square in every city bear Hitler’s name.

He was a f****** podcaster

maga digging him out of the grave to parade him around some more

The amount of shits taken directly onto that road would merit a biohazard designation. Smart move Arizona.

What a funny headline. Of course it’s politics, just like it was politics to name the road after him in the first place.

The dude was a f****** podcaster. 99% of the over 60 crowd had never heard of him before he died. He’s also an idiot and a racist but it doesn’t erase the fact he’s just a f****** podcaster.

Why don't we have a Stalin, or Hitler way. Kirk is no different.

“We’re doing this because politics; they’re not letting us do it because they’re playing politics. FOUL!”

Not to mention he's just a f****** PODCASTER

First of all, a lowlife scumbag like whatever his name was should never be honored in any way And second, after all the damage the right has done and will undoubtedly do before they're hopefully defanged soon I couldn't care less if going forward recognition depends on political affiliation because Republicans are the lowest of the low and I'm done even pretending to respect them

I think all this Charlie Kirk stuff only makes sense if you understand it as their response to George Floyd. Conservatives are still mad about the BLM protests. They got irate that things were named after Floyd, who they considered to be a drug addicted criminal who got what he deserved by resisting police. IMO so much of the MAGA movement is about anger over who society honors. To them the fact that society has named things after a black man with a criminal record, but they won't name things after a successful white conservative is a symbol of everything they think is wrong with society.

it's so funny to say this about an actual law

Holey Neck Highway sounds awkward anyway.

Naming a highway after him makes no sense, a dead end street maybe.....

Epstein Highway has a better ring to it

A sewage plant would be more appropriate.

If you can't quote the man, you can't name something after him.

Man, how dare they bring politics into an honest effort to honor the podcasting legacy of a shooting victim?

Yeah, his sucked.

Name it after him. The Bigot and Stochastic Terrorism Highway. 🛣️

Dang he really got shot down again……

An exit ramp would be more appropriate, no?

But who will carry the flame?

MAGA killed Charlie Kirk

Great news. Thanks Arizona, Kirk was a tainted podcaster, not an American hero.

Yeah dumbass, you're a politician doing a political act. It's political the moment you open your mouth for this or any other stupid bill. Kirk was no Malcolm X or MLK (and on my God have I heard the comparisons); he was a white neo-Nazi in a blue suit instead of a white one.

AP"News": Temu Reuters

I mean if this would have passed I would have hoped that artists would paint it over with a gaping hole a little to the left of his name on the sign.

This is a trial run for the Trump cult still grifting after he inevitably dies on the toilet from a partially tricky shit.

AP continues to decline.

Glad to see this was stopped. It’s better to keep public infrastructure focused on the community rather than picking sides in a big debate. It just feels like a smarter way to keep things moving forward without extra drama. What do you think would be a more unifying name for that stretch of road?