· 126 comments · Save ·
News & Current Events Mar 31, 2026 at 2:05 PM

Governor vetoes bill that would’ve renamed a highway after MAGA influencer Charlie Kirk

Posted by NamelessResearcher

Governor vetoes bill that would’ve renamed a highway after MAGA influencer Charlie Kirk - LGBTQ Nation
LGBTQ Nation
Governor vetoes bill that would’ve renamed a highway after MAGA influencer Charlie Kirk - LGBTQ Nation
The slain influencer accused a Pride month retailer of "grooming" children for LGBTQ+ sexual abuse.
🚩 Report this post

126 Comments

Sign in to comment — or just click the box below.
🔒 Your email is never shown publicly.
Salty_Wedding3845 Mar 31, 2026 +546
Needs more pettiness, offer to rename it that "Trump rapes 7th graders" highway instead. Do this every time these chucklefucks try to deify the dead racist.
546
SirIll1219 Mar 31, 2026 +68
That's actually a great idea.
68
dehydratedrain Mar 31, 2026 +32
Did you say... D.E.I.-fy?
32
archronin Mar 31, 2026 +11
Please let the White House ballroom redesign NOT BE Donald's burial site! Please let the White House ballroom redesign NOT BE Donald's burial site! Please let the White House ballroom redesign NOT BE Donald's burial site!
11
Made_Human_Music Mar 31, 2026 +7
I'd be ok with it if they put a urinal over the grave. And if they charged to use it we could use that money to pay all the victims of this regime who will definitely be suing us once he's gone Or even better, make it a trans only bathroom
7
bb_kelly77 Mar 31, 2026 +4
I think to avoid bankrupting the country we should pay anyone who sues by selling the assets of Trump and his cabinet (and Musk)... especially because suing America for Trump's actions after he's gone would be like if the world sued Unified Germany for the actions of the 3rd Reich (which we didn't do BECAUSE it was one of the reasons the 3rd Reich happened)
4
Made_Human_Music Mar 31, 2026 +3
Good idea. And let's take the money from his criminal offspring too. Ideally that whole bloodline will wallow in poverty for generations. And they can live off of the system they fucked up
3
bb_kelly77 Mar 31, 2026 +3
Considering all his money is out of the Trump Foundation in order to dodge taxes that's gonna happen regardless... also his grandchildren elementary school age and younger get a pass because they aren't old enough to have done wrong yet, they don't know any better... I don't subscribe to the sins of the father mindset
3
Made_Human_Music Mar 31, 2026 +3
That’s fair, don’t punish the kids but they’ll have to earn their own way
3
RipErRiley Mar 31, 2026 +16
I support this alternative
16
Emotional-Mango-5166 Mar 31, 2026 +2
Trumpstein Lane
2
Bruce-7892 Mar 31, 2026 +355
I will NEVER understand why the right worships this dipshit. He talked on YouTube and argued with college students even though he couldn't finish college. I guess they see themselves in him and wanted to feel like one of their own was winning.
355
Speak_To_Wuk_Lamat Mar 31, 2026 +193
"Look at this 31 year old who made his career by being disingenuous to random college kids" isnt the own they think it is. But you can watch this video here where he goes up against Oxford students who actually know what they are talking about and see him get wrecked. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlh\_GfHmwts](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlh_GfHmwts)
193
JessieJ577 Mar 31, 2026 +48
He crumbles in real panels and debates. He tried to move away from the campus stuff but then kept getting shit on. It’s why the dolphin incident happened. Once he saw he was out of his depth he went back to the college thing because going legit was just making him look stupid to his audience of 16 year olds who want to see libs get owned.
48
Bruce-7892 Mar 31, 2026 +67
Hahaha, I've seen that one before, but I doubt most of his fans have. If he was right in what he was saying, he should have been talking to other subject matter experts the whole time, not kids barely out of high school, but this goes to show what happens when he faced someone actually more educated than him.
67
SethLight Mar 31, 2026 +43
>If he was right in what he was saying, he should have been talking to other subject matter experts the whole time, not kids barely out of high school, but this goes to show what happens when he faced someone actually more educated than him. Because they know their ideology is full of holes and gets shot to shit the second they talk to anyone who knows what they are talking about. Then instead of changing their mind to a logical conclusion they cry about the 'intellectual elite' and the how rationality can lead you to unreligious conclusions. When these people are forced to talk to other experts you'll notice they will, like Jordan Peterson, suddenly shift to far less extreme and more defensible positions.
43
DeterminedThrowaway Mar 31, 2026 +29
Ah yes, the Jordon Peterson defense. "You want me to define words and use them consistently? Up yours, woke moralist!". Then start crying for some reason
29
SethLight Mar 31, 2026 +9
Yup, that's Jordan's nightmare scenario. Where thinks he is talking to a kid who doesn't know much, makes his typical outlandish claims that conservatives pay him for, only to slam head first into a wall when the person actually does know what they are talking about. That Jubilee video really recked him.
9
DaemonDrayke Mar 31, 2026 +9
That’s what so many of his followers don’t get, he was a pathetic loser who made a career of punching down.
9
matrinox Apr 1, 2026 +6
Read the comments. Even when they do, they’re still delusional
6
MaxGoldFilms Apr 1, 2026 +2
Yep, those comments were disheartening. They watched, but didn't understand. (That's assuming that actually watched it, which is a shaky assumption.)
2
DeterminedThrowaway Mar 31, 2026 +23
It's Ben Shapiro all over again. They're all like this because they aren't serious people intellectually 
23
Bruce-7892 Mar 31, 2026 +15
" They're all like this because they aren't serious people intellectually" Exactly. An intelligent person can think critically and change their mind if offered an answer that makes more sense than their previous beliefs. These people double and triple down on everything. Flat earther mentality.
15
HydroWrench Mar 31, 2026 +3
sooooo kirky boy was just little hat shap, but chopped and screwed? since ben was always a fan of speaking faster and faster cramming as many words as possible into whatever rebuttal or argument he was offering up. chuck was just the leaned out version hence all the "debating" with green as hell fresh college students.
3
Bruce-7892 Apr 1, 2026 +2
Hahaha, love the reference. Like the Mike Jones or Michael Watts remix of Ben Shapiro.
2
ExcommunicatedGod Mar 31, 2026 +7
Watching Alex O’Connor blow Shapiro outa the water on his own channel was amazing.
7
allenahansen Mar 31, 2026 +6
I luv, luv, LUV, that she introduces him as "Cholly Cuck".
6
AnatidaephobiaAnon Mar 31, 2026 +24
Because they were told to. That's it. I personally know people who had no clue who he was, but suddenly became Kirk fans (my stepdad is one). They propped him up as a Christian man who was murdered because he was simply trying to have an open discussion with college kids when in reality he was only doing it because that's as deep as he could successfully debate. It's hard to debate someone when their talking points are preloaded and ready to go. He said a bunch of racist and misogynistic stuff that they claim is missing context but in many cases the context makes it worse. Also, they don't see those problematic things he said as being issues because that's why they believe. So when they say they aren't racist, they fully believe that because they have been conditioned to believe their things and not once challenge them with either real world or written evidence.
24
eltedioso Mar 31, 2026 +5
This, 100%. I don’t necessarily believe there was a conspiracy to off him, but I absolutely believe there was a conspiracy to spin it immediately afterwards. They were just waiting for some right-wing figure to meet political violence and treat him as a martyr. And because conservatives are so suggestible, it didn’t really matter who it was. And it worked like a charm (sort of — I think most everyday people have long moved on).
5
sharlayan Mar 31, 2026 +13
They didn't give a single solitary shit about him until he became a springboard for them to launch their absolute hogshit drivel of a platform. Not a single one of them could have cared any less about him, including his wife.
13
RioRancher Mar 31, 2026 +12
Everything is a culture war to them. Once you understand that, you understand their weirdness.
12
sump_daddy Mar 31, 2026 +5
This is a good one, he was worshipped because he 'enlisted to fight in the war' and if theres anything that gives the right a giant freedom boner, its a 'volunteer army' the fact that he was a hypocritical moron only made him that much more relatable to followers
5
SpaceZombieZed Mar 31, 2026 +7
They can’t openly cheer for their other heroes (like the nazis or the confederacy) They wanna talk about someone like how sane people talk about for example Malcolm X or MLK, but their only option is a racist podcaster.
7
Venetian_Harlequin Mar 31, 2026 +6
They want their Horst Wessel desperately.
6
controllersdown Mar 31, 2026 +7
The right has no heroes with good morals Martyrs dont need to be moral to energize and control mobs and parties. A martyr can even change understood morality to be more negative if their plight becomes personal to those who worship them. Republicans try to turn nearly every early death by their prominent members to be those of Martyrs to change morality to fit their needs. It is rare a Republican death is actually a murder so this one was a golden opportunity to create a new martyr. And like all those before him, he was a piece of shit who deserves nothing. But its the best they have.
7
AwesomeManatee Mar 31, 2026 +6
They don't worship him, they desperately want a martyr to villify the left with so they retroactively pretend that he was a bigger deal than he actually was.
6
Bruce-7892 Mar 31, 2026 +5
"they desperately want a martyr to villify the left" Before we even knew who the hell the killer was or anything about him they were trying to do that. America is a freakin joke in a lot of ways and I am saying that as a pretty patriotic person. Could you imagine the shit storm if that Tyler guy wasn't a white kid from Utah? If we was most other demographics there would be lynching's and riots.
5
VapidRapidRabbit Mar 31, 2026 +4
Couldn’t finish *community college. 😂
4
DK655 Mar 31, 2026 +5
And he also thought affirmative action was to blame for him not getting into West Point
5
Bruce-7892 Mar 31, 2026 +3
I have no clue where these people get this idea from. Standards are standards. There is no organization, especially government or military, that says "white guys have to be excellent, everyone else can be sub par and we will hire them". That's just not how it works and if you think so you are coping for your own shortcomings.
3
DK655 Mar 31, 2026 +4
Exactly. Obviously he was never even in the military, so West Point wasn’t going to just let him waltz in without powerful connections. Even saying that though, he was definitely connected enough you'd think a powerful Republican would have done everything to get him in. Considering that, it sounds to me like one of two things is true: either he never really tried to get in and lied to fake a grievance against affirmative action, or he did try and even his most powerful supporters thought “this dude is an idiot” and didn’t help him. Honestly both of those scenarios sound equally likely to me.
4
TheBatemanFlex Mar 31, 2026 +9
Desperation. It could’ve been Nick Fuentes and it would be the same outcome.
9
technobeeble Mar 31, 2026 +3
They need a martyr and he was the easiest one.
3
mayorofanything Mar 31, 2026 +6
Because they didn't see the real Kirk. They saw Facebook/Fox News Kirk who was a man that did a tone of Christian videos and talking about the moral destitute of the youth. They literally got fed an alternate reality version of the guy.
6
Narrow_Track9598 Mar 31, 2026 +8
It's because he owned the libs! He made conservative votes look good. The voters spit out hate and toxic bullshit but point to charlie Kirk and "just have a conversation" it's literally for their snowflake feelings
8
Individual_Click5252 Mar 31, 2026 +3
Because they are all dipshits, and they share a common dipshittery ideology.
3
bb_kelly77 Mar 31, 2026 +3
I'm gonna be honest, Kirk is the most respectable person of the entire MAGA inner circle, simply because he actually talks instead of going "nuh-uh" to everything
3
Bruce-7892 Mar 31, 2026 +2
It's hard for me to give kudos to the guy, but he would actually respond unlike Karoline Levitt, Trump, or anyone else like you said. It's easy to "win" an argument if I just shout louder and meaner things back at you. The morons on the right thinks that means the more abrasive person is correct.
2
NatalieVonCatte Mar 31, 2026 +3
He validated their violent bigotry. The Right really really likes it when someone with a persona of gravitas or respectability tells them to hurt trans people or be racist.
3
EditRemove Mar 31, 2026 +3
[Picture](https://imgur.com/KiT66je)
3
Galappie Apr 1, 2026 +3
A good portion, perhaps even the majority, of people who “care” about him now didn’t know who he was prior to getting got. Half the reason they do this stuff is just to upset people. They don’t necessarily think Charlie Kirk is deserving of a highway, a banner on government buildings, etc. They just think “hey wouldn’t it upset people if we inserted Charlie Kirk into their lives at every turn?” and go with it.
3
awake_acea6 Mar 31, 2026 +2
Photos of him look like photoshop.
2
rolfraikou Apr 1, 2026 +2
95% of them barely know what he said or stood for. He's just a prop for them. They saw him in one or two youtube videos where he "owned liberals" and that was all they needed. Then when they saw the chance to have a martyr, they f****** ran with it, just like his wife. People get in trouble for quoting him, because his *supposed* fans never actually heard what he said.
2
so_unfortunately_yt Mar 31, 2026 +77
Charlie Kirk got exactly what he thought *other* people deserved.
77
AnatidaephobiaAnon Mar 31, 2026 +31
Does it suck he died? Yes. Do I really care? Absolutely not. He didn't care when it happened to other people and saw it as a byproduct of having gun rights, so I'm not going to shed a tear for him. The only people in that entire scenario I feel bad for are his kids because they lost a dad (although he was a shit head) and are now stuck with what is very likely an even worse mom.
31
commitme Mar 31, 2026 +12
it's infinitely better to grow up fatherless than with Charlie Kirk as your dad
12
UptownShenanigans Apr 1, 2026 +2
Those kids are going to grow up hating liberals from their surroundings, even though a liberal didn’t kill their dad. It’s a coin toss whether or not they realize the lie when they’re older
2
ReviledFoundling Apr 1, 2026 +4
Exactly. It's fine to have as much sympathy for him as he did for gunned-down schoolchildren.
4
TheBalzy Mar 31, 2026 +64
And now all the Democrats have to do in Arizona is run on "look what these idiots are wasting time on in the statehouse while you're paying $5/gallon"
64
thebooknerd_ Apr 1, 2026 +2
Fr. I used to pay $40 to fill my tank up with premium. Now I’m paying around $45 for regular. And that was with 40¢/gal
2
SidratFlush Apr 1, 2026
Why has American fuel been cheaper than milk for so long?
0
TheBalzy Apr 1, 2026 +1
Where is gas cheaper than milk? That's not true where I live...
1
SidratFlush Apr 1, 2026
It was an American thing at some point.
0
thebooknerd_ Apr 1, 2026
I mean the average person isn’t buying 1 gallon of gas so it definitely has not been less than milk
0
SidratFlush Apr 1, 2026
The price per gallon remains the price per gallon, no matter how much you buy at one time.
0
thebooknerd_ Apr 1, 2026 +2
Right, I guess I’m not seeing your point. Gallon of milk to gallon of gas is an arbitrary comparison when you’re not buying the same amounts
2
SidratFlush Apr 1, 2026 +1
So I have to explain that a gallon of 'gas' is NOT a renewable product but was/is cheaper than the same amount of milk, which is. The point is that American fuel was subsidised for a very long time to keep the price artificially low. While in some cases keeping staple goods low priced is good for all people by keeping fuel prices low has led to very poor public transport investment in the US. Among other pretty poor outcomes for a healthy nation. Edit: If you spend $5 on both gas and milk what will you have more of by volume?
1
Solonohioperson Mar 31, 2026 +36
wow, that's a photo.
36
omgisthatbravo Mar 31, 2026 +16
A face only a mother could love
16
Heteroimpersonator Mar 31, 2026 +11
Erika Kirk has left the chat. 😂
11
Solonohioperson Mar 31, 2026 +7
Well his mom didn't even speak at his funeral or attend I guess, so maybe not.
7
OwnIllustrator1609 Mar 31, 2026 +7
Butthead in real life
7
kombatunit Mar 31, 2026 +4
Monstrous visage.
4
frozenpissglove Mar 31, 2026 +31
The governor that vetoed this also vetoed the license plates for him too. Allegedly a portion of the fees from those plates would have gone to TP, or whatever grift they’re using nowadays. As a resident I’m happy that both of these got vetoed.
31
c-e-bird Mar 31, 2026 +10
Andy Biggs wrote about how awful she was for not naming it after such an important ‘Arizona son and patriot.’ Charlie Kirk is from Illinois.
10
Thorrbane Apr 1, 2026 +1
Fuckin' clowns, these people.
1
realancepts4real Apr 1, 2026 +1
they don't come dumber than Andy Biggs
1
Plus-Visit-764 Mar 31, 2026 +19
So we can have highways named after an influencer but not of the brave men and women who have died in service to America? F*** Trump.
19
AnatidaephobiaAnon Mar 31, 2026 +5
I'm happy pretty much every major roadway near me has the names of those killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. I'm also said because there's a ton of roads with names of those killed (one was my best friend and another was a childhood acquaintance). I'm shocked more signs with JD Vance's name hasn't popped up around here given he grew up near me. There are signs but the name on it wasn't the name he was using when he moved away, so there's that small issue.
5
One_Disaster_5995 Mar 31, 2026 +34
More like a dead end street. The Charlie Kirk Cul-de-sac.
34
Heteroimpersonator Mar 31, 2026 +8
Cuck-de-sac is more fitting with how his widow has been celebrating.
8
Familiar-Report-513 Mar 31, 2026 +1
Needs a small brick paved feeder street off one side about 3/4's of the way up.
1
xX_7HR0W-4W4Y_Xx Mar 31, 2026 +15
>Senate Bill 1010, sponsored by Senate President Warren Petersen (R), would have used taxpayer funds to create a “reasonable amount” of new signage recognizing the highway as the new “Charlie Kirk Loop 202.” Petersen criticized Hobbs’ veto, saying, “Today’s decision marks a clear departure from Arizona’s long-standing tradition of recognizing impact over politics.” What impact? The only impact I associate with Kirk is the one the bullet made in his neck.
15
Creepy-Floor-1745 Mar 31, 2026 +5
A nice, well-meaning man from my local place of worship tried to convince me about how many “young men CW brought to Christ” I haven’t seen that, only young and old people of all genders who actively hate Christians more than ever bc of that potato headed rage baiter  His unintended impact was repelling people from religion and especially Christianity 
5
Effective_Leather524 Mar 31, 2026 +11
I love Katie Hobbs for this. Down with the fragile white racist douchewallas!
11
thebooknerd_ Apr 1, 2026 +1
So proud to say I voted for her
1
OwnIllustrator1609 Mar 31, 2026 +8
Whoever picked that photo needs a raise
8
Everydayarmday24 Mar 31, 2026 +7
Who the f*** is this dipshit nobody. I never heard about him before his ass died. Move on already
7
S_A_R_K Mar 31, 2026 +5
Who?
5
Teddy_RGB Mar 31, 2026 +6
Of all the MAGA things I can’t understand, this Kirk worship f***** nonsense is what i cant understand the most
6
powerfuzzzz Mar 31, 2026 +6
Is Charlie Kirk coming back from the dead this Easter?
6
Popular_Fly9604 Mar 31, 2026 +3
Excellent roast sir! I award you.
3
BidResponsible5378 Mar 31, 2026 +11
"Take our attempt to troll the libs seriously!"
11
RecordFirst1055 Mar 31, 2026 +4
Let's pitch in for a memorial fountain instead
4
Stephen_Millers_clit Mar 31, 2026 +5
We should all be in support of renaming a stretch of road “Scary Remember to brush your teeth Meme” international highway…
5
ThirdSunRising Mar 31, 2026 +5
We’ve really reached the point where they’re naming highways after influencers?
5
throwleavemealone Mar 31, 2026 +5
He was a podcaster.
5
Round_Rooms Mar 31, 2026 +6
They were going to rename hey K in a county of wisconsin too, but they said the signs were too expensive (50k per sign) but it's pretty obvious that the real reason was too much backlash trying to commemorate a hate mongering nobody. Chalk it up as a win for the good guys.
6
Mountain-Bat-8679 Mar 31, 2026 +4
For any kirk street memorials we just need to put a sticker on top that says "dont be" and suddenly maga will remove the whole thing. We have one in naples fl. It reads Charlie Kirk memorial highway. Every time we pass by is a reminder of what Not to be.
4
What_Iz_This Mar 31, 2026 +5
charlie charlie kirky
5
planeta-de-agua Mar 31, 2026 +5
He was just a podcaster.
5
Old-n-Wrinkly Mar 31, 2026 +5
He’s also very, very creepy looking. To me, he looked like a ventriloquist’s dummy.
5
RGV_Ikpyo Mar 31, 2026 +3
gums
3
oldcreaker Mar 31, 2026 +3
All this Kirk and Trump stuff are basically modern updates for the Confederate statues, which were also placed by racists.
3
One_Disaster_5995 Mar 31, 2026 +3
While we're on it - has anyone started a petition yet to christen the new East Wing the "Epstein Wing"?
3
tylagersign Mar 31, 2026 +3
They really shot down that bill, and in a way it’s that honoring him?
3
nurseferatou Apr 1, 2026 +3
Maybe we could name a bullet train after him?
3
Hoppers-Body-Double Mar 31, 2026 +2
They had to stop the process when they found out the ~~tooth to gum~~ lane to berm ratio was going to be costly.
2
United_Bus3467 Mar 31, 2026 +2
It will always be the 202 to me. The bill would use tax payer funds to create signage? Oh eff all the way off. Keep that BS out of my home state.
2
army2693 Mar 31, 2026 +2
Awww. Now we have nothing to shoot at while driving at night.
2
duncan-the-wonderdog Mar 31, 2026 +2
Where's the bill for a Hulk Hogan or a Chuck Norris highway? Why are modern right-wingers so scared to celerate real American patriots? /s
2
burtburtburtcg Mar 31, 2026 +2
The red neck?
2
jedisquirrel171 Mar 31, 2026 +2
How about a nice memorial fountain? You can have the water running out of the statue's neck for historical accuracy.
2
Legal-Swordfish3558 Mar 31, 2026 +3
Good. F*** everything this pos did. Tpusa has done nothing but hurt this state.
3
illit3 Mar 31, 2026 +2
Just a bad omen to name a backbone of the area after this guy.
2
Toadfinger Mar 31, 2026 +2
Traitor's Highway?
2
futuriztic Mar 31, 2026 +3
Dudes mouth is so weird
3
Bawstahn123 Mar 31, 2026 +2
I've always wondered what the f*** was wrong with Kirk's teeth. Did he grind his teeth or something? Why are they all flat?
2
lizard_king0000 Mar 31, 2026 +2
Im a Podcaster, can I have a road?
2
Proper-Mobile-6438 Apr 1, 2026 +2
Az is purple enough that all the signs woulda just been repeatedly vandalized.this veto saves all the maintenance money.
2
MyFirstCarWasA_Vega Apr 1, 2026 +2
He had to veto it. Veto it. Still don't believe they will do literally anything to take over the country?
2
D55420 Apr 1, 2026 +2
Thoughts and Prayers Freeway!!
2
Mr-A-1991 Apr 1, 2026 +2
Who the f*** is Charlie Kirk?
2
andy189 Apr 1, 2026 +2
You mean the Israeli victim?
2
Excellent-Piglet-655 Apr 1, 2026 +2
Did Kirk have Downs Syndrome?
2
IntelligentStyle402 Apr 1, 2026 +2
A Governor with integrity, values and works for the greater good. Kirk was a questionable podcaster, not an American hero. Thanks. Katie.
2
← Back to Board