Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed a bill March 27 to rename a highway in honor of conservative activist Charlie Kirk in his home state of Arizona.
The governor called Kirk’s assassination “tragic and horrifying” but said political differences should be resolved “at the ballot box.”
“No matter who it targets, political violence puts us all in harm’s way and damages our sacred democratic institutions,” Hobbs wrote in a veto message to state Sen. Warren Peterson, a Republican from Gilbert, Ariz. “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.”…
