Tea Party License Plates Now Approved In Arizona

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer has signed a bill allowing Arizona state license plates bearing a snake and the Tea Party slogan “Don’t Tread On Me.” No taxpayer money will go towards making the plates, but a portion of their sale will “be devoted to supporting the message of limited government and the Constitution.” Brewer says this is no big deal, since lots of groups get to have their own plates. But Democratic State Sen. Kyrsten Sinema says political parties typically don’t get the implicit endorsement of a state plate: “I wouldn’t even want a Democratic license plate. That would also be wrong.”