Virginia man loses bid for license plate with Trump insult
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia man has lost his appeal to keep a personalized license plate that appears to contain an obscene message about President Donald Trump.
The license plate on Donald Butler's Lexus SUV reads: "FTRU MPK."
Butler, a lawyer from Richmond, makes no secret of the fact he does not like Trump and chose the letter combination to express his feelings. He told the Richmond Times-Dispatch that the 'F' and 'K' stand for "flunk" because he believes Trump has flunked.
But the commissioner of Virginia's Department of Motor Vehicles wrote in a recent ruling that the license plate violates state guidelines because it could be perceived as "profane, obscene or vulgar."
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