Speak Up: Arizona legislator seeks to name Loop 202 after Charlie Kirk

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A report by journalist Howard Fisher that the president of the Arizona Senate wants to rename a portion of the Loop 202 freeway for assassinated Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk drew opposition from some fellow state lawmakers. “Charlie Kirk is a son of Arizona who embodied the very fabric of our founding fathers when they crafted the Bill of Rights,” state Sen. Warren Petersen of Gilbert told Fisher, a phrase the Gilbert Republican and GOP candidate for Arizona attorney general said means the 31-year-old Kirk made Arizona his home even though he grew up and spent more than half his life in Illinois.

• “I’m appalled that Charlie Kirk was assassinated, but to name Loop 202 for Charlie Kirk? Maybe John McCain, but Charlie Kirk?” — Arwin Roe via email
• “How about we just stop naming roads after people?” — Ja Koe via Facebook
• “I disagree wholeheartedly with the scheme to name the Loop 202 after Charlie Kirk. We shouldn't be naming roads after people much less after Kirk. If it’s named after him, I will never drive on it again.” — Julianne M. Bergstrom via email