President Donald Trump’s “covfefe” tweet has gained so much attention that some drivers in various states have tried to purchase their own “covfefe” license plates. But Georgia is not having it.
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The state has banned multiple versions of that nonsensical word from appearing on vanity license plates, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.
The AJC also obtained a list of over 8,000 rejected words and phrases from the Georgia Department of Revenue and published it online Monday. “Covfefe,” along with “C0VFEFE,” “C0VFEF3,” “C0VFEVE,” “C0VF3FE,” “C0VF3F3,” “C0VVEFE” and “C0VVEFE,” made the cut, or more accurately didn’t. The publication warns that many other banned plates may be offensive to readers.
Other states haven’t denied drivers a “covfefe” tags, according to a CNN report. A Nebraska man, for instance, got the plate just a few hours after Trump’s May 31 tweet. A tweet about a California lawyer who purchased the tag got more than 90,000 likes.
In Georgia law prohibits profane and obscene combinations that include references to sex, sexual acts, body parts, bodily fluids, drugs, alcohol, crime or that disparage a religious belief or being, race, ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation. However, political messages are not prohibited unless the license plate combination indicates an office or position that the license plate owner does not hold.
The policy led to some disagreement over the “covfefe” ban.
“Given the word ‘covfefe’ has a political meaning, the state can’t ban it because there are no provisions for rejecting political speech in their statute, and I’d say it is unconstitutional because rejecting ‘covfefe’ without rejecting all political speech means their decision is not viewpoint-neutral,” Atlanta-based trial lawyer Bruce Brown told the AJC.
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