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TexasTowelie

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Sat Oct 7, 2017, 01:31 PM Oct 2017

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."

Read more: http://www.newsadvance.com/news/state/wire/virginia-man-loses-bid-for-license-plate-with-trump-insult/article_d48202e2-8aa4-5f69-a1e6-60a082641ebe.html

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Virginia man loses bid for license plate with Trump insult (Original Post) TexasTowelie Oct 2017 OP
Oh, and drumpf doesn't violate state guidelines? louis-t Oct 2017 #1
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