ONEONTA, Ala. (AP) – The state of Alabama decided to let a gun store owner keep a personalized license plate that represents an obscene slur against President Joe Biden, and apologized for trying to take it away.
Nathan Kirk, whose plate includes the acronym “LGBF JB” – a reference to a political chant followed by a vulgar insult of Biden – said he received a letter from the Alabama Department of Revenue stating he can continue using the plate on his pickup truck, news outlets reported.
While the plate includes the initials of an obscene phrase commonly used by supporters of former President Donald Trump to deride Biden, the Oneonta man denied that the message represents a profane word and told al.com it’s just “a goofy tag.”
“But the meaning behind it does seem like a victory. Not like I was just throwing a fit that somebody told me I couldn’t do something, it was the principle is what I was fighting for,” he said.
Kirk said the letters on the plate stand for “Let’s go Brandon,” a anti-Biden phrase used by some opponents of the president, and “forget Joe Biden.” The state can’t prove otherwise, he said.