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Arizona Considering Tea Party License Plate That Would Fund Tea Party Causes

Jon Terbush | March 4, 2011, 4:12PM

The Arizona State Senate is considering a bill to introduce specialty license plates with the Gadsden Flag phrase turned Tea Party slogan, "Don't Tread On Me," with funds generated by those plates going to promote the Tea Party in ways well beyond car bumpers.

As the Arizona Daily Star noted Thursday, the state Senate is considering a bill that would create a license plate depicting the Gadsden Flag's iconic image, a coiled snake on a yellow background, complete with the "Don't Tread On Me" tag line. Similar specialty plates have been proposed in Virginia, Nevada, and South Carolina, while Texas has already approved creating such a license plate.

Yet what's interesting about this particular plate is that the money generated from its sale would be used specifically to fund tea party causes.

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Topics: Arizona, Arizona Tea Party, Gadsen Flag, License Plates, Tea Parties

Tucson Shootings

Tucson Shooting Victim Who Threatened Tea Partier Apologizes

Rachel Slajda | January 17, 2011, 1:57PM

Shooting victim J. Eric Fuller arrested for threats

J. Eric Fuller, a victim of the mass shooting in Tucson who was arrested Saturday for threatening a tea party leader, released a statement of apology today.

"It was not in the spirit of our allegiance and warm feelings of each other as citizens of this great country," Fuller said in the statement, which he released through his girlfriend, according to the Associated Press.

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Topics: Arizona, Arizona Tea Party, Gabrielle Giffords, J. Eric Fuller, Trent Humphries, Tucson Shootings

J. Eric Fuller

Tucson Tea Party Leader: I Want Victim Who Threatened Me To Get Help

Rachel Slajda | January 16, 2011, 2:26PM

Shooting victim J. Eric Fuller arrested for threats

One of the 19 victims of last week's shooting in Tucson was arrested yesterday after standing up during a town hall-style meeting and shouting, "You're dead!" to the leader of the Tucson tea party. The victim, J. Eric Fuller, has been charged with disorderly conduct and making a threat. and was involuntarily committed to undergo a mental health evaluation, according to the Pima County Sheriff's Department.

The tea party leader, Trent Humphries, told TPM he hopes that if Fuller needs help, he gets it -- especially if it's the kind of help the suspected shooter never got.

"If pressing charges is the only way to make sure he gets the help he needs, we'll probably do that," Humphries said in a phone interview Sunday. "I'm not saying this guy's Jared Loughner, but I can't tell you for sure he's not a danger to himself, me or the community."