A newly issued Alaska license plate bearing the characters “86 47” is drawing a strong response from members of the public who believe it is a coded reference advocating violence against the president of the United States.
The plate, which was approved by the Alaska Division of Motor Vehicles in May, 2025, was seen in Soldotna over the weekend. The number “86” is widely understood slang for “eliminate,” “destroy,” or “kill,” while “47” is commonly associated with the 47th president: Donald Trump. It is a number that has been used by anti-Trump protesters across the country.
A source has sent MRAK the documentation showing this vehicle is owned by an employee of the Anchorage Daily News. We believe this information to be accurate but have redacted the name, address, and VIN as we await another form of verification:
The sighting comes just weeks after another Alaska license plate made waves online for bearing the sequence “8T64T7,” which is easily interpreted as a stylized version of the same message.
In both instances, Alaskans have contacted the Alaska Department of Administration and Division of Motor Vehicles with concerns that the plates violate agency policy or even state law regarding threats or incitement.
The controversy has renewed questions about how the DMV screens personalized plate requests.
In 2021, following public backlash over plates reading “FUHRER” and “3REICH,” the Department of Administration issued a report stating that the DMV would strengthen its review process. The policy changes were to prohibit messages that demeaned ethnic, religious, or racial groups, or that included vulgar, violent, or criminal language.
It is unclear what review process was in place when the “86 47” plate was approved in May of 2025.
When someone gets 86’d from a bar, they get barred from coming back.
Let’s not become cry babies looking for things to complain about! It’s petty.
The Far Right has always been “snowflakes”. They want to be treated with kid gloves while throwing vile statements and demonstrations. You’ll remember none of them were upset on Jan 6, 2021 when they were chanting “Hang Mike Pence” while erecting gallows on the US Capital Steps.
“……When someone gets 86’d from a bar, they get barred from coming back……..”
The White House isn’t a bar. It’s where the POTUS goes after being elected. You don’t have to win an election to go to a private bar, and even if you do win some kind of election, the bar owner can eject you and ban your return.
Only delusional cult #magats view ‘86’ as conveying in any way ‘killing’; to 86 someone means to remove them from the premises (as in a bar or restaurant – in this case from the Whitehouse).
Get a grip. Promoting the impeachment of someone seen by half the public as a neo-fascist is not derogatory /-)
marc seek medical attention, you need help. TDS is strong in you and that makes me smile!
Exactly what I was going to post…Thank You Marc
Pro-trump here and Pro-free speech
Come on team…Let’s toughen up
Let the libtards have their outlets for their TDS
You tell others to get a grip, and then refer to Trump as fascist in the next sentence. Your lack of self awareness is amazing.
Marc:
I am old enough to remember when we had a Democrat in the White House. And, every statement that could be distorted into a threat against the President was distorted.
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Now, half the public sees President Trump as neo-fascist? I guess that demonstrates that half the public has absolutely no idea of what a fascist is, and how a fascist acts. Frankly, I do not think throwing money at the education system in this country is working in any way.
“…….Only delusional cult #magats view ‘86’ as conveying in any way ‘killing’……..”
Only a leftist Demonrat would deny the flexibility of the language (when it doesn’t suit their propaganda). Merriam/Webster’s dictionary cites 284 words as synonymous to “kill”:
‘https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kill
“Get a grip. Promoting the impeachment of someone seen by half the public as a neo-fascist is not derogatory /-)”
Define “neo-fascist” Mark.
Also I think you are overly optimistic when you think that half the country thinks like you. The approval numbers tell a different tale, but I get that would not work for your chosen narrative.
Okay so what exactly is a “neo-fascist’ and what actions do you believe indicated that the administration adheres to that brand of politics?
It is incomprehensible that a person employed by a newspaper would take an action that is so partisan. While I know the Anchorage Daily News is a left leaning newspaper they generally try to hide the fact, although not very well. Unfortunately, they are the only newspaper available.
Fortunately newspapers are going the way of the dodo bird. They need paid subscribers more than we need them.
And the @sshole had to sully a Jeep with that license plate, no less.
Poseur.
Revoke it now!
It is pretty sad when you are so consumed with TDS that you feel the need to pay for a politically motivated vanity plate and display it on your vehicle.
They must have really good insurance on that jeep.
My first thoughts exactly. Only an idiot would put that (or ANY political image) on their vehicle, park it, and walk away.
I can remember murdering and killing all of those house specials when I worked in a restaurant–“86 the turkey special, I just ordered the last one for table 7”. I thought we were getting away from all of the censorship the Biden administration thrust on us, but it seems like everyday I’m hearing or reading about new things that can’t be said. What happened to freedom of speech?
That isn’t freedom of speech. It’s a STATE issued license plate you pay for that has to be made.
You also can’t order F You. Nothing to do with speech and more of not having a bunch of cuss words on plates like children. Or a desire to see the POTUS killed. Because that is what it says, 86 47. I wouldn’t have ANY political crap on my ride! Not to mention it makes YOU like like an ass!
“……..I can remember murdering and killing all of those house specials when I worked in a restaurant……..”
Pretty dangerous work environment. Even soldiers don’t “murder” when killing others. But I tend to agree that restaurants are becoming dangerous places to be. Luby’s Cafeteria in Killeen TX comes to mind. Maybe that’s another reason why drive-through fast food locations are so popular? You can order and eat behind locked doors and with sidearm at hand……..and the increased security makes up for the lousy food?
If you ever find yourself offended by a license plate,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,try not looking at it.
I don’t see what’s vulgar about 86 47.
Vulgar is the dude w/ the plate that says PWRBTM. There’s a mental image few drivers need. Saw it on OSH in ANC a while back.
well you are part of the problem!
Granted, words can be hurtful, but it’s only the manner in which they are used that makes them hurtful. Are people offended to find the word “fuhrer” in the dictionary? The 1st Amendment was not set in place to protect generally acceptable or comforting speech; but rather the opposite thereof. Those hurt by offensive speech should recalibrate their sensitivity.
“……Are people offended to find the word “fuhrer” in the dictionary?…….”
Few refer to dictionaries in this society. The proof of that is all around you.
Who is running the DMV in Alaska!
This stinks
The 86 47 license needs to be canceled. There is no place for fomenting violence in our Constitutional Republic.
I would like to see the plate “HNGPED” or “WDCHPR”.
I do recall seeing a few cars with similar remarks towards Biden. Let’s not be calling the kettle black here.
I remember a Must Read article about how some Alaskan plates were Nazi’ish. I also remember the comments that were defending these plates.
1). What is a “Nazi-ish” plate? 2) Did the cars you saw with anti-Biden messages imply assassinating him like the 8647 message does? “Let’s Go Brandon” was the most common phrase used for Biden that I saw.
1) Any nazi themed plate. Like 3Reich.
2) I saw one car with a shooting target sticker and Bidens face in the middle. I would define that as implying assassination.
Also, being 86’d is more of a getting kicked out of a bar term than an assassination term, imo.
Did you go to public schools to learn false equivalence? Let me be as genuine as you are. How is people expressing their love and intimate feelings for FJB the same as wanting to 86 (get rid of) the President?
I’ve only ever heard of 86 being slang for to throw someone out or ban them
That is correct
Maybe you should spend less time in the bar. Try looking in a dictionary. “To get rid of”.
You must spend all of your time in bars. Try looking in a dictionary. Shows meaning of get rid of.
People don’t have the right to not be offended.
Sounds like Secret Service should investigate the owner of that car as well as the DMV for requesting and approving that plate
The clown who requested that custom plate from the DMV may find that his nice blue Jeep could end up being a different color. Maybe a rainbow of colors.
I’m guessing he/she (are the words he/she a crime yet?) might like a free rainbow paint job………
Please, just ignore these pathetic fools. You just gave them the recognition their demented mind craves.
I’ve never seen 86 used in a violent context. If someone has been 86’d from a bar, it just means they have been made to leave. It certainly doesn’t mean they have been murdered. But I suppose meanings change over the years.
Conflation of a non-issue.
A long time ago, I was a bartender. We and all others in our trade would routinely ‘86’ customers if they were unruly, non-paying, or for whatever reason we didn’t want their business anymore.
The context of ‘86’ in our business never meant ‘kill’, ‘destroy’, ‘eliminate’, or imply any sort of harm to the perpetrator. It simply meant ‘get outa here (you jerk) and don’t come back’.
This is correct. It never meant kill or destroy.
This is what you get when a governor and party destroy state government by denying the DMV the tools they need. Some dips**t on my street has had an AK plate on his truck for at least 5 years saying: 1KILLR.
‘https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lady-killer
I’ll bet $20 they live in second addition.
There’s a 86Libs one in the Valley, y’all cool with that one??
Yes. Throw out the libs (not kill them)
Sure. I bet that vehicle hasn’t been vandalized yet, unless it was parked in Anchorage for a day.
Not a fan of the 1st amendment Suzanne? Does it only apply when it’s speech that you like? If so, you’re missing the point.
This isn’t about “free speech”, as it is a STATE (speak government) identification tag for your vehicle, so THE STATE knows, who it is registered to. If this message is on a state license plate it gives the appearance of “state sanction” of said message.
I would object to any plate that 86’s anyone (especially “libs” RINO).
Historically the term “86” has mob affiliations and indicated to take someone 8 miles out of town and put them 6 feet under, but over time the term was adapted to incorporate less lethal meanings.
Hey look at me I’M A DEMOCRAT What a moron!
Come on, folks! This license plate is really probably just a homage to PotatoHead Biden — it shows his age, plus the number of young girls whose hair he has publicly sniffed.
This is highly entertaining!
I remember when Jamie Allard was harangued to the nth degree, for pointing out that “Fuhrer” simply means “leader”. The uproar was deafening.
Now here we have a person, who is clearly so incensed about our current duly elected president, that s/he needs to express it on his/her vehicle’s official license plate. How silly and childish. It would further be entertaining to know how this particular individual see the “86” reference.
So in the final analysis, if you got all wrapped around the axles about Jamies’s comments, then be prepared to accept others being equally incensed about this. As for me, life is too short to waste to much time on fools, who can’t rationally act like adults and do stunts like either mentioned above.
The DMV is complicit in this. In my circle of friends are several DMV employees. Their “don’t give a f*ck” attitude and general disdain for all things conservative and Republican, especially Trump and Dunleavy, lead me to believe they had a good laugh and then reached for the big red “APPROVED” stamp. But not too quick, though…
So… according to Jeepster man et al the White House is now a bar??
Geez, and I was just getting used to it being called a crack house.
I think the plate should be canceled (too political)
“86” never meant kill, destroy, eliminate until recently when conservatives changed it’s meaning to score political points against liberals.
“86 ” means, and has always meant, cancel, throw out, or ban.
Anybody been in a bar or restaurant before?
Changing speech like this to further your agenda is a Commie move imo.
Read “Animal Farm” to see how the Communists roll w/ changing the meaning of English expressions to further their cause.
I am thinking of getting a FJB license plate. Leftists, what do you think? Innocuous, right?
I had a plate that read FNA. It was originally issued, then about 6 months later got the letter that it was objectionable. DMV sent new plates.