At least four states are bowing out of Trump's 'Great American State Fair'

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

President Donald Trump has billed the "Great American State Fair" as a patriotic World's Fair featuring pavilions created by every US state and territory – but several US states will not participate.

Officials from Oregon, Washington, Massachusetts and North Carolina told CNN they declined an invitation from the Trump administration to showcase their states at the giant fairgrounds being built on the National Mall. Pennsylvania has yet to decide whether it will participate.

While officials said their states' decisions were largely due to costs, a spokesperson for Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek, a Democrat, pointed to concerns about the partisan nature of the event, set to open June 25 and last about two weeks.

"The State of Oregon will not be participating in the Great American State Fair due to both the cost of participating in the Fair and growing concerns that the event in Washington D.C. is shaping up to be a more partisan affair than originally presented," spokesperson Luke Harkin said.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/several-states-bowing-trump-great-040007597.html

I appreciate that my state of Washington is avoiding this nonsense.

[electric_blue68]

1. Wth? hadn't even heard about this? Blah!

[efhmc]

2. Me neither but of course it will be partisan.

[Buddyzbuddy]

3. We should all agree to participate and cancel at the last minute.

[bsiebs]

4. I wrote to Gavin Newsom asking why California would be participating in this event. Awaiting an answer...

[mdbl]

5. There is nothing 'American' about that so-called celebration.

Just as this government is completely anti-American.

[CarolinaNC]

6. TY north carolina!!!!!!

[calimary]

8. And THANK YOU Oregon and Washington!

Neither state is participating.

[ChazInAz]

7. It actually looks as if there was no real planning involved.

Trump probably realized that it was June, and they had to do something next month. So he grabbed Vance and told him to work up something patriotic. Vance then grabbed a few interns and told them to brainstorm some ideas overnight.
Add cocaine, Mountain Dew and tons of snacks and :VOILA!

That was last week.

[GenThePerservering]

9. We don't feel like throwing money at this boondoggle

signed, Washingtonian who lives in a city with a balanced budget