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Every Artist Who Has Dropped Out of Donald Trump’s Great American State Fair: Martina McBride, More
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Every Artist Who Has Dropped Out of Donald Trump’s Great American State Fair: Martina McBride, More

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Martina McBride, Bret Michaels and several other artists backed out of appearing in the Great American State Fair’s Freedom 250 concerts. The concerts were billed as nonpartisan, but the website featured photos of Donald Trump and Melania Trump, plus Trump administration agencies and sponsors. McBride said she was misled after being told the event would celebrate all 50 states, while Michaels said safety concerns and threats pushed him to step away. Milli Vanilli, Young MC, C+C Music Factory and Morris Day and the Time also said they would not take part in Freedom 250.

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