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groundloop

(13,949 posts)
Thu May 28, 2026, 09:49 PM 21 hrs ago

Country music legend pulls out of Trump's Great American State Fair, claims nonpartisan is 'misleading' [View all]

Source: AL.com

Martina McBride is the latest performer to pull out of Donald Trump’s Great American State Fair, saying she was misled by the type of event it was.

The country music star took to social media to “clear the air.”

“I will not be performing at the Great American State Fair on June 25,” her post on Instagram read. “I was presented with an opportunity to perform at a nonpartisan event, but that turned out to be misleading.”

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She added she asked a lot of questions and was assured it would be a “nonpartisan event that was meant to celebrate all 50 states.”

Read more: https://www.al.com/life/2026/05/country-music-legend-pulls-out-of-trumps-great-american-state-fair-claims-nonpartisan-is-misleading.html



It's already been posted that many entertainers are pulling out, but when tRump starts losing country music stars it's getting bad.
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Chump can't do "nonpartisan" FakeNoose 21 hrs ago #1
Grifty McP3do doesn't do "nonprofit" either Earth Bound Misfit 14 hrs ago #19
Another Trump disaster in the making. Maybe we revisit the moment in 2028. OAITW r.2.0 21 hrs ago #2
Ah....you might be on to something electric_blue68 6 hrs ago #27
So.... room opening up for Kid Rock, who was previously left out? RockRaven 21 hrs ago #3
not only the 'nonpartisan' thing stopdiggin 21 hrs ago #4
Weird .....musicians don't like Fascism. OAITW r.2.0 21 hrs ago #6
So none of the announced performers has enough clout to preempt their booking agent? LuvLoogie 21 hrs ago #5
I just saw a poster/graphic on Reddit for this event, with 5 of the 9 pictured/listed acts crossed out RockRaven 20 hrs ago #7
They can always get Mervis P. Dirtwater and the Front Porch Banjo Band. Aristus 20 hrs ago #8
Freedom Williams of C+C Music Factory has already opted out House of Roberts 20 hrs ago #9
Vanilla Ice... rpannier 19 hrs ago #11
Bret Michaels is out durablend 11 hrs ago #20
apparently NOT what happened here stopdiggin 17 hrs ago #18
Assured by trump admin that _________. LuvLoogie 9 hrs ago #21
I replied to a post that inferred that artists were being bamboozled and railroaded by their agents stopdiggin 7 hrs ago #24
Eric's wife Lara can fill in. I hear she's great!🤣 OGBuzz 20 hrs ago #10
The screaming goats are ecstatic. Keepthesoulalive 19 hrs ago #13
So 2 hours of Ice Ice Baby SamuelTheThird 19 hrs ago #12
The 250th, purely nonpartisan, until AI Jefferson Davis & Robert E. Lee are trotted out for the festivities! RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 19 hrs ago #14
Martina doesn't play.....her songs Independence Day, okaawhatever 19 hrs ago #15
Sounds like they are going to have to recruit Figarosmom 18 hrs ago #16
Where's Ted Nugent and his rifle? BidenRocks 18 hrs ago #17
Did the Rebl2 9 hrs ago #22
Doesn't take much to be a legend in country music. Aristus 8 hrs ago #23
there is plenty of outstanding artistry in country music. Full stop. stopdiggin 6 hrs ago #25
;-{) BAND OF FOOLS Goonch 6 hrs ago #26
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