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Showing Original Post only (View all)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 Trumps 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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Country music legend pulls out of Trump's Great American State Fair, claims nonpartisan is 'misleading' [View all]
groundloop
21 hrs ago
OP
Another Trump disaster in the making. Maybe we revisit the moment in 2028.
OAITW r.2.0
21 hrs ago
#2
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
I replied to a post that inferred that artists were being bamboozled and railroaded by their agents
stopdiggin
7 hrs ago
#24
The 250th, purely nonpartisan, until AI Jefferson Davis & Robert E. Lee are trotted out for the festivities!
RedWhiteBlueIsRacist
19 hrs ago
#14