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The president has claimed the fair is “packed with happy people” but footage from the National Mall tells a different story

CNN correspondent Kaitlan Collins trolled President Donald Trump’s Great American State Fair by showing just how few people showed up to the week-long event.

Standing on the National Mall Thursday among a sparse crowd, Collins said “for a president who often fixates on crowd size, so far the fair on Washington’s National Mall hasn’t exactly lived up to the hype.”

The fair was intended to showcase goods and culture across America’s 50 states. However, when Trump has been accused of ‘hijacking’ events around America’s 250th birthday to make them about himself. The fair was opened with sparse booths and limited attractions. This, combined with D.C.’s ongoing heatwave, has resulted in minimal crowds attending and a lot of mockery on social media.

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[–] Perky@fedia.io 13 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

A lot of people probably simply aren't interested in going to an outdoor event during a record-breaking heatwave.

[–] aceshigh@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

They’ve only had a heatwave recently. The fair was poorly attended before the heatwave.

[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 11 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (3 children)

Especially not to see:

  • A bunch of mostly-empty booths for each state, which aren't even affiliated with the governments of those states, many of which (reportedly) feature only a stamp to collect to show you've been there, and nothing else

  • A cheap mockery of greco-roman architecture executed in the medium of plywood facades on top of white plastic tents

  • A succession of 4th-rate bands and performers nobody has heard of on a small stage

  • A ferris wheel that (reportedly) is out of order about 50% of the time

That would be disappointing and not really worthwhile even if the weather was beautiful for it, even if it wasn't strongly associated with a would-be fascist dictator and well-known pedophile.

Oh yeah, and to top it off, it's in the middle of DC, which is a pretty liberal city. Not exactly teeming with Trump's target audience.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago

It's disappointing and not worthwhile because the would-be fascist dictator and well-known pedophile decided to make it about him and drove away everyone competent to make it fun.

[–] NOPper@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 15 hours ago

And a stage that literally startwdbfalling apart during an act lol

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago

Incompetent fascism is embarrassing even to fascists.