Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · Jun 28 There’s a reason nobody is at the 50 state fair in DC, and a reason it’s worth pointing out. Trump took over America 250, a bipartisan org that’s been around a few years planning these events, and turned this into a celebration of himself. I mean, in an opening speech they said “libtards”
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Right there Trump alienated over half the country or more by insulting Americans. As only a filthy, deceitful demented dictator could do.
The original plan:
What a circus, what a country, what a shame, no offense...
(No coincidence the monks did that) Typo. We need an edit tab.
You was born the year of the 1ST GLOBAL MEDITATION AND PRAYER EVENT 1978 I was BORN AGAIN the day of the Iranian revolution. A La Fayette. I'm Dallas Texas. An OMEN OF LIBERTY & JUSTICE. To turn 47 on during the 47th presidential term & 250TH anniversary. It's NO COINCIDENCE the monks did what that
He’s treating it as his coronation.
I was 10 in 1976. The Bicentennial was and amazing year. Alot of significant political shifting this way and that happened after Vietnam & suck... but, we all loved America & "patriot" didn't feel dirty. Red, white & blue everywhere... it was cool. Afterwards... fvcking Reagan screwed over Carter.
I just can't anymore. I'm exhausted with everything that involves him. I'm tired of: The lies The grifting The gaslighting The misogyny The cover-ups The sound of his voice The sight of his face Just everything about tRump et al
$80 million for 40 people??! That's tons of fried dough down the drain. Impeach! 😡
someone said it was an org started back during obama’s tenure and if true, i’d expect that made the orange felon all the more motivated to destroy another thing by president obama
Didn’t Pedo Rush Limbaugh coin the term “Libtard”? Pedo Trump gave him the Medal of Freedom?
Everything Trump Touches Dies— Because he is maliciously hateful and divisive.
100 percent correct. He's exactly right. No one to blame but themselves. I'm a proud American, and I don't know if I would have flown out or not. But not even a consideration now. On a different note, I think Mr. Kinzinger should have a future in pubic office in our country.
What we could’ve had.
There’s not even enough people to do a special Camera angle to make it look like a lot.
They’re all just lowlife slime!
My mom graduated in 76 and I remember feeling the same way looking through her yearbook. This is a disgrace.
if only someone would hold him down under the reflecting pool
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There actually still is America250, the original organizers approved by Congress, but they get virtually NO press (unlike grifter dRump's*freedom250*). There are so many nationwide ways for us to celebrate while ignoring his fiasco! A milestone in the making - America250 share.google/udGeq4qyzJer...
My heart shatters at the thought of Secretary Duffy’s sweet daughter, who has Down’s Syndrome, heaing that! It is also beyond disturbing that a cabinet member uses a word, obviously meant as a slur, to describe Democrats. It is an insult to the disabled community and any decent human being!
The bicentennial was cool, and it was designed for all Americans to celebrate together.
He said religion is booming, all over the world (in his "Faith & Freedom" speech, or whatever it was). He wants credit for the boom!! Do you believe it? Pardon me, but WTF!?! (🤣)
Surprise surprise
Every time they say their word, I think of dance leotards – strength, grace, discipline. ☺️ I know who those guys are NOT – and some of what they *are* I learned is grownup men who waste time punching each other in the belly while screaming names of breakfast cereals.
You are so right about this. The Bicentennial, when I was 22 years old, was one of the most beautiful events I ever participated in. I walked the entire length of Manhattan, and people were celebrating everywhere. But who would do this today, when Trump has turned it all into crap?
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I was in 5th grade during the Bicentennial. I had a limited vantage point but what I remember is a celebration of national unity with e.g. tree plantings and time capsules. It's all the more amazing considering it was a presidential election year. Gerald Ford is looking better every day.
Send Trump cheeseburgers. He ain't no soy boy. Eat up Donnie.
It seems the name calling has been passed down to the entire administration, but they forget the voters who are tired of the spoiled brat syndrome in the White House led by the biggest spoiled brat who doesnt give a dam about anyone but himself. 250 years of fighting 4 democracy didnt include Trump.
Spot on.
Proud Libtard here, rather be associated with the disabled community than conservative school-yard bully reTHUGlican criminals, fraudsters, pedos,....the list of evils grows daily.
And the guy who said “libtard” (sec of transportation Sean Duffy) has a Down Syndrome child who was actually on stage with him when he made that comment. Class act Great parenting
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1976 was terrific,now there really is nothing to celebrate.
Also I’d just like to point out that it’s more of a corporate trade show, than a National State Fair. It’s awful in every aspect. But most importantly, people can’t afford groceries, mortgage, rent, gas, nor Healthcare. People are struggling and can’t afford to travel to a MAGA rally.
they call us libtards all the time.... why are we afraid to call them MAGATS ?
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Every single time nobody shows up, it's a win. We're effectively turning our back to this regime, and it's the only joy I can muster.
the Transportation Secretary, who has a daughter with Down Syndrome, whined about the musicians/bands who have integrity and backed out, sadly calling them "libtards" and something about a religious "revival" shallow, defensive, pathetic
My bubble has only shown me pictures of this thing with like 10 people wandering around. PLEASE tell me this is really it. Like, it’s not the first 5 minutes of the gates opening? It isn’t busier at night? I want to believe, y’all, I really do. But …
... ' Bringing the Country Together in Celebration!' 🤣😂 (my sarcastic phrase) ...
It didn't seem welcoming to most Americans. About 30% which is Trump's approval. And most of those are southern "red states".
you're so lucky you're good looking. Otherwise, it's so boring to hear you school us on trump when you and other arch conservatives paved the way for his demonic takeover. Spare me the lessons, Adam. Join the dems or shut up. You voted over 90% with Trumpers.
Yep, fascists typically do this sort of mixture of self-celebration/hate rally, so this is right on brand
Trump couldn't organize a free beer party in a cathouse. The reality? Trump used to be exciting & jump up and down & wave his arms and dance while spouting obscenities & childish taunts. It's now boring. Think anybody in Alabama or Oklahoma wants to hear again how the world is out to get him?
He has turned this into a celebration of him, not America
So all of this was for maga? Don’t they know maga is broke?
He also put the capital city under military occupation for no good reason other than to act like the tough guy and (surprise!) locals did not flock to his party.
I asked my son who lives in DC with his family whether they went to that fair and it took him five minutes to stop laughing…
Two things: 1) trump not all that popular as a president & definitely not in the DC area (it's a left leaning place w/a large population of post secondary education levels) 2) if trump were smart he would have moved it to a red city in a red state and he would have gotten the optics he wanted.
What’s even more hilarious is that all the bad press it’s getting will make people who wanted to go next weekend make other plans.
Is it true that the Smithsonian has been planning for years and had money to support a real fair? If true, where's the money now?
Who is that 30% that approves of him? Not kids and not people without land lines so it’s 30% of people willing to talk to a pollster. That’s a miniscule fraction of Americans.
I love that hardly anyone bothered to go, and then so many who did were walking out while he was droning on.
Right on, Adam Sean Duffy...who has a down syndrome kid...is the one who said libtard. What a loser. Plus, the losers in the crowd who cheered when he said it. Not celebrating America!
Perfectly said.
I don't know where or how they advertised it, but I didn't know anything about it until people started posting about the cancellations and empty "fairgrounds". No ads in metro stations or in the cars, at least that I've noticed. I was expecting the folklife festival they have there every year.
American veterans are sick of this s***. Trump, sending our young men to war can't get us out, won't get us out, won't control? Israel, just f****** tell him to stop. We give them money f*** netanyahu, help.The israeli people but f*** their government
So once again he hijacked something and turned it into a shitshow? 🤔
Trump attack Americans again
I always wonder why people like having their pictures taken backwards and posting them in public social media posts. Kind of seems like: "tell me you don't know anything about technology without saying anything".
the people who have been abused by this administration - they will celebrate in their own way and plan to toss out this administration with their votes
A Republican I'd be willing to back
As expected
I’m old enough to remember the 200th Anniversary. As a teenager, it felt like a celebration of America, not a celebration of political parties. It’s really sad how this narcissist has politicized the 250th celebration of America. Not surprising—Trump ruins everything—but it’s still disappointing.
It's my opinion self destructive people usually self-destruct. The destroyer is an archetype, which is a pattern that's lived out,
If they paid for a private plane, a week at the best hotel, all of our expenses, a person to take us to the “fair”/anywhere else we wanted to go for the week (in a private limo), etc… I would not go. I am not celebrating “him”!! I will stay home and celebrate our country with my fellow citizens!!!
And now antifa vandals added an extra ‘E’ to ‘Freedom’. When will the madness end?
> I mean, in an opening speech they said “libtards” And yet he continues to refer to Obama as the "most divisive President ever". The only thing Obama divided was the racists against the rest of us.
Imagine if literally anyone else was the president. So sad.
I think you are missing the larger picture. This isn’t just about Trump. It is about not being held accountable. We have a Republican Party that has turned fascist. The also are breaking the constitution and being helped by congress and the Supreme Court. They are vilifying the Democrats.
I’m a libtard
Trump's State Fair is another squeaky tank. Conceived in haste, executed cheaply (after profit skimming), and studiously ignored.
Trump supporters are to blame.
No tards like repubtards.
So when are you announcing you're running for president? You got my vote. 💙
Plus the great American “fair” has 1 ride. Any small town fair in America blows this away.
They’re still using “libtard”? If it got around that it’s a portmanteau, they’d probably stop using it.
Go to your local celebrations. Those should be safe from Donnie.
I'm just gonna pretend the Obama library opening was the 250th 4th of July. That was inspiring and joyful.
How much money was embezzled from the fireworks alone??
you talk about tough stuff - careful not to embody more stress than you have to
10 years of dealing with this piece of shit that hates America
Imma maybe go for the food, but only if there's a roadkill booth
He recently referred to Dems as animals. Why won't they come to my party? Never forget his psychopathy.
Thousands of our taxpayer dollars for another failed Trump adventure. The ‘King’ is in is counting house, counting all our money that will go into his accounts.
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Who will he blame for this latest FAILURE?
I'm a bit disappointed, since it's 'freedom', the UK wasn't invited to show what the freedom was from, we could have brought Terry's chocolate oranges and fries that are actually chips that are covered in gravy that's brown
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Looks great. 😳 😫
Trump's Chief of Staff, John Kelly, said that when they visited Pearl Harbor, Trump turned to him and asked, "What happened here? Why are we even touring this place?" Donald Trump is breathtakingly ignorant.
Yeah, I’m not celebrating this 4th. Just not going to celebrate my country right now. Trump’s maga is destroying this place, robbing it blind, breaking laws, forcing deep suffering on good people.
Just another aspect when we elect a fascist dictator.
You should've thought twice about that "party" from the shit and get. But... ok. Good and true points.
Imo, there is nothing to celebrate with orange guy at the helm!
It's like taking your kids to Pa Kettle's Traveling Petting Zoo and Snow Cone Shack and telling them they're at the San Diego Zoo.
Trump pollution is everywhere.
How can you have a STATE Fair in a place that isn't a State!
If only Trump had been a community organizer, it might have been successful.
They hijacked the whole thing and now when I see anything "America 250" it just looks like MAGA cringe merch.
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I’ll celebrate when this regime is thrown out. I’ll celebrate again when they are thrown in prison.
All six of them…
A realistic estimate for a family of four to attend the America 250 fair in Washington, D.C. for three days and two nights is about $2,800–$3,400 total, covering flights, hotel, meals, and incidental expenses. Costs rise during peak event periods, so this is a moderate budget scenario. For what?
He stood in front of the America250 logo last year on July 3 and proclaimed that he hated Democrats. It was a kick off rally for America250.
You're all wrong. This is the greatest 250th anniversary in American history. Nobody has ever seen anything like it. And everyone stayed to the end of m..., uh, your favorite president's speech. John Barron
I need to renew my passport in 2028 and I DO NOT want that assholes face on my passport.
It made me so angry that Sean Duffy referred to Libtards in his speech. (Also his daughter with Down Syndrome was standing there when he used that word). Fox News said the celebration was “inclusive.” Really? When will this nightmare ever end?
He didn't just make it about himself. This, like everything he does, was engineered to funnel taxpayer money into his pocket. Whatever was appropriated for this event, I think we all know he stole most of it.
We're waiting to hear the big beautiful obituary before we celebrate
Even to me, 8 years old in Canada, 1976 seemed like a big deal. My parents didn't like road trips, but we did go to the US that summer. Seen from an economic perspective (I can't help it, I became a social scientist), there were probably hundreds of thousands of other families coming too
It was Sean Duffy that said libtard and to make it even worse, he has a special-needs child.
The MAGAts will all come running in a play for solidarity with their god king next week, when they all have the holiday week off. Most DC residents are savvy enough not to fall for NG/ICE presence at the "fair."
I have no plans to celebrate July 4 this year. I don't see the point. When the regime is finally ousted, THEN we will celebrate like crazy!
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It should have been a grand celebration 😡🤬
You are absolutely 💯% correct and on point!!
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Nothing says gop america like this
And Marco has two jobs on the America 250, too.
Adam, there’s a setting on your phone “mirror front camera.” Turn it off.
Our national shame on full display.
I would have loved to have come down and watched and joined in with cherished neighbours in the land where all my grandparents were from. I will never cross that border again and I am sad. I am too old to make the Tri-centennial, I hope your country can make it.
He’s poison
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Too bad the broke-tard-licans didn't have the funds to attend. Ah well...
#ETTTTS Everything Trump touches turns to shit
People are angry with Trump. They only ones who get angry when you point out Trump's constant failures are cultists with some sort of severe derangement.
There were more people at the National Theatre watching Suffs this afternoon than at the fair. People are showing where and what’s important to spend time & money on.
Gerald and Betty Ford did a much better job fifty years ago. The Bicentennial may have been tacky at times but everyone was included.
Everything Trumptard touches dies. If it doesn't die it sure smells like it did. 🤢
We are gonna celebrate 252 instead. Also 108 years of pale Women's suffrage. 64 years of voting for all. 2028, be there!
They’ve ruined even the 4th of July and turned it into a partisan event. They’ve co-opted our flag.
Instead of a celebration we should be eulogizing America because this country is grieving for all that is being loss, destroyed & used to be good/great about this country. We are no longer that respected beacon on a hill. Showing the world what Democracy looks like (though imperfect). 💔😢😩
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But truly what our we celebrating? Our Democracy is literally hanging by its short and curlies
Anything trump touches dies.
Hi Adam, I also think that this heat dome that is settling into our Midwest, Central and Atlantic States with high heat with high humidity. I for one wouldn’t attend for any money in that environment.
This Republican would rather be called a Libtard than a Trumpturd.
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From what I've read, FOTUS managed to funnel 80M of the 100M that a bipartisan Congress voted to fund America250. FOTUS then used that stolen 80M and created his own Freedom250 that's all about himself -- not the 250 birthday of America.
If ut says Freedom 250 it's trump money grabbing organization
Not enough Cousin Humpers at the State Fair...🤣
I was 10 years old in 1976, and a Girl Scout. We had a Bicentennial Booth at the Butcher Park Celebration. We were so excited! We decorated our booth and handed out cookies. But, on America's 250th birthday, I won't be celebrating. Because Trump has destroyed what should have been a wonderful day.
Or it was always a money laundering operation.
“The Truth Hurts”…!!!
Too bad you missed the 1976. I remember the town’s ladies making their own period piece dresses with the hats (out of a Little House on the prairie episode), the men all grew in full beards (drawing some frightened looks by newborns when they then shaved). It was memorable.
Personally I’m so happy that the weather is hideous this week, there. I suppose it’s too much to ask for the fireworks to accidentally backfire into WH…?
I saw that Hillsdale, Mom's for Liberty and The Great Awakening were there. That may have something to do with it
We also have a pretty shitty public transport system even if people wanted to go.
My thoughts exactly
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