U.S. Senator Roy Blunt is among the politicians to condemn Saturday’s actions at Missouri’s State Fair, where a rodeo clown wearing a President Obama mask was mocked.
Speaking in Ozark Wednesday, Blunt called the action inappropriate, adding that the state government has reacted as they should have.
The state contracts with somebody to have those events at the fair, and they need to have some guidelines as to what’s appropriate in those events,” Blunt said. “And it seemed to me that that was totally inappropriate.”
Blunt is scheduled to attend a couple of events at the Missouri State Fair on Thursday.
Governor Nixon said his office plans to review the fair contracts and look at holding individuals accountable.
The rodeo clown at the center of the controversy, TuffyGessling, has said that “nothing racist was ever implied” during Saturday’s skit.
