A conservative Texas lawmaker is inviting a rodeo clown banned from the Missouri state fair to perform in the Lone Star State instead.
Rep. Steve Stockman (R-Tex.) says that the unidentified rodeo clown and his colleagues have been unfairly targeted by liberals "to create a climate of fear." He invited them to come perform at a fair in his southeastern Texas district instead.
"Liberals want to bronco bust dissent. But Texans value speech, even if its speech they don't agree with," Stockman said in a statement issued by his office Wednesday. "From Molly Ivins to Louie Gohmert and every opinion between Texans value free and open political speech. I'm sure any rodeo in Texas would be proud to have performers."
Missouri state and fair officials reacted swiftly over the weekend after a rodeo clown donned a mask of President Obama and asked people if they want to see the president "run down by a bull."
State Fair officials labeled the show "inappropriate" and said it "does not reflect the opinions or standards" of the fair
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