MINTZ INVESTIGATES WHY STATE
FAIR HAD THE VENDOR REMOVE THE
SHIRTS FROM THEIR SHOP.
 KNOWN FOR SELLING LEATHER
GOODS AND NOVELTY SHIRTS, LEON
LEATHER HAS BEEN A VENDOR AT THE
WISCONSIN STATE FAIR FOR AT
LEAST A DECADE, BUT FOR THE
FIRST TIME, STATE FAIR OFFICIALS
PUT A STOP TO THEM SELLING A FEW
T-SHIRTS CAUSING CONTROVERSEY.
>> WE DIDN’T ASK THEM.
WE SAID TAKE IT DOWN, REMOVE IT.
>> AFTER SEVERAL COMPLAINTS,
TUESDAY, STATE FAIR CEO KATHLEEN
O’LEARY SAYS THEY HAD LEON’S
REMOVE THIS, ONE WHICH SAID LGBT
ACCOMPANIED WITH PICTURES OF THE
STATUE OF LIBERTY, GUNS, BEER,
AND PRESIDENT TRUMP.
ANOTHER GUN SHIRT WAS ALSO
REMOVED.
>> CERTAINLY WITH THE FIREARMS
AND THE MESSAGES IN LIGHT OF THE
UNTHINKABLE THINGS THAT HAVE
HAPPENED, IT IS NOT WHAT WE WANT
AT THE STATE FAIR.
>> THE MANAGER SAID EVERYTHING
THEY SELL SUPPOSED TO BE FUNNY.
WE SHOWED FAIR GOERS THE SHIRTS
IN QUESTION.
 I AM NOT A TRUMP FAN, BUT
THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO SELL WHAT
THEY WANT.
>> IT IS LIBERTY, GUNS, BEER,
AND TRUMP.
SOME PEOPLE FOUND THAT
OFFENSIVE.
WHAT YOU THINK?
 EVERYBODY FIGHTS FOR THEIR
FREEDOM AND THE RIGHTS.
>> WHILE YOU CAN STILL BUY THE
SHIRT ONLINE, SOME SAY,IT
DOESN’T BELONG HERE.
>> I WOULD ASK THEM TO REMOVE IT
BECAUSE I THINK THAT OFFENDS A
LOT OF PEOPLE FOR THEIR BELIEFS.
>> AT STATE FAIR PARK, HILLARY
MINTZ, WISN 12 N
