{"id":1698,"date":"2026-06-28T05:40:50","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T05:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1698"},"modified":"2026-06-28T05:40:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T05:40:50","slug":"mccormick-and-fetterman-step-in-to-fill-pennsylvanias-empty-booth-at-trumps-great-american-state-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1698","title":{"rendered":"McCormick and Fetterman step in to fill Pennsylvania\u2019s empty booth at Trump\u2019s Great American State Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div><audio><\/audio><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In the latest twist over Pennsylvania\u2019s participation in President Donald Trump\u2019s Great American State Fair, Pennsylvania\u2019s U.S. Sens. Dave McCormick and John Fetterman announced Saturday that the state where America was founded will be represented after all.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1696\">The World Cup knockout bracket is set. Here\u2019s what to know.<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro initially signaled the intention for Pennsylvania to participate in Trump\u2019s 16-day fair on the National Mall. But this week, he said state officials could not find a Pennsylvania business to sponsor the state\u2019s booth. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>On the fair\u2019s opening day, Pennsylvania had no official presence, and the booth reserved for the commonwealth remained empty, except for a flag that read \u201c250\u201d in Pennsylvania\u2019s space.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Following that news, McCormick (R., Pa.) and Fetterman (D., Pa.) said in a joint news release Saturday that they secured private-industry sponsors for the booth at no cost to taxpayers. Sponsors include the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau, and other organizations.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cPennsylvania is where America\u2019s story began, and there was no way we were going to let the Commonwealth go unrepresented during our Nation\u2019s 250th birthday celebration,\u201d McCormick said in the release.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cCelebrating America\u2019s 250th birthday and Pennsylvania\u2019s special role in our country is important and bipartisan,\u201d Fetterman said. \u201cWe discovered our commonwealth wasn\u2019t participating in the Great American State Fair on the National Mall, and we should be.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Shapiro told The New Republic earlier this week that when his administration approached major Pennsylvania companies to participate, \u201cnone were interested.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt reflects this sad state of affairs that we find ourselves in \u2014 that the president has politicized this to a degree that businesses don\u2019t want to participate,\u201d he told The New Republic.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>However, sources close to the sponsor search confirmed for The Inquirer that at least two major Pennsylvania companies agreed to provide products and other donations to give away at Pennsylvania\u2019s fair booth, but were unable to initially do so due to short notice.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>In a statement Saturday after the senators announced their plans, a Shapiro spokesperson said the administration was \u201cunwilling to spend hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars to fund the Great American State Fair amid the historic slate of events across Pennsylvania in 2026.\u201d <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Before McCormick and Fetterman\u2019s intervention, Shapiro administration officials were told that Freedom250, the organization planning the fair, would be \u201chandling the booth\u201d in absence of formal state participation, said Rosie Lapowsky, Shapiro\u2019s press secretary.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Pennsylvania\u2019s Department of Agriculture also sent state literature that began appearing in the booth on Saturday, according to Freedom250. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1694\">Defense lets the Phillies down in a four-run sixth inning and offense finally cools off in 6-2 loss to Mets<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>But Pennsylvania\u2019s search for business sponsors was brief, according to a source close to the search.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, which was charged with finding sponsors, said Shapiro\u2019s office called the organization less than two weeks before the fair began. Other states, the chamber said, had been working on their displays since January.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe Governor\u2019s team asked us for assistance with business outreach for the Great American State Fair just two weeks before the event. While there was interest, the short time frame made it difficult for many businesses to fully commit,\u201d said Jon Anzur, the chamber\u2019s senior vice president of public affairs<i>.<\/i> \u201cWe are now reengaging those and other companies as we partner with Senators McCormick and Fetterman.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>In the absence of official Pennsylvania representatives and sponsors, McCormick and Fetterman were suddenly on Saturday able to secure private groups to staff the booth and help coordinate sponsors for the remainder of the fair.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>According to a source briefed on the conversation, Shapiro and McCormick spoke Saturday about the senators\u2019 plans to fill the booth, and Shapiro offered to send additional state literature.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Crayola is among the sponsors that will send along crayons, markers, and coloring books for a coloring station, which should be operational as early as Sunday. Other sponsors have signed on as well, though they were not immediately identified and their contributions were not disclosed.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Pennsylvania is among a list of at least 10 states, some Democratic-led, that have officially dropped out of the Great American State Fair, including Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>During the fair\u2019s opening days, nearly every other state was represented, with most sending government staff or tourism officials to host educational or interactive exhibits.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>New Jersey also officially declined to participate, but Cape May County, a Republican stronghold, stepped in to represent the state. Its exhibit features an 8-ton sand sculpture created by a Wildwood artist over the course of more than four days.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Delaware highlighted Founding Father Caesar Rodney\u2019s ride to cast the decisive vote for independence in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1692\">With five World Cup games down, and a massive one to go in Philly, did Croatia just snap the Rocky curse?<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><i>Sam Janesch and Andrea Padilla contributed to this article.<\/i><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pennsylvania backed out of President Trump&#8217;s Great American State Fair after Gov. Shapiro said no business would sponsor its booth. So Sens. 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