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An Ohio county fair ejected Democrats over anti-Trump buttons — and now it's apologizing and changing its rules

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The settlement ends part of a free-speech lawsuit over Ashland County Democrats’ removal from the 2025 fair for selling anti-Trump buttons with messages such as “Is he dead yet?”

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