Big Lobbying Spenders Are Going All Out at the Great American State Fair

Trump’s fair has had a rocky start. But it has packed the National Mall with promotions for corporations and special interest groups.

State Fair display

A display at the Great American State Fair. Dave Levinthal/NOTUS

K Street — the traditional Washington lobbyists redoubt — runs a mile north of the National Mall.

But this week, K Street seems to stretch clear across the grassy expanse between the Washington Monument and the U.S. Capitol, which is hosting the Great American State Fair — the Trump-backed, MAGA-coded exposition celebrating the nation’s 250th birthday.

During a three-hour fairgrounds tour, NOTUS spotted the presence of dozens of corporations and special interest groups representing a who’s who of influence peddlers, many with serious money behind their lobbying efforts.