Karoline Leavitt visited the Great American State Fair in Washington, D.C., on Sunday, June 28, and posted photos from the outing on X. She shared images of herself holding her nearly two-year-old son and another of him looking at caged chicks.
In one post, Leavitt wrote, "Fun day at the Great American State Fair! How cool is it that we are alive during this historic time and we get to experience America's 250th birthday!?" She added, "Looking forward to making more lifelong memories over the course of this very special week!!"
Great American State Fair launch
The visit came four days after the Great American State Fair launched on June 24. By the time Leavitt arrived, the fair had already been forced to close on June 26 because of severe rainfall, and Vanilla Ice's scheduled performance for last Friday was canceled because of the weather.
Vanilla Ice later described performing at the event as a huge honor in an interview with. He said the event was made to be united and that it was not about politics and everything.
X posts and crowd claims
Leavitt's posts presented the fair as a family outing tied to America's 250th birthday. But some attendees and critics on Reddit described the fair differently, with one Reddit user alleging that no one was allowed in at the moment because of "restaffing." Another said one organizer told visitors it could be "20 hours or 20 minutes, we just don't know."
That gap leaves the clearest remaining question around the fair itself: how crowded it was when Leavitt visited on June 28, after the weather closure and the canceled performance had already altered the event's first week.
