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Sheriff investigating political buttons at Ashland County Fair
FOX8 Cleveland ^ | Peggy Gallek, Ed Gallek, Jordan Unger

Posted on 09/19/2025 4:33:30 AM PDT by mmichaels1970

ASHLAND, Ohio (WJW) – Ashland County Sheriff Kurt Schneider said an investigation is underway after buttons that contained comments about President Trump, such as “Is he dead yet” and “One day, we will wake up to his obituary” were on display at the “Ashland County Democrats” booth at the Ashland County Fair on Thursday.

“I will be contacting the U.S. Secret Service tomorrow,” Sheriff Schneider told the FOX 8 I-Team. “Violence shouldn’t be tolerated in any way, in any venue in any jurisdiction in the United States and it certainly won’t be tolerated here in Ashland County.”

According to an online post from the Ashland County Fair, the Democrat Party was asked to pack up the booth. The post said the group will not be back for the remaining of the fair week.

The I-Team reached out to the “Ashland County Democrats” and a woman answering the phone, identified herself as the “chair” of the organization, and she told us she wants to talk to her attorney before commenting.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: countyfair; democrat; domesticenemies; ohio; terroristleft; violence
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Democrats: “The Party of Peace”.
1 posted on 09/19/2025 4:33:30 AM PDT by mmichaels1970
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and tolerance


2 posted on 09/19/2025 4:38:50 AM PDT by Craftmore
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To: mmichaels1970

The far-left, DemonRATS and their illegal alien invaders are obsessed with Death, Murder and Destruction. Time to wake up America. Like Detective Frank Drebin would say, “The cows are coming home to roost.”


3 posted on 09/19/2025 4:41:55 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (God Bless Charlie Kirk.)
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Ashland County is about the dumbest place for them to do this. Bet it’s 90% Trump round those parts.


4 posted on 09/19/2025 4:43:48 AM PDT by mmichaels1970 ( )
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To: FlingWingFlyer

“The Cows...”
Thats Funny right there!


5 posted on 09/19/2025 4:48:59 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (ALL Things Will be Revealed !)
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To: Big Red Badger
“The Cows...”
Thats Funny right there!


Actually very plausible in Ashland County.
6 posted on 09/19/2025 4:51:59 AM PDT by mmichaels1970 ( )
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To: mmichaels1970

The left has been overwhelmed by its hate. It’s all they can think about and talk about. It’s all they have left. They’ve all become Captain Ahabs.


7 posted on 09/19/2025 4:53:37 AM PDT by Spok (If you really want to kill a good idea, give it to a committee.)
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To: mmichaels1970

They should give the Ashland County democrats one warning and confiscate all the buttons. Give the nice folks distributing the insurrection materials one warning and get their ids.

Then, they should ban the Ashland County democrat party for a year until they promise no more advocation of violence! We cannot close our eyes to domestic terrorists!


8 posted on 09/19/2025 4:54:14 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (NO rooftop security at the Charlie Kirk assassination event? Did we learn nothing from Butler, PA?)
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To: mmichaels1970

The left is incompatible with civilized society. We need to blacklist and ostracize them at every turn.


9 posted on 09/19/2025 5:06:21 AM PDT by Nathan _in_Arkansas (Hoist the black flag and begin slitting throats. )
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To: Nathan _in_Arkansas

In the past, or, so to speak, traditionally, peacefully passing power to the other major party was viewed as being both inevitable, and a demonstration of robustness in government at the federal level.

But, as you suggest, the donkey party has run out of gas and can no longer be trusted.

They accuse Trump of ending federal elections.
In reality, though, it is they who have clearly shamed and disqualified themselves. Much as we may be conditioned to fight against this in terms of a conclusion, it seemingly doesn’t make sense anymore for them to remain on the political “playing field” by continuing to appear on ballots for national elective office, available to be voted for by self-identified psychopaths, nihilists and anarchists among us.


10 posted on 09/19/2025 5:36:00 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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Ashland County Democrats” can be found at the top right of this graph images
11 posted on 09/19/2025 6:03:07 AM PDT by cuz1961
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To: mmichaels1970

Opposition must be silenced. That’s their view.


12 posted on 09/19/2025 7:06:05 AM PDT by WhiteHatBobby0701
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To: cuz1961

btt


13 posted on 09/19/2025 7:59:03 AM PDT by PerConPat (The politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground.- Mencken)
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To: mmichaels1970

They are political speech protected by the First Amendment. As repulsive as they are the sheriff has no cause to investigate.


14 posted on 09/19/2025 8:28:38 AM PDT by lastchance (Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
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I’m sorry, on what grounds? Is the First Amendment only for speech we think is appropriate and that supports our politics?


15 posted on 09/19/2025 8:29:45 AM PDT by lastchance (Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
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To: mmichaels1970

See my tagline.

Learn it.
Love it.
Live it.

L


16 posted on 09/19/2025 8:33:31 AM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.l)
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To: lastchance

Advocating the death of the President of the USA is not and never has been considered free speech.


17 posted on 09/19/2025 9:08:51 AM PDT by packrat35 (“When discourse ends, violence begins.” – Charlie Kirk, and they killed him anyway)
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To: mmichaels1970
Not quite 90% but Ashland is solid Trump Country:

Election Results for Ashland County, OH

Trump got between 70% and 75% all 3 times. Vance was in the same ballpark in '22.

18 posted on 09/19/2025 9:13:04 AM PDT by PermaRag (Facts, context, and more facts)
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To: mmichaels1970

Did folks note the four number numerical threat to Pres. Trump on some of those buttons...


19 posted on 09/19/2025 9:24:05 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)
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To: packrat35

But it is. Unless it is a credible threat, which would warrant a full investigation by Secret Service, FBI,and local law enforcement. Buying and wearing a button does not equal a credible threat.


20 posted on 09/19/2025 9:26:26 AM PDT by lastchance (Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
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