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Creator says float featuring Trump pulling switch on Clinton in electric chair was 'made for laughter' 
  
 A parade of criticism and complaint is swirling through the small river town of Aurora, Indiana, after a controversial float was part of Saturday’s annual Farmers Fair Parade. 
  
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 The float was composed of several parts. There were Trump-Pence political signs on it and familiar anti-Hillary Clinton slogans. 
  
 There were also two depictions some people said they found offensive and over the line. 
  
 Someone portraying Hillary Clinton was seated in an electric chair while someone portraying Donald Trump operated the switch. 
  
 There was also a characterization that had a sign reading "Obama" just above it. 
  
 Jackie Reynolds was walking in the parade with her daughter’s Girl Scout troop and noticed it, and said, “For us to be in 2016 and have our president depicted as an Easter Island statue in blackface, which doesn’t even make any sense, but it’s just racist as can be.” 
  
 She found it very upsetting and sent an email to the Lions Club, which organizes the parade. 
  
 “My daughter was absolutely thrilled to be in the parade this year,” she wrote. “But knowing that we are marching alongside displays like this really makes me question whether or not we will be participating next year.” 
  
 The Farmers Fair Parade in Aurora attracts families and children. It's a small-town event that generates a large amount of community pride. 
  
 The Lions Club determines which floats participate. In a statement from the group Monday, officials said in part, "the parade is a public venue which does not reflect the views of the Aurora Lions Club. As a member of a worldwide service organization, we are proud and standby our record of service to this community." 
  
 There is normally no controversy associated with the event, and certainly nothing like the firestorm this river town has seen since Saturday. 
  
 Frank Linkmeyer, 76, who developed the float, told WLWT, "It definitely was all for laughter. We've always had floats for laughter. There's never been anything else but that." 
  
 Linkmeyer insisted he had no intent to be offensive or racially insensitive to anyone. 
  
 Jackie Reynolds, Penny Britton and Tony Moore are vocalizing publicly what many folks are saying privately. 
  
 “I’m raising a daughter in this town and I try to teach her to respect everyone and treat people the way she would like to be treated,” Moore said. 
  
 Britton, a mother, didn’t see the float until someone sent her a picture of it. She ignited the pushback when she posted that picture on Facebook. 
  
 “It instantly turned my stomach,” Britton said. “One of the pictures shows children seeing the float go by and staring at it.” 
  
 Linkmeyer stated if anyone took offense at his float, he is "very sorry." 
  
 He knows he has stirred up controversy and said his floats in years past were meant to create humorous moments, not offensive ones. 
  
 "I could've taken and put Donald Trump in that float and had Hillary pull the handle. Nevertheless, I would have never pleased everybody and it was definitely all for laughter," he said. 
  
 Here's what he said about how the statue characterizing President Obama found a place on his float: 
  
 "Do you know, that we were getting ready to get in that parade and this thing was sittin' in front of this gentleman's building down there and they said, ‘Let's put that on there,’ and I didn't give it a thought." 
  
 The display has lit up Aurora’s social media and stirred plenty of street chatter since Saturday. Reactions have ranged from shock and disgust all the way to "get a grip and lighten up." 
  
 “I thought it was funny. I really did,” Maureen Baker, who has lived in Aurora for 45 years, said. “Personally, I was not offended. But then, you know, everybody has feelings. And opinions are like noses: Everybody has one.” 
  
 As opinions about all of this bounce around Aurora, the process for how the Lions Club evaluates the floats is receiving scrutiny. 
  
 “I’d just like to know, you know, what are our options for next year to ensure that a display like this isn’t allowed?” Reynolds said. “I’m all for free speech, but there has to be a line.” 
  
 Linkmeyer indicated he would have another float next year for the Farmers Fair parade. 
  
 He didn't specify what it would be, but mused about maybe poking some irreverent fun at the news media. 
  
 Dearborn County Democrats Chair Tristica Howard called the float offensive. 
  
 "It is the consequence of the divisive, hateful campaign rhetoric we're seeing from the Donald Trump-Mike Pence campaign. I do hope that Governor Pence does condemn this sort of behavior as soon as possible because it does not reflect Hoosier values. We deserve better," she said in a statement to WLWT. 
  
 WLWT also spoke with Dearborn County Republican Chair Lynn Deddens who was in the parade and she said she was shocked by the float and emphasized the party had no involvement with it whatsoever. 
  
 In a statement from the city of Aurora, officials said “the city of Aurora refuses to believe that this particular float is in anyway a reflection of the Aurora Lions Club or its members. The city of Aurora has no involvement in selecting float participants. The imagery portrayed by the float is simply not consistent with the values of our citizens or who we want to be as a city.” ||||| Notice 
  
 You must log in to continue. ||||| AURORA, Ind. - The creator of a controversial float in the Aurora Farmer’s Fair parade depicting Donald Trump killing Hillary Clinton is apologizing. 
  
 Frank Linkmeyer says he didn’t mean to offend anyone and was just having fun. But not everyone in Aurora is laughing along with him. 
  
 Float depicts Trump throwing switch on Clinton in electric chair; Obama as Easter Island figure in black face. 
  
 The Aurora Farmer’s Fair, which is put on by the Lions Club, is the biggest event of the year in the Ohio River town 35 miles west of Cincinnati. The parade went right down Second Street Saturday with nearly 200 bands, floats and groups. 
  
 One float in particular caught the eye of some people who weren’t happy to see it. It depicted Clinton in an electric chair with Trump ready to pull the switch. The float also featured an Easter Island head painted black with a black face and a sign that identified it as President Obama. 
  
 "Could have had Donald Trump in the electric chair. It was a tossup," Linkemeyer told WCPO. 
  
 Linkmeyer says he and his brother have spoofed people in the parade for years. 
  
 "Police officers, judges, nurses, doctors, heart transplant patients — just a variety of things and the people in Aurora and the surrounding area love to see us in the parade," he said. 
  
 But they crossed the line this year, according to Aurora mom Penny Britton, who condemned it as sexist and racist in a Facebook post Sunday, 
  
 "Who thinks this is appropriate for a fair parade where children, some of them minorities and girls, are marching and playing instruments and watching? Who thinks this is something to laugh at or be proud of?" Britton posted. "This is disgusting.This makes me embarrassed to say I live here. This is Aurora, Indiana. Congratulations." 
  
 Hundreds of people commented on Britton's post, and most agreed with her. 
  
 SEE Britton's post and comments. 
  
 Reaction around Aurora Monday was mixed. 
  
 "My initial reaction was I’m just appalled," Jackie Reynolds said. "For us to be in 2016 and have our President depicted as an Easter Island statue in black face doesn’t even make any sense, but it’s as racist as can be." 
  
 "He does something every year. Frank’s Frank," Patrick Schwing said. "I don’t see anything wrong with it. If anybody’s offended by it, then they shouldn’t look at it. 
  
 But Tony Moore wasn't buying that argument at all. 
  
 "I was honestly kind of shocked at the content of the float. I’m not even sure what this level of discourse was going to accomplish," Moore said. "It didn’t necessarily make sense, but I could tell that it was riddled in hate." 
  
 Linkmeyer, who says he is a Democrat, says he didn’t mean to offend anyone and next year may lampoon the media. 
  
 "It’s all in fun. Laughter is the best medicine in life and this country needs more laughter — and the people that are offended by it, I’m sorry. Don’t come to the parade next time." 
  
 Aurora Mayor Donnie Hastings says Linkmeyer’s content might have slipped past parade organizers. 
  
 In a statement released Monday night, the city said it had no involvement in selecting float participants, but believe the imagery was "not consistent with the values of our citizens or who we want to be as a city." 
  
 "We are disappointed that the actions of a few individuals have taken the focus away from what was otherwise a very successful 108th Aurora Farmers Fair," the city said in the statement. "The Aurora Lions Club is the leading charitable organization in our city. The City of Aurora refuses to believe that this particular float is in any way a reflection of the Aurora Lions Club or its members." 
  
 The Aurora Lions Club apologized in a news release a few hours later. 
  
 "The parade is a public venue which does not reflect the views of the Aurora Lions Club," the organization stated. "As a member of a worldwide service organization, we are proud and standby (sic) our record of service to this community. We appreciate the high levels of support and esteem given to us by our citizens. We will continue to do our best to live up to their standards. We hope the political circus of this year’s election stays with the national media." |||||
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The Farmer's Fair is the biggest event in Aurora, Ind., each year, but this time around it also produced the biggest commotion. Per WCPO, a float in the festival's parade featured a person dressed as Hillary Clinton in an electric chair, with another portraying Donald Trump at the ready to execute her. Also included on the float: a replica of an Easter Island head, in blackface, meant to depict President Obama. "Could have had Donald Trump in the electric chair. It was a tossup," the float's maker, Frank Linkmeyer, says in his defense, noting he didn't mean to offend anyone and that he's poked fun at other people before in his parade creations. But not everyone agrees with his take. "Who thinks this is appropriate for a fair parade where children, some of them minorities and girls, are marching ... and watching? Who thinks this is something to laugh at or be proud of?" a local mom posted on Facebook, adding the display was "disgusting." Another mom tells WLWT she's not sure she'll let her daughter march in the parade next year because of this incident. The Aurora Lions Club, which runs the festival, said on the fair's site that it "regrets" the float, which "does not reflect the views" of the group. "We hope the political circus of this year's election stays with the national media," it states. Meanwhile, Linkmeyer, who tells WCPO he's a Democrat, says next year he may make fun of the media instead. And if you're offended? "Don't come to the parade next time," he advises. (SeaWorld's float took some flak a few years back.)