When the musical lineup for President Donald Trump’s Freedom 250 celebration was announced, I was fired up.

The list of performers for what’s billed as “The Great American State Fair,” a 16-day event on the National Mall starting June 25, included: Milli Vanilli, Young MC, C C Music Factory, Morris Day and The Time, and Poison lead singer Bret Michaels.

Because I love Trump and America, and because my brain rejects information that runs contrary to my ideological beliefs, I considered that lineup a victory for conservatives and proof that we are culturally relevant.

Rude liberals keep attacking the Freedom 250 music lineup

But the lefties out there were quick to suggest Milli Vanilli and company would make a perfect lineup for an off-night county fair B-stage. Nasty comedian John Oliver, on his HBO show “Last Week Tonight,” described it as “a stacked lineup of people that you haven't thought about since 2009.”

“Honestly,” Oliver said, “that sounds less like America's 250th birthday and more like the playlist at Rhonda's........

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