Not everyone was amused at a float in the Aurora Farmer’s Fair parade in Aurora, Indiana that depicted Donald Trump executing his presidential rival Hillary Clinton.
The float in Saturday's parade depicted Democrat Clinton strapped in an electric chair with Republican Trump set to flip on the switch to electrocute her, reports, WCPO-TV in Cincinnati.
The Grim Reaper and a minister were also depicted, according to photographs of the float.
And angering viewers even more was a replica of an Easter Island head painted black and labeled as President Barack Obama.
Frank Linkmeyer, the float's creator, told WCPO that no offense was intended, and that he could just have easily gone with Trump in the chair.
"It was a tossup," said Linkmeyer, who says he is a Democrat.
He has had floats in the parade for years, he added, and has poked fun at lots of people.
"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.
Next year, he might lampoon the media, he added. "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."
Reaction was mixed.
"He does something every year. Frank's Frank," Patrick Schwing told the station. "I don't see anything wrong with it. If anybody's offended by it, then they shouldn't look at it."
But Tony Moore disagreed, saying: "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. It didn't necessarily make sense, but I could tell that it was riddled in hate."
The city on Monday issued a statement saying it was "disappointed" that the float took attention away from the event. The local Lions Club, which sponsors the parade, also distanced itself from the float.
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