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Some of the sideshows, as they are also called, have been deadly and destructive.

Before Donald Trump was considered nothing more than a circus sideshow, some of us noted during the 2015 GOP presidential primaries that his rhetoric and agenda bore all the hallmarks of the "f" word: fascism.

He said the event was "not going to be just music" and could include sideshows like a live karate combat pit.

The illegal sideshows have been deadly, as The Times has previously reported.

While this story is a silly sideshow, it has serious implications.