A rodeo stunt at the Missouri State Fair has come under criticism after a clown donned a Barack Obama mask and stuck on a broom that descended from his backside . The stunt took place during the bull riding competition on Saturday night . Rodeo announcer Mark Ficken , president of the Missouri Cowboy Rodeo Association and a school superintendent , announced a special guest : `` President Obama . '' Another voice is heard over the loudspeaker working up the crowd and saying , `` We 're going to stomp Obama now . '' `` As soon as this bull comes out , Obama , do n't you move , '' the second voice said . `` He 's going to getcha , getcha getcha , getcha . '' `` Hey , I know I 'm a clown , '' the second voice said . `` He 's just running around acting like one . Does n't know he is one . '' The stunt sickened Perry Beam , who came to the fair in Sedalia with his wife and a student from Taiwan to `` give him a little piece of Americana . '' Beam likened the atmosphere to a Klan rally . Opinion : Racist taunts at Obama should worry us all . `` It was n't clean ; it was n't fun . It was awful ; it was sickening , '' Beam said , `` It was racist . '' The student , Jameson Hsieh , recorded a video of the incident , but had little to say afterward . `` He did n't say anything . We rode all the way home in silence , '' said Beam , who lives 50 miles away in Higginsville . `` We were just ashamed , and he did n't ask any more questions . I think he had seen enough . It is just disgusting . '' Condemnation came from organizers and politicians alike . The Missouri State Fair Commission called it `` unacceptable '' and said the clown has been banned `` from ever participating or performing at the Missouri State Fair again . '' `` The commission reiterated that the statements and actions Saturday night were inappropriate and not in keeping with the fair 's standards , '' the agency said in a written statement . `` The Missouri State Fair apologizes for the unconscionable stunt . '' The board of directors at Missouri Rodeo Cowboy Association also issued an apology . `` The Sport of Rodeo is not meant to be a political platform . We are taking measures by training and educating our contract acts to prevent anything like this from ever happening again , '' a statement on the group 's website said . `` All Members of the Missouri Rodeo Cowboy Association are very proud of our Country and our President . '' And Republican Lt. Gov . Peter Kinder called for those responsible to be held accountable . `` I condemn the actions disrespectful to POTUS '' -- president of the United States -- `` the other night , '' he said in a post to his official Twitter account . `` We are better than this . '' U.S . Senator Claire McCaskill echoed Kinder . `` The state fair is funded by taxpayer dollars , and is supposed to be a place where we can all bring our families and celebrate the state that we love , '' she said . `` But the young Missourians who witnessed this stunt learned exactly the wrong lesson about political discourse , that somehow it 's ever acceptable to , in a public event , disrespect , taunt , and joke about harming the president of our great nation . ''
State fair commission bans clown after last night 's ` ` unconscionable . '' Rodeo association apologizes for anti - Obama rant . One witness compares the atmosphere to a Klan rally . Lt . Gov . Bill Kinder says ` ` We are better than this ''