Danville's Goodyear Plant Postpones Sen. Tim Kaine's Visit In Fear of Confederate Flag Protest (VA)
Posted: Aug 20, 2015 5:54 PM EDT
By Tola Adamson
Danville, VA -- Senator Tim Kaine tells ABC 13 that for the first time ever, he was uninvited from an event in fear of a possible protest ... about the Confederate flag ...
Kaine was supposed to be right here at 7 a.m. He planned to visit the workers here during their shift change. He said he has worked with Goodyear on a number of issues over the years and was looking forward to the visit ...
... Goodyear reached out to Kaine on Wednesday and said city of Danville's new ordinance banning the Confederate flag from city owned flag poles may spark a protest outside of the plant during his visit ...
"I've been in elected office since 1994," he said. "I'm very used to protest and if there's a protest, you walk in, you say hi folks and then you go your business. This is the first time an event has ever been canceled because of a protest. Even if I disagree with folks, they have their first amendment rights so that doesn't worry me, but the company was nervous about it. It's their house not mine. They get to make the rules" ...
http://www.wset.com/story/29845999/danvilles-goodyear-plant-postpones-sen-tim-kaines-visit-in-fear-of-confederate-flag-protest
