Mt. Olive Pickles left the Great American State Fair after a Confederate flag displayed in North Carolina’s privately sponsored booth sparked criticism. State officials said the flag has since been removed, while the company said the image did not reflect its values and prompted its withdrawal from the event.

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    3 days ago

    Sounds more like they didn’t even know it was there. Looks like Trump’s sycophants decorated the booth on their own initiative.

    Personally I say props to the company for not merely ‘chastising’ or complaining but immediately withdrawing completely from the fair once they found out about the flag.

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      3 days ago

      The company didn’t know.

      But they did know Trump was involved from the start of the year.This entire thing was organized by his planning committee.

      So props on leaving over a confederate flag, but shame on them for participating in glazing a dementia-addled Nazis.

      Edit: as a side note, I’ve never known sponsors to not look at media and stuff they were sponsoring before it goes live. Precisely to avoid being unknowingly associated with confederate flag waiving rednecks and other socially divisive things. (Guess they learned that lesson, huh?)