NFL Corridor of Famer Brett Favre, like many others, wasn’t impressed with Allstate CEO Tom Wilson’s message earlier than the Sugar Bowl this week.
Wilson confronted backlash on social media after saying in a video message earlier than Thursday’s Faculty Soccer Playoff quarterfinal sport that Individuals ought to overcome an “addiction to divisiveness” and as a substitute “accept people’s imperfections and differences.”
Tom Wilson, chairman and CEO of Allstate Corp., listens in the course of the CEO Initiative occasion in New York Sept. 25, 2017. (Misha Friedman/Bloomberg)
His message was a response to a terrorist assault on Bourbon Road within the early morning hours of New 12 months’s Day that claimed the lives of 14 folks and injured dozens extra.
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“Wednesday, tragedy struck the New Orleans community. Our prayers are with the victims and their families. We also need to be stronger together by overcoming an addiction to divisiveness and negativity,” he mentioned.
“Join Allstate working in local communities all across America to amplify the positive, increase trust and accept people’s imperfections and differences. Together we win.”
Favre posted on X Friday, slamming the assertion whereas additionally calling out ESPN for not broadcasting the nationwide anthem earlier than the sport between Georgia and Notre Dame.
Former NFL participant Brett Favre speaks onstage on the SiriusXM at Tremendous Bowl LIV Jan. 31, 2020, in Miami, Fla. (Cindy Ord/Getty Photos for SiriusXM)
“I heard: There was no televised National Anthem for Sugar Bowl yesterday. Instead a DEI message by Allstate CEO,” his put up mentioned. “Woke is a joke.”
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Many threatened to boycott Allstate due to the message, however in an announcement to Fox Information Digital Thursday, the corporate clarified Wilson’s stance condemning “violence in all forms.”
“To be clear, Allstate CEO Tom Wilson unequivocally condemns this heinous act of terrorism and violence in all forms. We stand with the families of the victims, their loved ones and the community of New Orleans. The reference to overcoming divisiveness and negativity reflects a broader commitment to fostering trust and positivity in communities across the nation,” the assertion mentioned.
The sector earlier than a sport between the Notre Dame Preventing Irish and Georgia Bulldogs at Caesars Superdome. (Stephen Lew/Imagn Photos)
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Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a U.S. Military veteran, plowed by means of a crowd of individuals on Bourbon Road utilizing a pickup flying an ISIS flag. He was declared lifeless after exchanging gunfire with police.
The FBI labeled it an act of terrorism and located some potential improvised explosive units across the French Quarter and in Jabbar’s car.
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