Sugar Bowls corporate sponsor CEO slammed for addiction to divisiveness statement after terror attack
Allstate CEO Tom Wilson ignited a firestorm of backlash on social media Thursday with a video statement addressing Wednesday’s terror attack in New Orleans that killed more than a dozen people. Wilson’s statement came ahead of the Sugar Bowl, of which Allstate is the official corporate sponsor, after the game was postponed to Thursday due to the attack.In the video, Wilson suggested Americans have an “addiction to divisiveness” and must “accept people’s imperfections and differences.”“Our prayers went to victims and their families.
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Together we win,” Wilson says in the video. Wilson’s words sparked outrage among social media users.The suspect has been identified as 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar.
The FBI is working to determine Jabbar’s “potential associations and affiliations with terrorist organizations,” after an ISIS flag was found affixed to the truck.Political activist Charlie Kirk spoke out against Wilson for his comments amid Jabbar’s suspected ties to ISIS. Sean Davis, CEO and co-founder of conservative magazine The Federalist, suggested it’s time to cancel Allstate insurance plans. Sports content creator Jon Root spoke out against Wilson and mocked his comments. Injury lawyer Adam Loewy not only condemned Wilson’s statement, he called out Allstate as a company in response to the controversy.Other smaller social media users have expressed their own grievances and intent to end their insurance plans in response to Wilson.“What was Allstate thinking with that statement[?] I have just canceled my policy and signed up with State Farm,” one user wrote. “That limp-wristed Allstate commercial about the terrorist attack is just what I needed to know that I won’t give...