NFL Hall of Famer Brett Favre, like many others, was unimpressed by Allstate CEO Tom Wilson's message before this week's Sugar Bowl.
Wilson faced backlash on social media after saying this in a video message before Thursday's game. college football playoffs In the quarterfinals, he urged Americans to overcome their “addiction to discord” and instead “embrace our people's imperfections and differences.”
Allstate Chairman and CEO Tom Wilson speaks at a CEO Initiative event in New York on September 25, 2017. (Misha Friedman/Bloomberg)
His message was a response to the terrorist attack on Bourbon Street in the early morning hours of New Year's Day that claimed 14 lives and injured dozens more.
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“A tragedy struck the New Orleans community on Wednesday. Our prayers are with the victims and their families. We also need to grow stronger together by overcoming our addiction to discord and negativity.” “There is,” he said.
“Join Allstate in communities across the country to amplify positivity, increase trust, and embrace people's imperfections and differences. Together, we win.”
Favre slammed the statement in a post on X Friday. call ESPN For not broadcasting the national anthem before the Georgia-Notre Dame game.
Former NFL player Brett Favre speaks on the SiriusXM stage at Super Bowl LIV on January 31, 2020 in Miami, Florida. (Cindy Ord/Getty Images, SiriusXM)
“I heard that the National Anthem at the Sugar Bowl was not televised yesterday. Instead, a DEI message from the Allstate CEO was played,” he wrote in his post. “Wake is a joke.”
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Many people threatened to boycott Allstate over this message, but the company clarified Wilson's position in a statement to Fox News Digital on Thursday, condemning “violence in all its forms.”
“Let me be clear: Allstate CEO Tom Wilson unequivocally condemns this heinous act of terrorism and violence in all its forms. 's loved ones, and the New Orleans community. Overcoming Divide and Negativity stands behind our broader efforts to foster trust and positivity in communities across the country.”
The field before the game between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Georgia Bulldogs at Caesars Superdome. (Stephen Lu/Imagine Images)
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Shamsuddin Jabbar, a U.S. Army veteran, used a pickup truck with an ISIS flag to drive through the crowds on Bourbon Street. He was pronounced dead after a gunfight with police.
The FBI has labeled this act of terrorism They found possible improvised explosive devices around the French Quarter and in Jabbar's car.
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