Allstate deleted a video message from company CEO Thomas Wilson that was played at the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans Thursday, a day after a man killed 14 people and injured scores of others in an ISIS-inspired terror attack.
Wilson’s message was also posted on the insurer’s X (formerly Twitter) page but was gone with no explanation Saturday after it courted controversy.
“Welcome to the Allstate Sugar Bowl,” Wilson said in his video message after the game was delayed by Wednesday’s attack. “Our prayers are with the victims and their families.” Wilson added:
We also need to be stronger together, by overcoming an addiction to divisiveness and negativity. 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.
Wilson was dragged for the video, mainly by X users with large conservative audiences. A link to the tweet from Allstate now lands on a page that reads, “Hmm…this page doesn’t exist. Try searching for something else.” The company did not explain why Wilson’s video message was deleted.
Conservative influencer Charlie Kirk was among the most vocal critics of the video.
The Turning Point USA founder reposted Wilson’s message and commented, “A jihadist killed and maimed dozens of innocent Americans in a hate-fueled rampage, and the CEO of Allstate thinks Americans watching the Sugar Bowl need a lecture from him on overcoming “an addiction to divisiveness and negativity?” Absolutely not!!”
Kirk was not alone in ripping Allstate and Wilson for the since-deleted post-terror attack message:
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