Alejandro Avila
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Geico’s employee training got too Progressive and is now paying a great premium for the mistake.
On Thursday, Geico U-turned on its decision to hire Palestinian-American activist Linda Sarsour as a diversity speaker after receiving both internal and external backlash.
Geico was set to feature Sarsour as a speaker to celebrate Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) Heritage Month, according to the Fox News Digital report.
Sarsour’s contested history includes pushback for anti-Semitic remarks and political associations, which include scathing remarks directed at the state of Israel and a past connection to anti-Semite, Louis Farrakhan.
The backlash from Jewish organizations and internal employees led the company to issue an apology and announce Sarsour’s exit from the event.
“We apologize to our employees, customers, and others for our initial plan to invite Linda Sarsour to speak at our internal event celebrating Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) Heritage Month,” noted Geico’s press release.
“On Tuesday, we quickly canceled the event. Geico does not condone hatred of any kind, and we do not stand for or with anyone who does. We are not aligned with any form of exclusion. We will continue to celebrate MENA Heritage Month in a way that aligns with our values.”
Past comments made by Sarsour equated support of the Jewish state of Israel to white supremacy.
“How can you be against white supremacy in America and the idea of being in a state based on race and class, but then you support a state like Israel that is based on supremacy, that is built on the idea that Jews are supreme to everyone else?” Sarsour said, speaking at the 2019 American Muslims for Palestine conference in Chicago.
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They’re only sorry they were caught. Who is being fired over this decision? You got it, no one. Don’t do business with these people.
Correct! They got caught with her dick up their ass!
Do you really need to use this language to get your point across, I find it offensive. She is definitely a terrible human, you don’t need to add foul language to her already absurd comments about fellow humans.
Not being a snowflake, just don’t appreciate foul nasty language, I would like to share this content with my granddaughters but will not as long as there is trash like this in comment section.
Being woke means being utterly stupid.
She probably still got paid. Do these companies do any research on the speakers they hire? Who had the bright idea to have her give a speech?
just another bunch of morons with MBA’s making these decisions. The real world loves their momma, likes a cold beer with the boys and goes home to their biologically female born wife.
Clever lead sentence!
Huh. Another progressive loon claiming something is white supremacy. Except, this time supporting Israel and Jews is white supremacy. Which I thought was the exact opposite of white supremacy.
These people are like Steve Carell in ’40 Year Old Virgin’ when he is getting his chest waxed, except instead of screaming “Kelly Clarkson,” they scream “White Supremacy.” And their sheep eat it up
Fucking towel head
Damn Geico, stick with the lizard for all your events. Do trust the science in Woke go Broke!!!