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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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James Liddell

Allstate CEO Tom Wilson faces MAGA backlash following bizarre Sugar Bowl ad in the wake of New Orleans attack

The CEO of Allstate Tom Wilson has been heavily criticized after featuring in a bizarre advert played at the Sugar Bowl in the wake of the New Year’s Day terror attack in New Orleans.

The highly-anticipated college football fixture, which saw the Notre Dame Fighting Irish defeat the Georgia Bulldogs, was postponed by 20 hours after Shamsud-Din Jabbar killed 14 people after ramming a truck into a crowd of revellers on Bourbon Street on Wednesday morning.

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