Property and casualty insurer GEICO landed in hot water with several Jewish advocacy groups this week after inviting pro-Palestinian activist and anti-Semite Linda Sarsour to headline a company event, Fox Business reports.
Following backlash, the company owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway apologized and said it had scrapped the event.
GEICO issued a statement Thursday apologizing for the company’s “initial plan” to invite Sarsour to speak at its “internal event” celebrating Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) Heritage Month, adding that they “quickly canceled the event.”
“GEICO does not condone hatred of any kind, and we do not stand for or with anyone who does,” the statement reads. “We are not aligned with any form of exclusion.”
Sarsour is a Brooklyn-born Muslim activist and anti-Zionist protestor who has been widely accused of antisemitism. Read more: Fox Business
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