{"id":1427404,"date":"2022-04-10T07:45:53","date_gmt":"2022-04-10T11:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1427404"},"modified":"2022-04-10T07:46:02","modified_gmt":"2022-04-10T11:46:02","slug":"geico-apologizes-for-featuring-anti-semite-linda-sarsour-as-public-face-of-middle-eastern-and-north-african-heritage-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/geico-apologizes-for-featuring-anti-semite-linda-sarsour-as-public-face-of-middle-eastern-and-north-african-heritage-month\/","title":{"rendered":"GEICO Apologizes for Featuring Anti-Semite Linda Sarsour as Public Face of Middle Eastern and North African Heritage Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgeico-apologizes-for-featuring-anti-semite-linda-sarsour-as-public-face-of-middle-eastern-and-north-african-heritage-month%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1427404&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>An email reportedly sent out by GEICO insurance used imagery of known antisemite and ousted leader of the Woman&#8217;s March Linda Sarsour as the public face of Middle Eastern and North African Heritage Month.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>The email dated April 5, 2022, is addressed to a Roger Schartner whose now-deleted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/roger-schartner-08088980\/\">LinkedIn<\/a> profile listed him as an SIU investigator for GEICO.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>The email encouraged recipients to &#8220;Sign up for GEICO&#8217;s Middle Eastern and North African Heritage Month Celebration Featuring Linda Sarsour,&#8221; and to &#8220;Join the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geico.com\/about\/diversity-and-inclusion\/\">Diversity &#038; Inclusion Planning Center<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Switching to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GEICO?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Geico<\/a> can save you up to 15% and make you an antisemite<\/p>\n<p>Were they really dumb enough to put Linda Sarsour in their marketing material for Middle Eastern heritage month? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wVzyU9UYLd\">pic.twitter.com\/wVzyU9UYLd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ari Hoffman (@thehoffather) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thehoffather\/status\/1511909482653052932?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 7, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>The image went viral on Wednesday night on social media.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, tweeted, &#8220;Shocked a company like <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GEICO\">@GEICO<\/a> is reportedly partnering with Linda Sarsour, a person who peddles in antisemitic tropes while slandering and delegitimizing Israel. If true, GEICO must act fast and reverse course.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Shocked a company like <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GEICO?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GEICO<\/a> is reportedly partnering with Linda Sarsour, a person who peddles in antisemitic tropes while slandering and delegitimizing Israel. If true, GEICO must act fast and reverse course. <\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s some background for GEICO: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gPr0OKwWxG\">https:\/\/t.co\/gPr0OKwWxG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jonathan Greenblatt (@JGreenblattADL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JGreenblattADL\/status\/1511889120955535363?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 7, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>On Thursday morning, Geico sent out an apology to their employees and customers saying they had canceled the event adding, &#8220;Geico does not condone hatered of any kind and we do not stand for or with anyone who does.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QPTsMH7wEq\">pic.twitter.com\/QPTsMH7wEq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 GEICO (@GEICO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GEICO\/status\/1512073098987597834?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 7, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) issued a statement Friday in defense of Sarsour\u2014together with 60 other organizations, many of which including CAIR are regularly critical of the Jewish state and have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/orthodox-rabbis-cair-report-islamophobia-charges-jewish-groups\">history of antisemitc comments<\/a>\u2014condemning GEICO for canceling Sarsour.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">PSA &#8211; race, religion, ethnicity and\/or gender does not give you a pass to spew vile antisemitic tropes and delegitimize the world\u2019s only Jewish state.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Again thank you Geico for doing the right thing and steering clear of Linda Sarsour! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DAXa8dSdYl\">pic.twitter.com\/DAXa8dSdYl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 StopAntisemitism.org (@StopAntisemites) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StopAntisemites\/status\/1512574501099298817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 8, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cair.com\/press_releases\/60-civil-human-rights-groups-condemn-geico-for-canceling-arab-american-heritage-month-event-attacking-activist-linda-sarsour\/\">statement<\/a> read in part, &#8220;GEICO must immediately delete its false, defamatory and unacceptable attack on Linda Sarsour, who has vocally advocated for justice for all people and repeatedly fought against Islamophobia, antisemitism, xenophobia, and all other forms of hatred.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Sarsour herself, responded to GEICO&#8217;s apology by claiming the change of direction was a &#8220;smearing of pro-palestinian voices&#8221; and posted on Twitter, &#8220;It\u2019s true. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GEICO\">@GEICO<\/a>, without consultation from me, THEIR invited speaker for their DEI initiative capitulated to the usual right wing voices who work every day to silence pro-Palestinian voices. Found out on twitter. Way to say <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RamadanMubarak?src=hashtag_click\">#RamadanMubarak<\/a> &#038; Happy Arab American Heritage Month!&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/sarsour-tweet.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Sarsour failed to acknowledge the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/israel-news\/article-703583\">multiple terrorist attacks<\/a> that have rocked Israel over the past few weeks.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Antisemitic &#8220;Squad&#8221; member Rep. Ilhan Omar (D- MN), supported Sarsour and retweeted criticism against GEICO, yet also failed to address the ongoing terror attacks.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ilan-retweet.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Greenblatt previously said of Sarsour, &#8220;She slanders the founders of Israel as <a href=\"https:\/\/jewishjournal.com\/news\/united-states\/307887\/sarsour-says-israel-is-built-on-the-idea-that-jews-are-supreme-to-everyone-else\/\">supremacists<\/a>, invoking a centuries-old anti-Semitic trope when she describes them as having believed that Jews are &#8216;supreme to everybody else.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">She then compares American Jews\u2019 support for Israel to domestic white supremacy. This is morally offensive and utterly dangerous. Millions of Jews have been murdered in the name of white supremacy, incl. 12 in US last year alone.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jonathan Greenblatt (@JGreenblattADL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JGreenblattADL\/status\/1201917143316619271?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 3, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>He added, &#8220;She then compares American Jews\u2019 support for Israel to domestic white supremacy. This is morally offensive and utterly dangerous. Millions of Jews have been murdered in the name of white supremacy, incl. 12 in US last year alone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lsarsour?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LSarsour<\/a>&#8216;s extensive record of trafficking in incendiary, antisemitic comments about the Jewish people and Israel makes her utterly unfit to be the face of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GEICO?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GEICO<\/a>&#8216;s &#8220;diversity &#038; inclusion&#8221; campaign.<\/p>\n<p>We call on the company to reconsider her participation. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rGYh37KgwL\">pic.twitter.com\/rGYh37KgwL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 American Jewish Committee (@AJCGlobal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AJCGlobal\/status\/1512045111399620610?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 7, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>At the time of publication, the image in question could not be found on GEICO&#8217;s website or social media platforms.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We are horrified a respectable company like <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GEICO?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GEICO<\/a> would choose to feature antisemitic bigot <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lsarsour?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@lsarsour<\/a> to represent the MENA region.  <\/p>\n<p>Sarsour had to step down from the Women&#8217;s March due to her open Jew hatred!<\/p>\n<p>What was Carl Tims thinking here?! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rNP7LremqH\">pic.twitter.com\/rNP7LremqH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 StopAntisemitism.org (@StopAntisemites) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StopAntisemites\/status\/1511796634027495438?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 6, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Stop Antisemitism tweeted, &#8220;We are horrified a respectable company like <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GEICO\">@GEICO<\/a> would choose to feature antisemitic bigot <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lsarsour\">@lsarsour<\/a> to represent the MENA region. Sarsour had to step down from the Women&#8217;s March due to her open Jew hatred! What was Carl Tims thinking here?!&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Sarsour was <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2019\/09\/16\/womens-march-cuts-ties-with-linda-sarsour-other-leaders-after-anti-semitism-claims\/\">ousted from the leadership of the Woman&#8217;s March in 2019<\/a>, along with co-founders Tamika Mallory and Mari Lynn &#8220;Bob&#8221; Bland, after their past antisemitic comments began costing the group financial support and endorsements. Sarsour had also previously praised convicted <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2017\/07\/21\/linda-sarsour-proves-shes-unhinged-murderer-apologist\/\">cop killer<\/a> Assata Shakur and been a spokesperson for progressive causes.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Despite her rhetoric, Sarsour continues to be part of <a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/she-no-role-biden-condemns-140006520.html\">high-profile Democratic Party events<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>The Zionist Organization of America said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/08\/28\/exclusive-linda-sarsour-zoa-anti-semitism\/\">statement<\/a> 2019 that &#8220;Sarsour is the one who stands with terrorists and bigots, including Louis Farrakhan. Sarsour shared a platform with and praised Rasmea Odeh \u2013 a Palestinian-Arab terrorist responsible for murdering Jewish students; praised an Arab kid holding rocks to throw at Israelis as &#8216;the definition of courage,&#8217; and tweeted her support for the intifada \u2013 the knifing, bombing and shooting campaigns in which Palestinian-Arab terrorists murdered and maimed 12,000 Jews.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\"><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An email reportedly sent out by GEICO insurance used imagery of known antisemite and ousted leader of the Woman&#8217;s March Linda Sarsour as the public face of Middle Eastern<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":498,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1427404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1427404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/498"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1427404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1427404\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1427404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1427404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1427404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}