Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) has come out swinging after a minor-league baseball team aired a Memorial Day tribute video grouping her with the likes of communist dictators and other “enemies of freedom.”
The freshman congresswoman reacted by saying such “hateful messages” provoke a “flood of death threats” against her and questioning “those who believe in ‘free speech.'”
During a doubleheader Monday, the Fresno Grizzlies played a patriotic video that was set to the words of the late President Ronald Reagan’s 1981 inaugural address. Ocasio-Cortez’s image was displayed during a part where the president referred to “enemies of freedom,” along with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un and deceased Cuban Communist leader Fidel Castro.
The baseball team promptly issued apologies to their fans, community, service members, and the New York Democrat herself. – READ MORE