Watch: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez featured as an 'enemy of freedom' in a video on US Memorial Day
Ocasio-Cortez was put in the same category as North Korea’s Kim Jong-un and Cuba’s Fidel Castro.
The United States observed Memorial Day on May 27 in honour of the slain members of the country’s armed forces. However, a video made in the spirit of the solemn occasion brought embarrassment to the organisers of a baseball match of Fresno Grizzlies when it featured a photograph of Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as an “enemy of freedom”.
The video featured former US President Ronald Reagan’s inaugural speech as the voice-over with video snippets and images praising the country and highlighting the contribution of armed forces’ members to it. A section of the video that highlights “enemies of freedom” displayed Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez’s photograph sandwiched between those of North Korea leader Kim Jong-un and Cuba’s Fidel Castro.
The video generated a massive uproar, with Ocasio-Cortez saying that such hateful messages “inspire death threats”.
What people don’t (maybe do) realize is when orgs air these hateful messages, my life changes bc of the flood of death threats they inspire.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) May 28, 2019
I‘ve had mornings where I wake up & the 1st thing I do w/ my coffee is review photos of the men (it’s always men) who want to kill me. https://t.co/hiYbPghad7
Fresno Grizzlies later issued an “unconditional apology” to Ocasio-Cortez.
— Fresno Grizzlies (@FresnoGrizzlies) May 28, 2019
