AOC Responds to Video Portraying Her as "Enemy of Freedom," Opens up About Death Threats

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) hit back at a minor league baseball team that depicted her as an “enemy of freedom” in a Memorial Day tribute clip by revealing a regular morning ritual she goes through to ensure her safety.

The lawmaker on Tuesday responded to a controversial video that the Fresno Grizzlies aired at Chukchansi Park with a Twitter thread explaining how her life has changed due to “the flood of death threats” that those kind of “hateful messages” inspire.

WASHINGTON — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., explained on Twitter Tuesday evening that she gets death threats because of "hateful messages" aired by groups like Fox News and other outlets.

Her comments follow a minor league baseball team's apology for showing a video during a Memorial Day game that juxtaposed an image of the freshman congresswoman alongside images of Kim Jong Un and Fidel Castro.

"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...