California team apologizes to Ocasio-Cortez for video
FRESNO, Calif. — A minor league baseball team in California apologized to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for a Memorial Day tribute video that lumped her image with those of Kim Jong Un and Fidel Castro.
The Fresno Grizzlies said in a statement the scoreboard video broadcast during Monday night's doubleheader was supposed to be a moving tribute.
However, it "ended with some misleading and offensive editing, which made a statement that was not our intent and certainly not our opinion," the team said.
The team said it failed to properly vet the video found on YouTube, the Fresno Bee reported .
"We're embarrassed we allowed this video to play without seeing it in its entirety first," the statement said. "We unconditionally apologize to Rep. Ocasio-Cortez in addition to those we hurt."
"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," Ocasio-Cortez tweeted Tuesday.
"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," she posted.
Later, she added that "words matter, and can have consequences for safety."
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I think we all know that a 4 min youtube clip would be reviewed before using at the game . The apology actually is insulting as only an idiot would believe they never viewed what they were going to use for the event They had to go on YouTube to find it!!!please 
The video called a "Memorial Day Tribute - We Are Americans" is filled with patriotic-themed images playing behind excerpts from President Ronald Reagan's first inaugural speech.
