Heineken gets support from the baseball team for the Ocasio-Cortez video

The Fresno Grizzlies baseball team has lost another sponsor as it continues to suffer retaliation for broadcasting a video broadcast in a recent match featuring Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-CortezAlexandria Ocasio-CortezOcasio-Cortez in Cruz: "Let's make a deal" Ocasio-Cortez defended the boss who ranked the employees in terms of attractiveness: the book Ted Cruz says that he supports Ocasio-Cortez on the Lifetime ban on lobbying for legislators MORE'S (D-N.Y.) Among those like Kim Jong UnKim Jong UnNorth A Korean Envoy Performed After The Trump-Kim Failure Summit: A Reportage Sun-Maid's Raisins Drive The Baseball Team's Sponsorship Over The Video "Enemies Of Freedom" d & # 39; Ocasio-Cortez. and Fidel Castro as "enemies of freedom".

Heineken International said in a statement to Abeille de Fresno Thursday that Tecate and Dos Equis, two brands he owns, will not sponsor the team after the broadcast of the video during his commemorative match this week.

"Tecate and Dos Equis were both sponsors of the Fresno Grizzlies," said the company.

"We do not support the views expressed in the video, which aired during the Fresno Grizzlies game on the day of the commemoration. For this reason, we terminated this relationship with immediate effect and informed the team of our decision, "he added.

The news comes shortly after the Sun-Maid raisin company announced Wednesday that it would withdraw its sponsorship from the minor league team over the video.

"We are deeply disappointed by the Memorial Day commemoration video that the Fresno Grizzlies broadcast on Monday," said the raisin company. "Sun-Maid neither endorses the views or feelings expressed in the video, nor does it tolerate its broadcast."

"While the Grizzlies have apologized for this mistake, we are on the side of what we believe to be right and are putting an end to the sponsorship of the team," the company added.

Since the broadcast of the video Monday, the Californian team apologizes to the first-year lawmaker, saying in a statement that it was "embarrassed" to let the clip play "without seeing it in full beforehand".

"It was a mistake and we will make sure nothing happens again," said the team.

Ocasio-Cortez also reacted to the broadcast of the video in a tweet Tuesday morning, claiming that she would receive death threats inspired by "hate messages" seen in such videos.

"What people do not realize (maybe they do not realize) is when organizations spread these obnoxious messages, my life changes because of the flood of death threats they inspire," he said. -she writes.

"I had mornings when I got up and the first thing I do with my coffee is to review the pictures of the men (it's still men) who want to kill me," she said. .