The fallout continues for the minor league baseball team that showed a video that suggested that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is one of America’s “enemies of freedom.' Dos Equis and Tecate beers announced that they would no longer sponsor the team.
, stating that the organization “allowed this video to play without seeing it in its entirety first.” The Grizzlies said in a statement that the responsible employee had been reprimanded.The
reported that sponsors Save Mart and GAR Tootelian are maintaining their relationships with the Grizzlies. In the same article, the newspaper noted that the Bee itself was a longtime sponsor of the team and “is still looking at possible options.”“Based on their investigation, it is clear to us that this was an honest mistake by a long-time employee and was not politically motivated,” Jennifer Giglio, vice president of communications for the Nationals, told the Bee.
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