FILE - In this Wednesday, April 10, 2019, file photo, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., listens during a House Financial Services Committee hearing with leaders of major banks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Tom Ferrall, chairman of the Ohio College Republican Federation and a senior at the University of Dayton, has apologized for a fundraising email that referred to Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as a “domestic terrorist.” (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
April 12, 2019 - 8:43 AM
DAYTON, Ohio - The president of a college Republican group in Ohio has apologized for a fundraising email that referred to Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as a "domestic terrorist."
Tom Ferrall is chairman of the Ohio College Republican Federation and a senior at the University of Dayton. He says the email was sent Wednesday without his approval by a third-party fundraising firm he wouldn't name.
Ferrall says his organization has severed ties with the firm. He says the email wasn't something he or the organization would ever endorse.
Ocasio-Cortez said in a tweet after the email was publicized that such a message "puts me in danger every time."
The University of Dayton also said Ferrall improperly used his university mailing address to solicit funds and Ferrall agreed to stop.
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