Barstool Sports founder and chief content officer Dave Portnoy responded to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez amid their feud over his tweet saying that he would fire any employees attempting to form a union.

Portnoy, also known as El Pres, sent the tweet Tuesday after a writer said anyone who wants to form a union at the sports blog company should contact him.

If you work for @barstoolsports and DM this man I will fire you on the spot https://t.co/u9vG3VgfV1 — Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) August 13, 2019

In addition to drawing the attention of labor unions, Portnoy's tweet also garnered attention from the New York Democrat, who tweeted, "If you’re a boss tweeting firing threats to employees trying to unionize, you are likely breaking the law &can be sued,in your words, 'on the spot.'"

If you’re a boss tweeting firing threats to employees trying to unionize, you are likely breaking the law &can be sued,in your words, “on the spot.”



ALL workers in the US have the protected freedom to organize for better conditions.



See @NLRB &union orgs like @AFLCIO for tips. https://t.co/bU7WlHrp1d — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) August 13, 2019

Portnoy chastised people who took his tweet seriously since they are well known for trolling and for their style of comedy.

"The people that think I am going to jail, they're idiots. Let me clarify real quick, we are a comedy site, we're pretty clear about that. We have no union at Barstool Sports. Nobody is trying to make a union at Barstool Sports," Portnoy said Wednesday on Tucker Carlson Tonight.

"I am talking about Barstool Sports, and I was making fun of our own employees, saying, 'If you try to make a union I will crush you,' and these morons, who have no idea what we do, jump into the fray like AOC, O-crazy-o," he continued.

Portnoy said their site has had its best day of traffic in the history of the company since his spat with Ocasio-Cortez. She also sent out a fundraising email about her online fight with the company.

AOC is fundraising off of Barstool now pic.twitter.com/TqqH8o8ocj — Barstool News Network (@BarstoolNewsN) August 14, 2019

"Again, I don’t think she has any clue who we are and or what we do. She just jumped in the fray like an idiot and now it helped us. But, yeah, it was a good day for Barstool. It continues to be," Portnoy said.