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A’s disavow Jose Canseco’s sexual harassment tweet; Canseco responds

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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - In the wake of an insensitive tweet about sexual harassment by pre- and post-game show analyst Jose Canseco, the A’s quickly distanced themselves from the former Oakland outfielder’s comment.

Tuesday afternoon, Canseco tweeted “These women complaining against sexual misconduct are just racist against ugly men,” drawing the ire of many Twitter followers. He followed up with tweets that read: “What do you call a pretty woman with an inbred looking politician....PAID.”

These women complaining against sexual misconduct are just racist against ugly men

— Jose Canseco (@JoseCanseco) December 12, 2017

An hour later, the A’s put out a statement on Twitter that read “We were disappointed to learn of Mr.