Dave Portnoy scorches Platner operative with punishing takedown after odd request

On Thursday, political strategist Jeff Coote reached out to Portnoy to alert him to the ad and ask if he wanted to collaborate with Platner on an effort to call out the rise of private equity in sports and "big bad John Henry." Portnoy later shared the email chain on X.

After Coote "nudged" Portnoy's inbox again Friday, "El Presidente" lit into him.

"I'm not as interested in his baseball takes. Let me know when we can set up some time. Dave."

When Coote responded, "nice one," Portnoy replied, "is that a no?"

Coote followed up by saying that if the two sides could find a way to have a productive conversation, he would consider connecting him with Platner.

But Portnoy was not finished.

"If your boy isn't a Nazi and can handle me 1 on 1 in a convo set it up. If he can't you should fire yourself for thinking I'd want to glamorize this clown."

After posting the email chain, Portnoy tweeted that he was still wondering why Platner's campaign would think he would "want to play footsy with a Nazi."

The network said in a statement Saturday that it regularly removes ads with "credible concerns" about intellectual property use. While the network did not elaborate specifically, Platner appeared to use the same red font synonymous with the baseball team.

Platner also confirmed the ad takedown on social media.

The spot itself called out Fenway for what Platner called the "private equity curse" on the team.

Platner appeared to further invoke the private equity "curse" by noting on X that after NESN stopped airing the ad, the Red Sox "blew a 4-0 lead."

"Private equity is destroying our favorite baseball team, stripping them for parts - Private equity is buying up our homes our sports and our lives," Platner said in the ad.

Fox News Digital reached out to Portnoy, Coote's Slingshot Strategies company and the Platner campaign for comment.