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Former Red Sox pitcher and Donald Trump supporter Curt Schilling took to Twitter to post a picture of an Oregon ballot that omitted Trump’s name, and asked whether Americans should be “taken as that stupid” — problem is, the picture was a hoax.

Hey guys, seriously? How is this not viral yet? Are we going to be taken as that stupid and let it go? This is an Oregon Ballot. pic.twitter.com/4eSSrK3aaB

— Curt Schilling (@gehrig38) October 27, 2016

According to Law Newz, a man with the Twitter handle @JohnLuce tweeted out the image with the caption, “The Oregon state ballot doesn’t even bother with putting Trump on as a choice for president this year!”

The user, whose account has since been deleted, tweeted an hour later that “in case it’s not super obvious, that last tweet from me is a hoax. Don’t believe everything you read on the internet folks.”

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Unfortunately, Schilling took the bait, as did multiple other people. One user, named Hatrick Penry, tweeted his outrage over the rigged ballot.

ACTUAL OREGON BALLOT HAS HILLARY'S NAME TWICE BUT OMITS TRUMP'S NAME! @realDonaldTrump @MELANIATRUMP @EricTrump @DonaldJTrumpJr @IvankaTrump pic.twitter.com/qLNpSm4KKl

— Hatrick Penry (@Hatrick__Penry) October 24, 2016

KVAL News tweeted out a screenshot of the initial tweets, and added a link to the official sample ballot.

Is Trump on the Oregon ballot? YES. But a hoax grabbed a lot of retweets today. Official sample ballot >>> https://t.co/LR1smKW2pO pic.twitter.com/WvMIhyzUHz

— KVAL News (@KVALnews) October 21, 2016

The man who posted the initial image told KATU News that he photoshopped the image and thought it was funny. The picture was retweeted over 1,500 times. Now, he admitted to the publication that it was “irresponsible” and apologized.

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“I’m hoping people figure out soon this was fake, and, in the future, look at what they’re passing on,” he told KATU. “We’ve got to act responsibly. Get out your ballots, take a good hard look, and vote with some research!”

Curt Schilling: 8 of His Most Controversial Statements (Photos)

Curt Schilling has had countless conflicts with players, management and media over the decades, the most recent of which caused him to be fired by ESPN on April 20, 2016.
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Schilling was fired from ESPN after tweeting this meme about so-called "bathroom laws" that bans transgender people from entering bathrooms of the gender with which they identify.

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The former baseball analyst has repeatedly compared Islam to Nazism, as seen in this tweet.
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Schilling and ESPN baseball writer Keith Law got into a heated exchange about evolution, with Schilling demanding to see evidence that the theory is true.

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The Philadelphia Phillies pitcher defended South Carolina's flying of the Confederate with this Facebook post.
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Schilling has long been an opponent of Hillary Clinton, frequently criticizing her handling of Benghazi and her political record.

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After being fired for his anti-transgender tweet, Schilling claimed in a radio interview that ESPN employs some of the “biggest racists in sports.”
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The 1993 World Series champion claimed that one of the reasons he wasn't put into the Hall of Fame in 2015 was because of his political beliefs, saying: "I know that as a Republican there's some people that really don't like that.”

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Schilling has also criticized the Obama administration, as seen in this meme of Obama crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama compared to the 1965 march.
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The outspoken conservative, former baseball star and recently-fired ESPN analyst has had no fear in expressing some unpopular opinions over the years

Curt Schilling has had countless conflicts with players, management and media over the decades, the most recent of which caused him to be fired by ESPN on April 20, 2016.

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