Watch out journalists, Curt Schilling wants you dead — strung up from a tree, to be exact.
The recently-fired ESPN analyst tweeted a photo Monday from a Trump rally showing a Republican supporter wearing a T-shirt proclaiming: “Rope. Tree. Journalist. Some assembly required.”
“Ok, so much awesome here…” the former Red Sox and Philadelphia Phillies pitcher wrote as a caption to the image of a man at a rally in Minnesota over the weekend.
https://twitter.com/gehrig38/status/795772253245992960
The polarizing MLB All-Star went on to claim that the post “displayed sarcasm,” and told people who didn’t approve to “shut the hell up.”
Twitter, I want to sincerely thank you for "Mute". I love the thought that they are out there tweeting their hearts out and I don't see it!
— Curt Schilling (@gehrig38) November 7, 2016
And there were plenty of Twitter users who didn’t like it.
“Baseball has a real problem on their hands with the post-career effects of CTE. Look at Curt Schilling. Serious brain damage,” one user wrote.
“Curt Schilling was a great pitcher. Really good postseason numbers. Clutch. Assume that’s why everyone is talking about him, yes?” another said, displaying sarcasm as it should be used.
Another simply called Schilling a “disgusting human being,” while numerous users encouraged people to vote Tuesday to “make Curt Schilling sad.”
After being fired by ESPN earlier this year for repeated inappropriate comments, the Trump supporter announced in August his intention to run for the White House in 2024 in the comments section of his own Facebook post bashing President Obama, Hillary Clinton and former California state senator Leland Yee.
“State office first, white house in 8 years,” Schilling wrote, when asked by a commentator if he was running for office, “or 4 if by some amazing illegal event this country elects another clinton,” he added.
See some of the outraged tweets following his latest social media statement below.
https://twitter.com/CTowersCBS/status/795799312693334018
Curt Schilling is a disgusting human being
— Paulo Elias (@pauloelias) November 8, 2016
Curt Schilling might be even worse than Trump. He's a terrible, terrible person.
— John Whiteside (@JohnWhiteside32) November 8, 2016
https://twitter.com/MetsTilDeath/status/795799441227845632
Oh god. Curt Schilling is trending. What did he do now?
— Onion Knight (@CaseycVT) November 8, 2016
Welp, Curt Schilling just threw away any chance at a return to being a baseball tv analyst ever again. What a sad old man, modern Ty Cobb.
— E H (@KiowaSavage) November 8, 2016
Hillary’s final appeal to voters should just be “Vote for me and make Curt Schilling sad on Nov. 8.”
— Andrew Joseph (@AndyJ0seph) November 8, 2016
https://twitter.com/FletchWulff/status/795798469306892288
I do like the fact that in 2016 Red Sox fans like Alex Rodriguez better than Curt Schilling.
— Staceball (@StaceGots) November 8, 2016
If you can't think of a better reason, vote to make Curt Schilling sad tomorrow.
— Maggie Wiggin (@maggie162) November 8, 2016
Now imagine Curt Schilling running for President
That's literally what we have going on with Trump
— Victor Martinez (@fakevmart41) November 8, 2016
Whenever Curt Schilling is trending, you are guaranteed he tweeted something stupid.
— Diana ?? (@liberalgirl4) November 8, 2016