Curt Schilling Gets Smacked Down on Twitter After Questioning Veteran’s Military Service
Former Major League Baseball pitcher and Breitbart radio host Curt Schilling —who has never served in the military — attacked a veteran of the War in Afghanistan on Twitter and questioned how dangerous his service really was.
Former Democratic Senate candidate and liberal activist Jason Kander criticized a statement from President Donald Trump Monday that American soldiers don’t “fight to win.”
POTUS just said our soldiers “don’t fight to win.”
I’d happily introduce him to some friends of mine who have fought pretty hard to win.
— Jason Kander (@JasonKander) February 27, 2017
Schilling, who did not serve in the military, took exception to Kander’s framing of the comments the following day. At one point, he questioned how often Kander left the base for more dangerous environs.
@JasonKander know he was referring to leadership and not the soldiers on the ground. But that doesn’t allow you to piss about it of you
— Curt Schilling (@gehrig38) February 28, 2017
@etrigan_27 @JasonKander and elsewhere all seemed like warfighters working their asses off to win.Jason, spend much time outside the wire?
— Curt Schilling (@gehrig38) February 28, 2017
As it happens, Kander was outside the wire fairly often. He then snarkily asked how Schilling’s military service went (Schilling did not serve in the military).
A LOT of folks did more than me, but yes, I was outside the wire about 4 days/week. How about your deployment, Curt? https://t.co/w8SjOG6K8f
— Jason Kander (@JasonKander) February 28, 2017
While Schilling has never served in the military, he protested that he did visit soldiers (while continuing to imply Kander didn’t actually contribute). But Kander came back with a sarcastic deathblow.
@JasonKander I wasn’t deployed, I just had the honor of spending 18 days in theater while visiting soldiers who actually did stuff
— Curt Schilling (@gehrig38) February 28, 2017
@gehrig38 Thank you for your service. We are forever in your debt.
— Jason Kander (@JasonKander) February 28, 2017
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