A Very Curt Answer
As I mentioned here a couple of days ago, the egregiously far right former baseball pitcher and white supremacist supporter Curt Schilling -- who was fired from ESPN and has posted a litany of hate-filled, racist and misogynistic comments and memes (okay, I'm trying to be low-key and objective here) -- recently announced he was seriously considering running for the United States Senate. Hey, if a Donald Trump can get nominated for president by the Republican Party, who not?
On Monday, he held a rally for Trump in Boston. Where he played for a good part of his career, and was a wildly-popular star, helping the Boston Red Sox win its first Wold Series in 86 years. As was described in the media, the rally attracted literally "tens of people."
This is not a joke. This is real.
Again, keep in mind that Curt Schilling is not an unknown in Boston. He's a local sports hero. A major one. If it was announced that he was appearing at a sporting goods store to sign autographs -- and that you had to buy something from the store first -- they'd probably have lines around the block. But yesterday, stumping for Trump in Boston, he attracted what was reported as about 15 people. And for all we know, some weren't there to hear him talk politics, but just heard that Curt Schilling would be there. Or maybe they saw a tent and wondered what was going on, maybe thought it was a snake oil salesman or something. (At least those people got their money's worth. But then it was free.)
It was also just announced that Schilling signed with Breitbart to host an online radio show. No word yet if Breitbart is reconsidering the deal.
But the best part of this story is not the picture above -- which you'd think would be pretty hard to top -- but rather the reaction the same day by Elizabeth Warren at her own (much better-attended rally) when she was asked by a reporter to comment about a possible challenge by Donald Trump.
Again, this is real.
This is also a reason why so many Democrats love Elizabeth Warren.
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