ESPN has removed analyst Curt Schilling from its Little League World Series broadcast after the former Red Sox pitcher tweeted a photo that compared Muslims with Nazis.
The photo was of Adolf Hitler along with the words: “It’s said only 5-10% of Muslims are extremists. In 1940, only 7% of Germans were Nazis. How’d that go?”
Schilling tweeted “The math is staggering when you get to true #’s,” along with the photo.
He tweeted it just before 11 a.m. Tuesday and quickly deleted it.
ESPN’s vice president of communications, Josh Krulewitz, condemned the tweet in a statement on behalf of the company.
“Curt’s tweet was completely unacceptable, and in no way represents our company’s perspective,” he wrote. “We made that point very strongly to Curt and have removed him from his current Little League assignment pending further consideration.”
Schilling, who works regularly on ESPN’s Baseball Tonight, responded to several people individually on Twitter, saying “my mistake” and that he’s “owned it.” He later posted an apology.
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