Former MLB star Curt Schilling has never been one to hide his super-conservative political opinions and hot takes.
But this time around, well, it appears the firestorm has gotten to hot — because the ex-pitcher deactivated his Twitter account not long after comparing NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace to Jussie Smollett. Related: ESPN Fires Curt Schilling Over Anti-Transgender Post! Referencing Smollett’s infamously dubious claim of a racist attack against him in Chicago, Schilling tweeted that Wallace was “v 2.0” of Smollett in regards to the alleged noose incident at a NASCAR track garage this past week.
Schilling further asked whether the media would be “recanting their idiocy” before eventually deleting his account altogether.
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