Sarah Palin Denounces ESPN's Schilling Suspension for Muslim-Nazi Tweet

Sarah Palin took ESPN harshly to task on Friday, calling its leaders "wussified" after the network suspended former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling over a tweet he posted that compared Muslims to Nazis.

The tweet, which has since been removed, said, "The math is staggering when you get to the true #s. It’s said only 5-10 percent of Muslims are extremists. In 1940, only 7 percent of Germans were Nazis. How’d that go?”

Schilling later posted on his Twitter feed that he takes full responsibility for what he called a "bad choice."

I understand and accept my suspension. 100% my fault. Bad choices have bad consequences and this was a bad decision in every way on my part.

— Curt Schilling (@gehrig38) August 25, 2015

In a long Facebook post, the former vice presidential candidate defended the statistics that Schilling used and lambasted ESPN as a "journalistic embarrassment."

"The difference between Hitler’s army and the genocidal maniacs of ISIS is that the jihadists don’t have as much power . . . yet," Palin wrote. "By denying the accuracy of Schilling’s tweet, ESPN shows its weakness as it buys into the propaganda of ISIS and other terror organizations, helping mislead the public about the very real threat of terrorism. It shows once again that ESPN would rather concentrate on liberal global politics instead of report well on our beloved sports."

At least one person online thought Palin's defense of Schilling didn't help:

Sarah Palin ripping ESPN for Schilling is like when Bonds stood up for A-Rod...support of someone crazier is not really helping his cause

— Brian Ciano (@OnAirMafia) August 28, 2015

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