Jason Kander again roasted Curt Schilling during Twitter spat
When will Curt Schilling learn?
Earlier this month, former Missouri Democratic Senate candidate Jason Kander and Schilling went at it on Twitter, and Kander landed a knockout blow by mentioning Schilling’s trouble with National Baseball Hall of Fame voters.
Schilling, the former Red Sox, Diamondbacks, Phillies, Orioles and Astros pitcher, stirred the pot again when he responded to a Kander tweet on Monday.
Kander was critical of President Trump’s “we don’t fight to win” comment. Here is what President Trump said:
“We have to start winning wars again. I have to say, when I was young, in high school, and college, everybody used to say we never lost a war. We never lost a war. You remember. Some you were right there with me, and you remember? We never lost a war. America never lost. And, now, we never win a war. We never win. And we don’t fight to win. We don’t fight to win. So we’ve either got to win or don’t fight it at all.”
POTUS just said our soldiers "don't fight to win."
— Jason Kander (@JasonKander) February 27, 2017
I'd happily introduce him to some friends of mine who have fought pretty hard to win.
Schilling offered up a defense of what President Trump said.
@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
After that, Schilling had an exchange with another person on Twitter, and he just had to take it another step rather than leave things be. Schilling, who did not serve in the armed forces, apparently forgot or did not know that Kander did.
Kander was an Army intelligence officer and served in Afghanistan. Here is what Schilling tweeted (and not the language):
@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
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
Again, that would be a good point to just stop. But for some reason, Schilling then threw a fastball down the middle and Kander knocked it out of the park.
@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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