By Dan Calabrese ——Bio and Archives--October 24, 2016
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Curt Schilling continues to make waves with controversial remarks. Days after the former Boston Red Sox pitcher expressed a desire to run for a Massachusetts Senate seat in 2018 opposite Elizabeth Warren, Schilling asked Jake Tapper on CNN's The Lead why Jews support the Democratic Party. "I don't understand — and this is, maybe this is the amateur, non-politician in me — I don't understand how people of Jewish faith can back the Democratic Party," Schilling said, "which over the last 50 years has been so clearly anti-Israel, so clearly anti-Jewish Israel.
"I don't know what else would need to be done, said or happen for people to understand that they don't — the Democratic Party is alive for Israel only because we have agreements in place to make them have to be." Tapper, who is Jewish, told the ex-ace that he doesn't speak for people of his faith, but opined that the reason is because Jews support social welfare programs. "And I know a lot of Jews who are very strong supporters of Israel do support the Republican Party," Tapper responded, "but again, I don't speak for Jews."The lead of the story is a lie. What major controversy has erupted over what Schilling said? I'm sure Democrats won't like it, especially Jews who vote Democrat, but just because you say something that not everyone agrees with doesn't mean your statement qualifies as a "controversial remark." By writing the lead that they did, USA Today was trying to create the impression that Schilling's statement was over the top, beyond the pale and completely unacceptable for polite society. But if you read what he actually said, it was nothing of the sort. Schilling said it makes no sense to him that Jews don't support Democrats because Democrats are so anti-Israel. Tapper responds that maybe it has more to do with social welfare policy.
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