[Media Matters, 10/23/16]

Schilling has shared memes praising the Confederate flag, calling civil rights heroes unpatriotic, and claiming Black Lives Matter was a movement “founded on a lie.” In 2015, Schilling shared memes comparing the imagery of the Confederate flag to “the Blood of Christ,” “the Protection of God,” and the “Christian Cross of Saint Andrew”; suggesting Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), an icon of the civil rights movement, was unpatriotic; and claiming the Black Lives Matter movement was “founded on a lie” rather than social justice. [Media Matters, 10/23/16]

Schilling falsely claimed “illegals” create more crime. During a call-in to radio station WPEN-FM in May 2018, Schilling falsely claimed that the “crime rate is higher because illegals are here.” [WPEN-FM, The Mike Missanelli Show, 5/22/18; Media Matters, 1/9/19]

Schilling defended Trump’s comment that he would date a teenage girl in 10 years. During a Fox Business appearance in October 2016, Schilling defended then-candidate Trump following unearthed 1992 remarks in which the future president said of a 10-year-old girl, “I am going to be dating her in 10 years. Can you believe it?” Schilling asked host Trish Regan, “How many times have you looked at a young man and said ‘wow, he’s a beautiful young man’ or ‘wow he’s a gorgeous young man’?” Regan responded, “Zero.” Schilling called her a liar, insisting that “there’s no way you haven’t seen somebody else’s son and said ‘Wow, he’s beautiful.’” Regan concluded, “And thought I ought to be dating him? No, sorry. You’re on your own on this one.” [Media Matters, 10/23/16]

Schilling minimized sexual assault by suggesting it was not possible to “inappropriately kiss a porn star.” In response to the report of a woman who said Trump had hugged and kissed her without her consent, Schilling said in October 2016, “Listen, a porn star came out the other day and said that he kissed her inappropriately. I got to ask: How do you inappropriately kiss a porn star? How does that work?” [Breitbart, Whatever It Takes, 10/28/16]

Schilling: “Who cares” if Bill O’Reilly sexually harassed people. During a call-in to radio station WPEN-FM in June 2017, Schilling said “who cares” if multiple sexual assault allegations against then-Fox News host Bill O’Reilly were true, saying people were “hung up” over them. [WPEN-FM, The Mike Missanelli Show, 6/1/17]

Schilling praised a photo of a shirt promoting violence against journalists. In November 2016, Schilling tweeted an image of a man at a Trump rally with a shirt reading, “Rope. Tree. Journalist. Some assembly required.” Schilling added, “Ok, so much awesome here…”