Sarah Palin speaks during a panel discussion on Capitol Hill. | AP Photo Palin blasts Curt Schilling firing: 'ESPN continues to screw up'

Sarah Palin sounded off on ESPN's decision to fire Curt Schilling on Thursday, after the former All-Star pitcher and on-air personality drew a firestorm of criticism for sharing an image mocking transgender people on social media.

"ESPN continues to screw up," Palin wrote in a Facebook post, sharing a link to a Hollywood Reporter article about Schilling's termination.


On Monday, Schilling shared a meme on Facebook (which he later deleted) that featured an image of an overweight man sporting a wig and tight clothing with parts of his T-shirt cut out to expose his breasts. The accompanying text read: “LET HIM IN! to the restroom with your daughter or else you’re a narrow-minded, judgmental, unloving racist bigot who needs to die.”

The former ESPN on-air personality was suspended last year after he shared an image that compared Muslims to Nazis. This time, the post appeared to be a response to backlash over North Carolina's recent law that bans transgender people from using restrooms and locker rooms that are different from the gender they were born.

Palin's post also included a cartoon with the title "Fundamentally Transforming America - B. Obama," which features two panels. In the first, a University of Missouri student is depicted shedding tears and saying, "There's a micro-aggressive white priviledged [sic] homophobe in my SAFE SPACE!" with an arrow pointing to him as the "VICTIM." In the other, a little girl is labeled a "BIGOT" for saying, "There's a 40-year-old man wearing a dress in the girl's [sic] restroom."

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