Curt Schilling calls Sen. Warren 'hypocrite' as he considers Senate run

BOSTON — As he's considering a run for the Senate, former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling is calling Sen. Elizabeth Warren a hypocrite.

"She is an incredible hypocrite - she wants free education, and that's the same system she milked for $300,00 a year, taking an advantage of a government incentive for the American Indians, that she claims to be," Schilling told FOX25's Sharman Sacchetti.

Curt Schilling says he's a conservative, and it would be hard to the blue Massachusetts.

“I will tell you right now. I would run. I'm not sure if I will. But we'll see…I'm not going run in a race that I have no chance to win," he said.

As reported on FOX25 News at 5 and 6, he said his family will have the final say on whether or not he runs for the seat held by Warren.

“I think she represents all the things that we need to get out of our government…she went to the government and took advantage. The government came to me, that's a big difference,” Schilling told FOX25.

Schilling was referencing the failure of his gaming business, 38 Studios, the $75 million financing package offered by Rhode Island, and how the company went bankrupt. It left hundreds out of work and taxpayers on the hook.

"At the end of the day, it is on me...but I learned a lot...and, again, at the end of the day, they aren't asking me to run a company - they are asking me to be a leader," he said.

Besides the failed business, Schilling's resume includes being baseball analyst at ESPN, where he was fired earlier this year. He also has helped campaign for George Bush and John McCain.
               
When asked about his experience handling money, Schilling said that wouldn't be his primary responsibility.

"That's what Gov. Baker does for the most part on a state level. I would be taking the concerns of the citizens of Massachusetts to DC. And yeah, I'm sure tax dollars are involved," he told FOX25's Sharman Sacchetti.

Schilling hasn't set up a timetable just yet to make a decision. He did say he's been looking at the 2017 state budget, and sees a lot of red tape and bureaucratic waste.

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