Matthew Dowd Speaks Out After MSNBC Fired Him for Charlie Kirk Comments: Network 'Reacted' to the 'Right Wing Media Mob'

olitical analyst Matthew Dowd has spoken out after he was fired from MSNBC due to his on-air comments relating to Charlie Kirk. In a Substack post, Dowd wrote that his words were “misconstrued” and that the news network “reacted” to “the Right Wing media mob.”

Dowd was on-air immediately following the shooting at Utah Valley University and, when asked by anchor Katy Tur about “the environment in which a shooting like this happens,” Dowd responded with the following about Kirk: “He’s been one of the most divisive, especially divisive younger figures in this, who is constantly sort of pushing this sort of hate speech or sort of aimed at certain groups. And I always go back to, hateful thoughts lead to hateful words, which then lead to hateful actions. And I think that is the environment we are in. You can’t stop with these sort of awful thoughts you have and then saying these awful words and not expect awful actions to take place. And that’s the unfortunate environment we are in.”

Dowd explained on Substack that at the time he was asked about Kirk on-air, “the only thing known at the time was shots were fired and there was no reporting yet that Kirk was the target or had been shot at.” About 90 minutes after Kirk was shot and rushed to the hospital, President Trump announced on Truth Social that the right-wing advocate and Turning Point USA leader was dead. A suspect was arrested Friday morning.

“I said in the moment that we needed to get the facts because we have no idea what this could be and that it could easily be someone firing a gun in the air to celebrate the event. Remember Kirk is a diehard advocate of the 2nd amendment,” Dowd wrote.

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