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MSNBC fires political analyst Matthew Dowd to make “hate” rhetoric from TPUSA co-founder Charlie Kirk Two sources familiar with the matter told Fox News Digital that led to his own assassination.
The network has previously condemned morality’s comments on social media.
“Matthew Dowd made inappropriate, insensitive and unacceptable comments during the Charlie Kirk shooting,” MSNBC president Rebecca Kutler said in a statement. “We apologize for his remarks. There is no place where there is violence in the United States, politically or otherwise.”
A MSNBC spokesperson declined to comment. Dowd joined MSNBC in 2022 after a long period of experience in ABC News.
MSNBC apologizes to analysts’ “unacceptable” comments
Charlie Kirk was assassinated in Utah on Wednesday at the age of 31. (Rebecca Noble/Getty Image)
After Kirk was shot dead Wednesday afternoon, Moral Dowd suggested that this was due to his chain reaction to the “abnormal words” of various groups. Kirk, the main conservative activist and the president’s top ally Donald Trumplater died at the age of 31.
Before news about Kirk’s death, Moral told MSNBC host Katy Tur: “We don’t know the full details of anything yet. We don’t know if this is a supporter to celebrate their guns.”
Moral says Kirk has been “one of the most divided, especially divisive young people who have been pushing for this hate speech or this hate speech targeting certain groups. I always go back to the idea of hatred, and the words that lead to hatred, which lead to hatred action.”
He added: “I think this is the environment we are in – you can’t stop with these terrible thoughts and say these terrible words instead of expecting to take terrible actions. This is the unfortunate environment we are in.”
MSNBC’s comments on Charlie Kirk during the network’s live coverage of Wednesday’s assassination sparked anger over Charlie Kirk’s comments, firing political analysts. (Lorenzo bevilaqua/abc by Getty image)
Moral rhetoric has been widely condemned after the tragic shooting, with many numbers calling for dismissal.
Morality (Dowd) attempts to trace back to the free social media platform Bluesky.
“I was asked a question about the environment we were in during an early appearance on MSNBC. I apologize for my tone and words. I am very clear that I will never intend for my comment to blame Kirk for this horrible attack. Let us all work together to condemn violence of any kind,” Moral wrote.
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Morality (Dowd) is a Democrat, formerly a Republican strategist and independent, and one of the craziest anti-gop voices in cable news. His bid failed Nominated for the governor of Texas in 2021.
Fox News’s Brian Flood and Alexander Hall contributed to the report.
