Matthew Dowd explained that when he made the comments, it was not yet known that Charlie Kirk was the target of the attack and had been shot at the event.
Matthew Dowd, a veteran of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney‘s 2004 presidential campaigns, was fired from MSNBC after making comments about Charlie Kirk, which he made when asked by MSNBC anchor Katy Tur about “the environment in which a shooting like this happens.”

“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.”, Matthew Dowd stated in his response.
“The Right Wing media mob ginned up, went after me on a plethora of platforms, and MSNBC reacted to that mob.”, Matthew Dowd reported after being fired from MSNBC on Friday.
commentKutler needs to step down.
commentShe only does what she’s told by these guys: Brian Roberts Comcast CEO, Mike Cavanagh Comcast President, Mark Lazarus Versant CEO. It all goes back to Comcast. They really got spooked by frank discussion of Israeli politics on MSNBC, and then by Trump. They will never allow MSNBC to flourish.
I believe she may have been brought in- as a former CNN producer- because of her relationship with Zaslav. MSNBC would ultimately be bought & absorbed by CNN. Now with Ellison salivating for more media power, I think MSNBC will be eaten by the CBS/CNN monster created by Skydance.
commentI freaking hope not but Kutler needs to be gone.
commentYes she’s horrible. But they’d just replace her with another like her or worse. She’s not there to make friends. She’s there to make MSNBC more palatable to the Center Right, and if they don’t succeed, they’ll sell it off for parts. I hope someone decent buys them & allows them to stay the course.
commentThey did react to the right-wing media mob.
commentThe media has bent the knee and kissed the ring. And we should rightfully boycott the traitors in the media.
commentI shutoff all MSM two years ago and subscribed to independent media. They disrespected President Biden and talked about the Trump like he was the one sitting in the Oval Office.
commentI shutoff all MSM two years ago and subscribed to independent media. They disrespected President Biden and talked about the Trump like he was the one sitting in the Oval Office.
commentI stopped watching CNN and mainstream news after 9/11. That all capitulated to Bush/Cheney back then. They allowed daily lies, cheerleaded for 2 illegal wars, kidnappings and torture.
commentShocking, isn’t it? We’re in real trouble, if we don’t stop this. The scotus six were placed on the court to carry out this coup. The coup itself has been in the planning for more than 60 years.