Matthew Dowd fired from MSNBC for comments he made about Charlie Kirk: Discover what he said, the backlash, and how it impacted his career.”...
Matthew Dowd fired from MSNBC for comments he made about Charlie Kirk: Discover what he said, the backlash, and how it impacted his career.”
The political expert for MSNBC was fired just hours after Charlie Kirk was shot and killed on September 10, 2010.
Matthew Dowd, a political expert for MSNBC, is said to have been fired after making comments about Charlie Kirk's death.
Kirk, a political critic on the right, was shot and killed at an event at Utah Valley University on September 10. Thirty-one.
Following his death, Dowd, 64, went on MSNBC Live With Katy Tur, where host Katy Tur asked him about "the setting in which a shooting like this takes place," as reported by Variety.
Dowd answered, "He's been one of the most divisive figures in this, especially among younger people. He's always pushing this kind of hate speech or speech aimed at certain groups." "And I always come back to this: nasty thoughts lead to nasty words, which lead to nasty actions." And I believe that's where we are now."
"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," he said. "And that is the bad situation we are in."
Later, Variety, Deadline, and the Wall Street Journal all said that Dowd was fired, citing sources from the network.
Later, Dowd's words caused a lot of anger on social media, and MSNBC president Rebecca Kutler apologized to the MSNBC Public Relations X account. "Both he and we are sorry for what he said." Trump wrote, "There is no place for violence in America, political or otherwise."
Dowd then used his BlueSky account to say sorry. He wrote, "My thoughts and prayers are with Charlie Kirk's family and friends." When I was on MSNBC before, someone asked me a question about the world we live in now. I am sorry for my tone and words.
"I'm sorry for my tone and words," Dowd said next. "Let me be clear: I did not mean for my words to say that Kirk was responsible for this horrible crime. We should all speak out against any kind of violence. On Truth Social, President Trump said that Kirk had been shot and killed.
"The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead," Trump said. "Charlie was the only one who really got the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America." Everyone loved and admired him, but I loved and admired him the most. He is no longer with us.
Kirk is a right-wing media personality who started the conservative lobbying group Turning Point USA. When shots were fired at the first stop of his American Comeback Tour in Orem, Utah, Kirk was working his famous "Prove Me Wrong" table. At a news conference on Wednesday, police said they had caught a person of interest. The shooting was called a "political assassination" by Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, who also said that there is no evidence to suggest that there is a second person involved.
Later, on X, FBI Director Kash Patel said that the person who was being held was "released after an interrogation by law enforcement." He also said, "Our investigation continues, and we will continue to release information in the interest of transparency." A former Miss Arizona USA named Erika Frantzve was Kirk's wife. They have two children together: a 3-year-old girl and a 1-year-old son.