MSNBC fires analyst Matthew Dowd over Charlie Kirk shooting remarks, fired for telling the truth

[ImNotGod]

MSNBC fired its senior political analyst Matthew Dowd after he suggested on air that the slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s own radical rhetoric may have contributed to the shooting that killed him.

During his appearance on Katy Tur Reports, Dowd suggested that Kirk’s rhetoric may have contributed to the violence that claimed his life. Kirk, 31, had a history of rightwing provocation and Christian nationalism, and frequently espoused bigoted rhetoric about Islam, women , LGBTQ+ communities and people of color.

“Hateful thoughts lead to hateful words, which then lead to hateful actions,” Dowd said, adding: “You can’t stop with these sort of awful thoughts you have and then saying these awful words and then not expect awful actions to take place.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/11/msnbc-fires-matthew-dowd-charlie-kirk-shooting

[Irish_Dem]

1. Liberals get punished for telling the truth.

While evil criminals get rewarded with highest American awards.

America is now a true crime syndicate.

[BlueKota]

8. Yup

Here Kirk promoted violence and hate & he gets mourned & worshipped like some kind of hero and sympathtic figure, while everyone who points that out gets accused of "celebrating his death." I don't think it's celebrating to point out that he actually said that the second ammendment was more important than human life.

It's not wrong to point out the irony that he was a victim of someone who obviously shared a similar philosophy.

[Arkansas Granny]

2. Trump has browbeat the media so badly that they are afraid to say anything

that might be construed as criticism against the right wing nationalism that now infects our government.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

3. Matthew Dowd was just fired from MSNBC for saying this

This was a bad decision by MSNBC

Link to tweet

[RockRaven]

4. Probably won't stop anyone from slurping up MSNBC's slop daily...

This is just another in a long line of "mask off" moments for MSNBC.

[TheProle]

7. Specific stifling?

The pundit who suggests that words warrant violence being fired from his job, or the guy exercising his first amendment rights in broad daylight on a college campus and then taking a bullet to the neck?

[TheProle]

10. It is self-evident that Kirk was a hate monger. We have his words and statements.