Matthew Dowd shot from MSNBC for Charlie Kirk comments
Political analyst Matthew Dowd was fired from MSNBC after his comments about the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, according to a network source.
During the reporting of MSNBC about Kirk’s shooting, Anchor Katy Tur Dowd asked “the environment in which a shooting like this happens.” Dowd reageerde met het volgende over Kirk: “Hij is een van de meest verdeeldheid geweest, vooral verdeeldheid jongere figuren hierin, die constant een soort van dit soort haatdragende speech pushen of een soort gericht op bepaalde groepen. En ik ga altijd terug naar, hatelijke gedachten leiden tot hatelijke woorden, die niet verwachten met vreselijke gedachten en dan is het niet om te stoppen met deze soort vrees en dan is het niet om te zeggen dat deze soort vielen zijn en niet In fear of this kind.
The comments led to indignation on social media and MSNBC president Rebecca Kutler gave an apology. She contradicted Dowd’s comments as “inappropriate, insensitive and unacceptable.”
“We apologize for his statements, as he has,” said Kutler in a statement shared at the MSNBC Public Relations X Account. “There is no room for violence in America, politics or otherwise.”
Dowd gave his own apology for his commentary on his Extingy account. He wrote: “My apologies for my tone and words. Let me be clear, I am in no way meant for my comments to blame Kirk for this terrible attack. Let’s all come together and condemn violence.”
Kirk died on Wednesday after he was shot at a university event in Utah. He was 31 years old.
Donald Trump Kirk’s death announced About Truth Social on Wednesday afternoon. In his post, he wrote, “The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead. No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie. He was loved and admired by ALL, especially me, and now, he is no longer with us. Melania and my Sympathies Go out to his Beautiful Wife Erika, and Family.
