Matthew Dowd is out at MSNBC. As expected, ‘journalists’ and other network guests responded to the assassination of Charlie Kirk with ignorance and hate. One of those sad individuals was political analyst Matthew Dowd. As the story of Kirk’s shooting was breaking earlier on Wednesday, Dowd suggested one of Kirk’s own fans shot him in celebration. He went further, essentially blaming Kirk for his own assassination because he exercised his free speech..
Hear it for yourself. (WATCH)
BREAKING: 🔴
— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) September 11, 2025
Political analyst Matthew Dowd has been fired from MSNBC for his comments after the Charlie Kirk assassination, Variety reported.
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Matthew Dowd Fired From MSNBC For Charlie Kirk Comments YES!!! https://t.co/Rs4MhluOKg
— David Benjamin (@thetoyman1) September 11, 2025
He literally said
— Usنl (@___Sloan___) September 11, 2025
“we don’t know if this was a supporter shooting their gun off in celebration”
Unreal
That’s entirely insane, but it’s exactly what happened. Unbelievable.
The firing is completely in order, but it still came as a surprise to many posters.
Kinda surprised. Maybe they had other reasons but used this as the excuse
— SMH (@SMH3770) September 11, 2025
Matthew Dowd is a walking, talking hate crime.
— Wayne Henrichs (@therealwph67) September 11, 2025
Good riddance to him.
Wow, why would they do that? Are they finally seeing the light. After radicalizing half the country with their violent rhetoric against all Republicans.
— cheryl jansen (@cheryljansen3) September 11, 2025
Most likely, they’re worried about being sued into oblivion in some form or another.
Before the firing, MSNBC issued an apology that many did not buy as being sincere.
MSNBC apologizes for former Bush adviser Matthew Dowd suggesting Charlie Kirk instigated political violence pic.twitter.com/G91VPvOHOr
— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) September 10, 2025
Your apologies are no longer sufficient.
— PigWar (@PigWar62030) September 10, 2025
You should remove yourselves from the airwaves. Completely and forever.
Apologies not accepted MSNBC. Obviously you never listened to Charlie. Be better
— EDIS30 (@TimPool31937749) September 11, 2025
If Touchy Toobin got re-hired after what he did, Matthew Dowd will have a new job sooner than we think.
— Don Shula Corleone (@DonShulaCorleon) September 11, 2025
Dowd is clearly horrible, but we’ve become conditioned to expect the most despicable and dishonest people to find their way back onto ‘news’ programs: Jeffrey Toobin, Dan Rather, and Brian Williams, to name a few. Unfortunately, this is probably not the last we’ll see and hear from Dowd.