Political Analyst Links Charlie Kirk Shooting to ‘Hate Speech’

In the wake of a shooting that took the life of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, MSNBC political analyst Matthew Dowd suggested on Wednesday that Kirk’s rhetoric made him a target for violence. The shooting occurred during a Turning Point USA event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.

Video footage from the campus courtyard shows Kirk clutching his neck after a shot was fired, as the audience disperses and security rushes him from the scene.

An eyewitness described hearing “just one shot, bang,” and seeing “red gushing blood” from Kirk’s neck.

On MSNBC’s “Katy Tur Reports,” Dowd was asked by host Katy Tur to discuss the environment surrounding the shooting.

Dowd began by cautioning that the full details of the i

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