MSNBC political analyst Matthew Dowd was fired on Wednesday following statements he made in the aftermath of the fatal shooting of conservative activist and TV personality Charlie Kirk, an MSNBC source told The Hollywood Reporter .

Kirk was shot and killed by a single bullet while answering an audience member’s question about gun violence during an outdoor event at Utah Valley University.

While discussing the shooting, MSNBC correspondent Katy Tur asked about “the environment in which a shooting like this happens.”

Dowd responded: “He’s been one of the most divisive, especially divisive younger figures, in this, who’s constantly sort of pushing this hate speech aimed at certain groups. I always go back to hateful thoughts lead to hateful words, which then lead to hateful actions.”

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