NEW YORK CITY, New York — MSNBC has cut ties with political analyst Matthew Dowd following controversial comments he made in the wake of the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, People reported .

Dowd’s statements, which appeared to link Kirk’s rhetoric to the incident, triggered a swift backlash and led to an on-air apology and corporate apology, the media outlet said.

During live coverage of Kirk’s shooting at Utah Valley University, Dowd said this about Kirk, according to ABC 7 :

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

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