Matthew Dowd says most at MSNBC knew his comments following Charlie Kirk’s death were “misconstructed,” but claims the network caved to a “Right Wing media mob” in deciding to fire him.

In a Substack article published Friday, Dowd defended his original remarks, writing, “I said in the moment that we needed to get the facts because we have no idea what this could be and that it could easily be someone firing a gun in the air to celebrate the event.”

MSNBC fired the now-former political analyst following his Wednesday appearance on Katy Tur Reports, where he commented on early reports of a shooting at Utah Valley University during an event hosted by Charlie Kirk.

“I always go back to hateful thoughts lead to hateful words, which then lead to hateful actions. I think that’s the environmen

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