Matthew Dowd broke his silence two days following his MSNBC firing after comments about the conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

“The Right Wing media mob ginned up, went after me on a plethora of platforms, and MSNBC reacted to that mob,” Dowd, 64, said in a statement posted to his Substack on Friday, September 12. “Even though most at MSNBC knew my words were being misconstrued, the timing of my words forgotten (remember I said this before anyone knew Kirk was a target), and that I apologized for any miscommunication on my part, I was terminated by the end of the day.”

Dowd wrote that he is still “getting over the shell shock of the past few days” and is looking forward to “adventures and the journey ahead” following his firing.

“A big part of that will be using my voice on this and ot

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