Matthew Dowd, the political operative turned MSNBC analyst who was fired by the cable news channel after making comments about Charlie Kirk , took to Substack to give his side of the story.

Dowd, a veteran of the George W. Bush-Dick Cheney 2004 presidential campaign, was asked by MSNBC anchor Katy Tur about “the environment in which a shooting like this happens.”

Dowd, in his response, stated, “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 think that is the environment we are in. You can’t stop with these sort of awful thoughts you have and then s

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