MSNBC has announced the firing of political analyst Matthew Dowd for these comments referring to Charlie Kirk as a “divisive figure” pushing “hate speech” during the network’s coverage of his killing.
MSNBC has announced the firing of political analyst Matthew Dowd for these comments referring to Charlie Kirk as a “divisive figure” pushing “hate speech” during the network’s coverage of his killing.
I’m sure that will solve the gun problem in this country.
TheFlyingSpaghetti77 on
Press are clowns, its not a fucking lie
ghostsinmylungs on
Uh. Fired for stating facts? Like the news is supposed to????
burnbunner on
This is so embarrassing
MisterMattel on
So now we have to pretend he wasn’t a piece of shit who would have been happy if what happened to him had happened to a queer person or a woman or a POC or an immigrant or…
damn fired for accurately reporting who charlie kirk was and what he stood for? absolute bullshit from the network
Chessh2036 on
MSNBC caves into the pressure. Sad truth is if they didn’t do this Trump and his government would have come down HARD. Remember, he has full power. He can do what he wants.
But man I’m so tired of having to be the grown up party. I’ve seen more about Charlie Kirk being killed than I did any school child that got killed, the Minnesota Senator/her husband/and dog being killed, etc.
Slow-and-low-15 on
So MSNBC works for Trump too huh? Disgusting.
smallislandgirl on
Very unfortunate. His words are an opinion. The show he is in is not news, it’s opinion. Right? Apparently we only get one opinion shouted at us these days and it’s not one that speaks the truth about CK and his many and strong opinions.
Thoughts and prayers to CK obvs..
Turbulent-Pay-735 on
That’s literally a more factually accurate description of the deceased than 98% of other media have portrayed. What an Upsidedownland ass outcome that the truth is the one thing they despise. It would be funny if it wasn’t so repugnant.
Nostalgic_Chase on
Man didn’t know telling the truth was a fireable offense.
beebopbooo on
What the actual fuck is happening
dope_sheet on
It’s true though. Imagine being fired for telling the truth on A news network.
Particular-Yoghurt81 on
Get a fucking backbone for gods sake. The left is doomed.
“Liberal” media is so disgusting. Fox News is talking about pogroms and you fire a dude for the most anodyne statement of all time.
Efficient-Web-1533 on
MSNBC is owned by billionaires to maintain their power.
sealonbrad on
That’s what he was…
Any_Brain_7067 on
Dead people can also have flaws wtf
wrenbell on
So are we supposed to develop amnesia all of a sudden and pretend Kirk was some kind of Mother Theresa figure? All the man did was sow division and spew vitriol.
Very concerning that an analyst would get fired for telling the truth on air…one of many steps in dismantling the media under a fascist regime.
tb30k on
to be fair I think its the sarcastic remark he made about the shooting
DeliciousMinute1966 on
This is outrageous, I won’t watch that channel anymore. What did he say that was wrong?
Afwife1992 on
I told my hubby hours ago this was going to happen.
Do they really think this way they’ll win over the right-wing crowd that already hates them? Naïve. Even if you fell to your knees and begged forgiveness because some guy shot that asshole, the right would just scream that you didn’t bow low enough—and that really, it’d be better to just start shooting leftists in the legs, just in case.
MrG85 on
It was not a fucking celebration, that was dumb, but Charlie Kirk was divisive, and like most of these right wing influencers, he was divisive because it paid big bucks and got them close to power.
Make guns harder to get so this can’t happen to anyone! There has been more coverage of this than school shootings that happen daily.
Ludens1916 on
I mean he’s not wrong
Mirageonthewall on
We really are in the Bad Place. Admittedly, I didn’t know who Charlie Kirk was until today but everything I’ve seen about him tells me that was a fact. Are we just supposed to lie about people because they’re dead?
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Orem, UT – Utah Republicans passed House Bill 128 during the 2025 General Session, allowing individuals 18 and older with a concealed weapon permit (CWP) to openly carry firearms on college campuses, a law that took effect on May 7, and is now under intense scrutiny following the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University
Honoring Charlie Kirk’s Legacy:
CHARLIE KIRK’S STATED CORE BELIEFS:
– Gay people should be stoned to death
– Most people are scared when they see a black pilot flying a plane
– Taylor Swift should reject feminism and submit to her husband
– No one should be allowed to retire
– Leftists should not be allowed to move to red states
– British Colonialism was what “made the world decent”
– The guy who assaulted the Pelosi’s should be bailed out
– Religious freedom should be terminated
– Multiple black politicians “stole white people’s spots”
– MLK Jr was “an awful person”
– The Great Replacement Theory is reality
– Hydroxychloroquine cures COVID
– Vaccine requirements are “medical apartheid”
– Guns deaths are acceptable in order to have a 2nd amendment
– Women’s natural place is under their husband’s control
– Parents should prevent their daughters from taking birth control
– George Floyd had it coming, the Jan 6th protestors didn’t
– The 1964 Civil Rights Act was a “huge mistake”
– Encouraged parents to protest mask mandates
– Mamdani winning in NY is a travesty because Muslims did 9/11
– Muslims only come to America to destabilize Western Civilization
– Palestine “doesn’t exist” and those who support it are like the KKK
Charlie Kirk’s TPUSA Teamed Up With a Registered Sex Offender
Amid scandal over Turning Point USA’s spending, Charlie Kirk is under fire from the right | Media Matters for America
ROLLING STONE: Turning Point USA CEO Charlie Kirk is cheerleading the far-right boycott of Target over the retailer’s Pride collection — which included trans-friendly youth apparel and other LGBTQ-positive gear — for what Kirk decries as “their support for grooming kids.”
Kirk’s condemnation of the retailer coincided with TPUSA’s second-annual Pastors Summit in Nashville, Tennessee, this past week, where Kirk also denounced Target, telling a crowd of hundreds of religious leaders: “If you love God, you must hate evil.”
Yet in delivering these fevered messages about morality and child welfare, Kirk had an odd benefactor, a man whose criminal history opens up TPUSA to charges of hypocrisy.
Rolling Stone has learned that one of the TPUSA summit’s corporate sponsors is a Christian fashion company that is led by a registered sex offender, Shawn Bergstrand, who served time in federal prison for attempted “coercion and enticement” after trying to persuade “a minor female” to “engage in sexual activity
🗣️🗣️🗣️Restore the Federal Assault Weapons Ban, a provision of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, which expired in 2004. Though a renewal bill was introduced in 2003, it failed to pass before the ban’s automatic 10-year sunset provision took effect.
Here’s a breakdown of the federal assault weapons ban and its expiration:
* Passed in 1994: The ban was signed into law by President Bill Clinton in September 1994 as part of a larger crime bill.
* Included a “sunset” clause: To secure enough votes, a compromise was reached that included a 10-year expiration date for the ban. This meant the law would automatically expire unless Congress voted to renew it.
* Renewal attempt in 2003: Legislation was introduced in the 108th Congress, including the “Assault Weapons Ban and Law Enforcement Protection Act of 2003,” to renew and strengthen the law. However, Congress did not pass it.
* Expired in 2004: The ban expired on September 13, 2004, and was not renewed by Congress at that time.
Result of expiration: After the ban lapsed, it became legal again to manufacture and sell the types of weapons and large-capacity magazines (holding more than 10 rounds) that had been prohibited.
✍️📝Note: There have been multiple attempts to reinstate the ban since it expired, but none have succeeded at the federal level. Some states have since passed their own assault weapons ban. While the US had a federal assault weapons ban from 1994 to 2004, *the number of mass shootings has seen a significant increase since its expiration*. Analyses show that mass shootings and related fatalities were lower during the ban and increased sharply after it lapsed, especially in incidents involving assault weapons or high-capacity magazines.
Mass shootings during and after the federal ban-Data from studies comparing the decades before, during, and after the ban show the following trends:
Before the ban (1966–1994): 55 public mass shootings.
During the ban (1995–2004): 34 public mass shootings.
After the ban expired (2005–2022): 95 public mass shootings.
The rise in mass shooting fatalities
Following the ban’s expiration, the average yearly death toll from mass shootings rose dramatically:
During the ban: An average of 4.8 deaths per year.
*After the ban expired*: An average of 23.8 deaths PER YEAR between 2004 and 2017.
Increased lethality of mass shootings-The lethality of mass shootings, particularly those involving assault weapons, has also increased since the ban expired:
Assault weapons: Between 2015 and 2022, mass shootings with four or more fatalities that used an assault weapon resulted in twice as many people killed and six times as many people shot per incident.
Higher-capacity magazines: Incidents with high-capacity magazines result in 155% more people shot and 47% more people killed compared to incidents without them.
As of August 31, 2025, there have been *309 mass shootings in the United States, resulting in 302 deaths and 1,354 injuries.*
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The truth is verboten
epieee on
I feel bad for the people still watching MSNBC.
DanielGoon69 on
But everything he said was true?…
adultdolllover on
He said the truth and they fired him. Says a lot about the state of mainstream media I guess.
sketchmcawesome on
The media is so cooked. His job was essentially being an agitator
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Cowards
wwaffles on
oh fuck off
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“I think empathy is a made up New Age term that does a lot of damage.” -Charlie Kirk
Simonic on
Literally no one can say he wasn’t divisive and hasn’t spent years peddling violent rhetoric and hate speech.
Guy wanted some “patriot” to bail out Paul Pelosi’s attacker after he tried to murder Paul.
angst_after_20 on
Meanwhile, children who weren’t bickering about politics were shot today in Colorado while trying to exist & learn.
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What a fucking joke
We do not have a functional press in this country
I’m sure that will solve the gun problem in this country.
Press are clowns, its not a fucking lie
Uh. Fired for stating facts? Like the news is supposed to????
This is so embarrassing
So now we have to pretend he wasn’t a piece of shit who would have been happy if what happened to him had happened to a queer person or a woman or a POC or an immigrant or…
https://preview.redd.it/8asfylsaagof1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8f7db1ce51ff0e99a0d45b6a946d46ee7c64899a
Showing respect to a gunshot victim is not what Charlie would have wanted.
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damn fired for accurately reporting who charlie kirk was and what he stood for? absolute bullshit from the network
MSNBC caves into the pressure. Sad truth is if they didn’t do this Trump and his government would have come down HARD. Remember, he has full power. He can do what he wants.
But man I’m so tired of having to be the grown up party. I’ve seen more about Charlie Kirk being killed than I did any school child that got killed, the Minnesota Senator/her husband/and dog being killed, etc.
So MSNBC works for Trump too huh? Disgusting.
Very unfortunate. His words are an opinion. The show he is in is not news, it’s opinion. Right? Apparently we only get one opinion shouted at us these days and it’s not one that speaks the truth about CK and his many and strong opinions.
Thoughts and prayers to CK obvs..
That’s literally a more factually accurate description of the deceased than 98% of other media have portrayed. What an Upsidedownland ass outcome that the truth is the one thing they despise. It would be funny if it wasn’t so repugnant.
Man didn’t know telling the truth was a fireable offense.
What the actual fuck is happening
It’s true though. Imagine being fired for telling the truth on A news network.
Get a fucking backbone for gods sake. The left is doomed.
https://preview.redd.it/hxs99fflbgof1.jpeg?width=843&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3b3698215c7d93fa6628b0014c6a5fefe72a5ade
“Liberal” media is so disgusting. Fox News is talking about pogroms and you fire a dude for the most anodyne statement of all time.
MSNBC is owned by billionaires to maintain their power.
That’s what he was…
Dead people can also have flaws wtf
So are we supposed to develop amnesia all of a sudden and pretend Kirk was some kind of Mother Theresa figure? All the man did was sow division and spew vitriol.
Very concerning that an analyst would get fired for telling the truth on air…one of many steps in dismantling the media under a fascist regime.
to be fair I think its the sarcastic remark he made about the shooting
This is outrageous, I won’t watch that channel anymore. What did he say that was wrong?
I told my hubby hours ago this was going to happen.
The sane-washing on this person is mind-boggling
No lies detected. Reinstate the man.
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He was tho
Do they really think this way they’ll win over the right-wing crowd that already hates them? Naïve. Even if you fell to your knees and begged forgiveness because some guy shot that asshole, the right would just scream that you didn’t bow low enough—and that really, it’d be better to just start shooting leftists in the legs, just in case.
It was not a fucking celebration, that was dumb, but Charlie Kirk was divisive, and like most of these right wing influencers, he was divisive because it paid big bucks and got them close to power.
Make guns harder to get so this can’t happen to anyone! There has been more coverage of this than school shootings that happen daily.
I mean he’s not wrong
We really are in the Bad Place. Admittedly, I didn’t know who Charlie Kirk was until today but everything I’ve seen about him tells me that was a fact. Are we just supposed to lie about people because they’re dead?
Orem, UT – Utah Republicans passed House Bill 128 during the 2025 General Session, allowing individuals 18 and older with a concealed weapon permit (CWP) to openly carry firearms on college campuses, a law that took effect on May 7, and is now under intense scrutiny following the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University
Honoring Charlie Kirk’s Legacy:
CHARLIE KIRK’S STATED CORE BELIEFS:
– Gay people should be stoned to death
– Most people are scared when they see a black pilot flying a plane
– Taylor Swift should reject feminism and submit to her husband
– No one should be allowed to retire
– Leftists should not be allowed to move to red states
– British Colonialism was what “made the world decent”
– The guy who assaulted the Pelosi’s should be bailed out
– Religious freedom should be terminated
– Multiple black politicians “stole white people’s spots”
– MLK Jr was “an awful person”
– The Great Replacement Theory is reality
– Hydroxychloroquine cures COVID
– Vaccine requirements are “medical apartheid”
– Guns deaths are acceptable in order to have a 2nd amendment
– Women’s natural place is under their husband’s control
– Parents should prevent their daughters from taking birth control
– George Floyd had it coming, the Jan 6th protestors didn’t
– The 1964 Civil Rights Act was a “huge mistake”
– Encouraged parents to protest mask mandates
– Mamdani winning in NY is a travesty because Muslims did 9/11
– Muslims only come to America to destabilize Western Civilization
– Palestine “doesn’t exist” and those who support it are like the KKK
https://www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk/amid-scandal-over-turning-point-usas-spending-charlie-kirk-under-fire-right
https://newrepublic.com/post/187497/donald-trump-charlie-kirk-christian-nationalism-democrats
Charlie Kirk’s TPUSA Teamed Up With a Registered Sex Offender
Amid scandal over Turning Point USA’s spending, Charlie Kirk is under fire from the right | Media Matters for America
ROLLING STONE: Turning Point USA CEO Charlie Kirk is cheerleading the far-right boycott of Target over the retailer’s Pride collection — which included trans-friendly youth apparel and other LGBTQ-positive gear — for what Kirk decries as “their support for grooming kids.”
Kirk’s condemnation of the retailer coincided with TPUSA’s second-annual Pastors Summit in Nashville, Tennessee, this past week, where Kirk also denounced Target, telling a crowd of hundreds of religious leaders: “If you love God, you must hate evil.”
Yet in delivering these fevered messages about morality and child welfare, Kirk had an odd benefactor, a man whose criminal history opens up TPUSA to charges of hypocrisy.
Rolling Stone has learned that one of the TPUSA summit’s corporate sponsors is a Christian fashion company that is led by a registered sex offender, Shawn Bergstrand, who served time in federal prison for attempted “coercion and enticement” after trying to persuade “a minor female” to “engage in sexual activity
🗣️🗣️🗣️Restore the Federal Assault Weapons Ban, a provision of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, which expired in 2004. Though a renewal bill was introduced in 2003, it failed to pass before the ban’s automatic 10-year sunset provision took effect.
Here’s a breakdown of the federal assault weapons ban and its expiration:
* Passed in 1994: The ban was signed into law by President Bill Clinton in September 1994 as part of a larger crime bill.
* Included a “sunset” clause: To secure enough votes, a compromise was reached that included a 10-year expiration date for the ban. This meant the law would automatically expire unless Congress voted to renew it.
* Renewal attempt in 2003: Legislation was introduced in the 108th Congress, including the “Assault Weapons Ban and Law Enforcement Protection Act of 2003,” to renew and strengthen the law. However, Congress did not pass it.
* Expired in 2004: The ban expired on September 13, 2004, and was not renewed by Congress at that time.
Result of expiration: After the ban lapsed, it became legal again to manufacture and sell the types of weapons and large-capacity magazines (holding more than 10 rounds) that had been prohibited.
✍️📝Note: There have been multiple attempts to reinstate the ban since it expired, but none have succeeded at the federal level. Some states have since passed their own assault weapons ban. While the US had a federal assault weapons ban from 1994 to 2004, *the number of mass shootings has seen a significant increase since its expiration*. Analyses show that mass shootings and related fatalities were lower during the ban and increased sharply after it lapsed, especially in incidents involving assault weapons or high-capacity magazines.
Mass shootings during and after the federal ban-Data from studies comparing the decades before, during, and after the ban show the following trends:
Before the ban (1966–1994): 55 public mass shootings.
During the ban (1995–2004): 34 public mass shootings.
After the ban expired (2005–2022): 95 public mass shootings.
The rise in mass shooting fatalities
Following the ban’s expiration, the average yearly death toll from mass shootings rose dramatically:
During the ban: An average of 4.8 deaths per year.
*After the ban expired*: An average of 23.8 deaths PER YEAR between 2004 and 2017.
Increased lethality of mass shootings-The lethality of mass shootings, particularly those involving assault weapons, has also increased since the ban expired:
Assault weapons: Between 2015 and 2022, mass shootings with four or more fatalities that used an assault weapon resulted in twice as many people killed and six times as many people shot per incident.
Higher-capacity magazines: Incidents with high-capacity magazines result in 155% more people shot and 47% more people killed compared to incidents without them.
As of August 31, 2025, there have been *309 mass shootings in the United States, resulting in 302 deaths and 1,354 injuries.*
The truth is verboten
I feel bad for the people still watching MSNBC.
But everything he said was true?…
He said the truth and they fired him. Says a lot about the state of mainstream media I guess.
The media is so cooked. His job was essentially being an agitator
Cowards
oh fuck off
“I think empathy is a made up New Age term that does a lot of damage.” -Charlie Kirk
Literally no one can say he wasn’t divisive and hasn’t spent years peddling violent rhetoric and hate speech.
Guy wanted some “patriot” to bail out Paul Pelosi’s attacker after he tried to murder Paul.
Meanwhile, children who weren’t bickering about politics were shot today in Colorado while trying to exist & learn.