The fired MSNBC analyst Matthew Dowd is speaking out after he was terminated by the network for his comments on the death of Charlie Kirk.
In a post on Friday, Dowd admitted he was in “shellshock” over his firing and blamed it on a “right-wing mob.”
He wrote on his Substack:
I said that Kirk has been a very divisive and polarizing figure. I then added that we are in a toxic time in America, unlike every other democracy in the world, where we have a combination of divisiveness and near unlimited access to guns.
The effort by Holocaust survivors to remind folks of Germany in the 1930s #ItStartedWithWords came to my mind and I said my now legendary line “hateful thoughts lead to hateful words which ultimately lead to hateful actions”. I thought to myself how could anyone disagree with this. I guess I was naive.
The Right Wing media mob ginned up, went after me on a plethora of platforms, and MSNBC reacted to that mob. 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.
I am getting over the shell shock of the past few days, and will turn my gaze on adventures and the journey ahead.