MSNBC Guest Says Charlie Kirk Could Have Been Shot by ‘Supporter’ Who Was Celebrating

Jarrett Stepman

•   September 11, 2025

Conservative radio host Charlie Kirk has been shot, according to the Utah Valley University Police Department. As of this article’s publication, The Associated Press reports the Turning Point USA co-founder is in critical condition. [Editor’s note: After publication of this article, Kirk’s death was announced.]

MSNBC has covered the incident in the most disgraceful way possible.

Host Katy Tur said on her show while breaking the news that Kirk had been shot that the conservative commentator is “divisive” and “polarizing.”

Somehow, it got much worse from there. One of Tur’s show guests, Matthew Dowd, said the details of the case weren’t known. But this comment certainly didn’t seem like a cautious avoidance of speculation on his part. He continued, “We don’t any of the details of this yet, we don’t know if this was a supporter shooting their guns off in celebration.”

Dowd then said that Kirk is constantly pushing “hate speech, sort of aimed at certain groups.”

It just kept getting worse.

“You can’t stop with these sort of awful thoughts you have, and then saying these awful words, and then not expect awful actions to take place,” Dowd said.

Watch here if you can stomach it.

It’s obvious that Dowd used this moment to take a cheap shot at conservatives, then insinuated that somehow it was Kirk’s fault that someone shot him.

There was a deluge of righteous anger directed toward MSNBC following this commentary.

Podcast host Ben Ferguson said of Dowd, “You are a SICK AND EVIL MAN!

Federalist editor Sean Davis said, “MSNBC contributor Matthew Dowd says Charlie Kirk deserved to be shot.”

Radio host Clay Travis called the comments “utterly despicable.”

Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., said everyone at MSNBC “should be fired.”

Jarrett Stepman
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Jarrett Stepman is a columnist for The Daily Signal. He is also the author of “The War on History: The Conspiracy to Rewrite America’s Past.” Send an email to Jarrett

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