"Matthew, I'm gonna bring you in on this. Talk to me about the environment. You know, we are, there are-, reports of exactly what happened are not confirmed yet. But talk to me about the environment in which a shooting like this happens,"
"And I always go back to hateful thoughts, lead to hateful words, which then lead to hateful actions. And I think that's the environment we're in, that people just-, 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. And that's the unfortunate environment we are in,"
Matthew Dowd blamed Charlie Kirk for his own fate after Kirk was shot at an event in Utah. Katy Tur criticized Utah's permissive gun laws and asked Dowd to comment on the environment that allows such shootings. Dowd speculated the shooter could have been a Kirk supporter and characterized Kirk as a divisive younger figure who pushes hate speech aimed at certain groups. Dowd argued that hateful thoughts lead to hateful words and then hateful actions, creating an environment in which awful rhetoric can culminate in violent acts. Reports of exact details remained unconfirmed.
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