{"id":37556,"date":"2025-09-11T01:28:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T01:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=37556"},"modified":"2025-09-11T01:28:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T01:28:06","slug":"msnbc-forced-to-apologize-after-political-pundit-makes-disgusting-comments-about-charlie-kirks-shooting-on-live-tv-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=37556","title":{"rendered":"MSNBC Forced To Apologize After Political Pundit Makes Disgusting Comments About Charlie Kirk\u2019s Shooting On Live TV [VIDEOS]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In coverage of the Charlie Kirk shooting, commentator Matthew Dowd wishes he could have one moment back.<\/p>\n<p>Political strategist Matthew Dowd has been getting blasted online for hours in the wake of the shooting death that played out on a Utah campus.<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump announced that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbreak.com\/total-pro-sports-313944020\/4226072897739-president-donald-trump-breaks-silence-on-charlie-kirk-s-assassination-attempt-on-school-campus\">Kirk died in a post on his Truth Social platform<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Before that news came out, Dowd suggested Charlie Kirk\u2019s \u201chateful\u201d rhetoric led to his shooting and speculated that one of his supporters may have fired the shot in celebration.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-no-content-width has-xs-padding-bottom\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div id=\"incontent-ad-1\" class=\"pw-incontent\" data-label=\"Advertisement\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t know any of the full details of this yet. We don\u2019t know if this was a supporter shooting their gun off in celebration.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" 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