MSNBC political analyst Matthew Dowd has reportedly been fired after making comments about the death of Charlie Kirk hours after the right-wing political commentator was fatally shot on Wednesday, Sept. 10.

“He’s been one of the most divisive, especially divisive younger figures in this, who is constantly sort of pushing this sort of hate speech or sort of aimed at certain groups,” Dowd replied. “And I always go back to, hateful thoughts lead to hateful words, which then lead to hateful actions. And I think that is the environment we are in.”

”You can’t stop with these sort of awful thoughts you have and then saying these awful words and not expect awful actions to take place,” he continued. “And that’s the unfortunate environment we are in.”