Dems Are Blaming Kirk for His Own Assassination

“Political violence unfortunately has been ratcheting up in this country,” Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker told reporters Wednesday, referencing the recent murder of Minnesota’s Democratic House speaker.

“I think there are people who are fomenting it in this country — I think the president’s rhetoric often foments it,” Pritzker went on.

“We’ve seen the January 6th rioters who clearly have tripped a new era of political violence.”

JB Pritzker just blamed Charlie Kirk being shot in Utah on President Trump and January 6th.

Unbelievable. pic.twitter.com/7MDmvPq66q

— David Santa Carla 🦇 (@TheOnlyDSC) September 10, 2025

MSNBC political analyst Matthew Dowd also placed responsibility with Kirk’s rhetoric for the shocking shooting at Utah Valley University.

“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,” said Dowd, who most recently ran as a Democrat for Texas lieutenant governor.

🚨MSNBC is now blaming Charlie Kirk for being shot.

“You can’t stop with these awful thoughts you have and then saying these awful words and then not expect awful actions to take place”

What a disgusting thing to say. pic.twitter.com/iPX4NiQXZl

— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) September 10, 2025

“That’s the unfortunate environment we’re in,” added Dowd, author of the 2021 book “Revelations on the River: Healing a Nation, Healing Ourselves.”

Elsewhere on the air, before Kirk’s death was confirmed, Dowd said: “We don’t know if this was a supporter shooting their gun off in celebration,” implying that lax firearms laws may have been responsible.

“We have no idea,” he also said. “We don’t know any of the full details of this.”

“During our breaking news coverage of the shooting of Charlie Kirk, Matthew Dowd made comments that were inappropriate, insensitive and unacceptable,” MSNBC President Rebecca Kutler said in a statement. “We apologize for his statements, as has he. There is no place for violence in America, political or otherwise.”

Dowd added later on his BlueSky account: “My thoughts & prayers are w/ the family and friends of Charlie Kirk. On an earlier appearance on MSNBC I was asked a question on the environment we are in.

“I apologize for my tone and words,” he added. “Let me be clear, I in no way intended for my comments to blame Kirk for this horrendous attack. Let us all come together and condemn violence of any kind.”

The popular right-wing X profile Libs of TikTok also shared a montage of leftists on the social networking site abominably celebrating Kirk’s death.