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Ramon Antonio Vargas

MSNBC pundit ousted over Kirk talk says network agreed comments were misconstrued

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Matthew Dowd, during coverage of the 2016 Republican national convention in Cleveland, Ohio. Photograph: Ida Mae Astute/Disney General Entertainment Content/Getty Images

The political analyst fired by MSNBC over his Charlie Kirk commentary says his former employer agreed with him that his remarks were being misconstrued as “insensitive” – but said “it didn’t matter” to the network, and they dismissed him anyway.

“I said: ‘I think you guys are making a huge mistake,’” Matthew Dowd said on Katie Couric’s podcast. “I said: ‘You know and I know that’s not anything what I meant. You know it’s been misconstrued’ – and they agreed with that.

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