As news came in that Charlie Kirk, the conservative activist and founder of Turning Point USA, was shot while giving a speech at Utah Valley University, MSNBC blamed the murder on Kirk’s “hate speech.”

“We don’t know the full details of this yet,” MSNBC political analyst Matthew Dowd said.

“We don’t know if this was a supporter shooting their gun off in celebration, so we have no idea about this. But following up what was just said, 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. And I always go back to: Hateful thoughts lead to hateful words, which then lead to hateful actions.”