“She laughed when the nation was grieving” – MSNBC ignites OUTRAGE after Charlie Kirk shooting remarks, with Katy Tur’s stunning reaction leaving viewers stunned, and Karoline Leavitt firing back with 8 WORDS that stopped the conversation cold and left audiences demanding answers

MSNBC is facing a firestorm after its handling of the Charlie Kirk shooting coverage triggered outrage across the country. Katy Tur’s on-air reaction set off a wave of backlash, with millions accusing the network of being tone-deaf during a moment of national heartbreak. Clips of the segment spread instantly online, fueling anger and disbelief. But it was Karoline Leavitt who escalated the controversy when she delivered an 8-word response that froze the conversation and shifted the spotlight in a way no one saw coming. Suddenly, the debate was no longer just about a shocking reaction, but about the deeper values and blind spots exposed live on air.

The fallout has only grown louder, and the question remains: what could those eight words have been that left even critics silent? Read the full story now to uncover the mystery that has everyone talking.

MSNBC has sparked outrage for its ‘disgusting’ and ‘shameful’ on-air comments while covering the fatal shooting of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk at a college event in Utah.

Kirk, who amassed a huge following for his fiery debates on university campuses, was assassinated in broad daylight mid-speech on Wednesday afternoon.

Reporting on the situation in real time, host Katy Tur called Kirk ‘divisive’ and ‘polarizing’ while political analyst Matthew Dowd suggested that the gunshot could have been fired by one of Kirk’s supporters.

‘[W]e don’t know any of the full details of this yet,’ Dowd said.

‘We don’t know if this is a supporter shooting their gun off in celebration or… So we have no idea about this.’

He also echoed Tur, calling Kirk ‘one of the most divisive, especially divisive younger figures… 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.’

Critics were quick to bash both journalists, as footage circulating online appeared to show Kirk shot fatally struck in the neck at Utah Valley University in Orem.

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MSNBC contributor Matthew Dowd sparked outrage while covering the fatal shooting of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk by speculating on-air whether the gunman was one of Kirk’s fans ‘celebrating’. A still from the broadcast is seen here

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Charlie Kirk hands out hats before speaking at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, Wednesday – just minutes before he was shot and killed

‘That’s disgusting. Put your politics aside and have some humanity. Charlie is a person, a husband and father,‘ one person wrote on X in response to the clip.

‘Man, it’s tragic. It’s crazy how MSNBC will just say “whoopsie” and sweep this under the rug like they always do,’ another added.

‘Shameful. Embarrassing for anybody who’s ever worked in the media,’ a third said.

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Even Barstool Sport owner Dave Portnoy waded into the controversial comments.

‘Hey @MSNBC, I’m gonna go ahead and rule out that it was one of Charlie Kirk’s supporters that accidentally shot him with a celebratory gun shot,’ he wrote on X.

Dowd released an apology on Blue Sky.

‘My thoughts & prayers are w/ the family and friends of Charlie Kirk,’ he wrote.

‘On an earlier appearance on MSNBC I was asked a question on the environment we are in.

‘I apologize for my tone and words. 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.’

MSNBC president Rebecca Kutler responded by saying: ‘During our breaking news coverage of the shooting of Charlie Kirk, Matthew Dowd made comments that were inappropriate, insensitive and unacceptable. We apologize for his statements, as has he. There is no place for violence in America, political or otherwise.’

Critics were quick to bash him and anchor Katy Tur, who was sure to note that Kirk was ‘polarizing’ and ‘divisive’ as footage online showed him being fatally shot

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Donald Trump, around 5pm on Truth Social, confirmed Kirk was killed. The gunman, as of writing, remains at large.

‘The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead,’ Trump wrote. ‘No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie.

‘He was loved and admired by ALL, especially me, and now, he is no longer with us. Melania and my Sympathies go out to his beautiful wife Erika, and family. Charlie, we love you!’

Kirk, 31, had a security detail with him when he was shot.

He leaves behind a wife and two children.

The Daily Mail has reached out to MSNBC for comment.

Kirk leaves behind his wife Erika Frantzve, with whom he had a three-year-old daughter and a son, 16 months. The couple celebrated their fourth wedding anniversary in May.

The president has ordered all American flags to be lowered to half-staff until Sunday evening at 6pm EST in honor of Kirk.

The MAGA star, wearing a white t-shirt, was sitting inside a tented gazebo when a bullet entered his neck, causing his head to violently collapse backwards.

Screams were heard across the crowd of young people as those closest to Kirk rushed to his aid.

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Kirk leaves behind his wife Erika Frantzve, with whom he had a three-year-old daughter and a son, 16 months

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The couple celebrated their fourth wedding anniversary in May

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Horrified witnesses ran for their lives after shots were fired at the event. Kirk, who has built a cult following online, was assassinated during the live event in Utah

UVU officials said the shot was fired from the top of the Losee Center, about 200 feet away from where Kirk was sitting on the college campus.

They initially took an elderly man into custody who turned out not to be the shooter, police said.

Later, a ‘person of interest’ was said to be in custody in connection with Kirk’s shooting, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox announced Wednesday evening.

However, they too were later released, FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed.

‘The subject in custody has been released after an interrogation by law enforcement. Our investigation continues and we will continue to release information in interest of transparency,’ Patel said in a statement.

Sophie Anderson, 45, who was standing 100 feet from the stage when the shooting happened, told Daily Mail that she almost got trampled as she ran off into the food court, where she hid in a closet.

’The second it happened, I knew it was a gunshot,’ said Anderson, who was joined at the event by her boss Phil Lyman, a former Utah state representative who was handing out hats on stage with Kirk just five minutes earlier.

’He was shot in the neck and just fell over and he was just a fountain of blood,’ she said. ‘They carried him off. All these kids are just falling apart and bawling.’

Utah Valley University evacuated the campus after the shooting and canceled classes until further notice.

The event was the first in Kirk’s ‘Great American Comeback Tour.’