MSNBC&#8217;s public relations department scrambled to apologize after one of its top commentators insinuated hours after Charlie Kirk was assassinated that the political commentator had it coming.
MSNBC President Rebecca Kutler issued a <a href="https://twitter.com/MSNBCPR/status/1965913652671754280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">statement</a>, saying, &#8220;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.&#8221;
Kutler&#8217;s statement focused solely on Dowd, who had implied during the live coverage that Kirk himself was responsible at least in part for the culture of political violence that killed him.
&#8220;[He is] constantly sort of pushing this sort of hate speech, aimed at certain groups. And I always go back to, hateful thoughts lead to hateful words, which often then to hateful actions,&#8221; Dowd said.
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Matthew Dowd on MSNBC suggests it&#8217;s CHARLIE KIRK&#8217;S FAULT HE WAS SHOT:
“[He is] constantly sort of pushing this sort of hate speech, aimed at certain groups. And I always go back to, hateful thoughts lead to hateful words, which often then to hateful actions.” <a href="https://t.co/Bbl2aicMGn">pic.twitter.com/Bbl2aicMGn</a>
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Late Wednesday night, <a href="https://twitter.com/MSNBCPR/status/1965913652671754280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">Variety</a> reported that Dowd had been fired, citing a network source.
The decision came as critics argued that a simple apology was not enough.
&#8220;If he&#8217;s not fired this doesn&#8217;t matter,&#8221; Stephen L. Miller posted.
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If he&#8217;s not fired this doesn&#8217;t matter <a href="https://t.co/go5qctoFVl">https://t.co/go5qctoFVl</a>
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&#8220;Not even a period in the time-out chair, huh?&#8221; Jim Geraghty commented.
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Not even a period in the time-out chair, huh? <a href="https://t.co/widD6qdPBo">https://t.co/widD6qdPBo</a>
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&#8220;If you bring him on again as a commentator, this statement means nothing,&#8221; another added.
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If you bring him on again as a commentator, this statement means nothing. <a href="https://t.co/nUkhH6XEAk">https://t.co/nUkhH6XEAk</a>
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Patricia Heaton added, &#8220;Fire Matthew Dowd and close up shop. Otherwise shut it.&#8221;
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Fire Matthew Dowd and close up shop. Otherwise shut it. <a href="https://t.co/0TCg79UjAK">https://t.co/0TCg79UjAK</a>
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Some noted that the statement was only posted by the public relations account — which has just over 20,000 followers — and not the main network account that has more than five million.
&#8220;Leaving aside that this is probably only the tenth worst thing MSNBC said today, notice that they sent the apology from their junior account, which has 217 times fewer followers, ensuring that far fewer people will see it. You don’t hate the media enough,&#8221; Hans Mahncke said.
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Leaving aside that this is probably only the tenth worst thing MSNBC said today, notice that they sent the apology from their junior account, which has 217 times fewer followers, ensuring that far fewer people will see it. You don’t hate the media enough. <a href="https://t.co/aC8kdgcJjY">https://t.co/aC8kdgcJjY</a> <a href="https://t.co/Y5KcfYxjKY">pic.twitter.com/Y5KcfYxjKY</a>
— Hans Mahncke (@HansMahncke) <a href="https://twitter.com/HansMahncke/status/1965934270876364927?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 11, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Rather than firing Tur and Dowd or doing anything real at all regarding deranged coverage today, left-wing hate network MSNBC issues a very quiet tweet on an account with 20K followers,&#8221; Mollie Hemingway added.
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Rather than firing Tur and Dowd or doing anything real at all regarding deranged coverage today, left-wing hate network MSNBC issues a very quiet tweet on an account with 20K followers. <a href="https://t.co/2McNsXcwh1">https://t.co/2McNsXcwh1</a>
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) <a href="https://twitter.com/MZHemingway/status/1965922506445148451?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 10, 2025</a></blockquote>
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And a number pointed out that Dowd was not the only person involved in the coverage. Anchor Katy Tur, for example, went right back to trashing Kirk within minutes of reporting he&#8217;d been shot and before his condition was even known. She referred to the TPUSA founder as &#8220;a divisive figure, polarizing, lightning rod. Whatever term you want to use.&#8221;
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🚨 WTF?! MSNBC is ALREADY back to demonizing Charlie Kirk, just MINUTES after he was shot in Utah
Katy Tur called him “a divisive figure, polarizing, lightning rod. What ever term you want to use.”
The left is absolutely VILE! 
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— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) <a href="https://twitter.com/nicksortor/status/1965855340446269865?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 10, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Tur then wondered aloud about the possibility that someone on the Right would take up arms on Kirk&#8217;s behalf.
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MSNBC has no shame.<a href="https://twitter.com/KatyTurNBC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KatyTurNBC</a> ought to be fired: &#8220;How worried do you get about somebody taking up the cause of Charlie Kirk?&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/BdAmHyvtYX">pic.twitter.com/BdAmHyvtYX</a>
— ForAmerica (@ForAmerica) <a href="https://twitter.com/ForAmerica/status/1965866991228502345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 10, 2025</a></blockquote>
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And speculated that Trump might &#8220;use&#8221; Kirk&#8217;s shooting in order to &#8220;justify&#8221; some unspecified unconstitutional action in the future.
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Within minutes of Charlie Kirk being shot, with his condition still unknown, MSNBC ghoul Katy Tur huffs: &#8220;You can imagine the [Trump] administration using this as a justification for something.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/xJ3xMlJOsK">pic.twitter.com/xJ3xMlJOsK</a>
— Bill D&#8217;Agostino (@Banned_Bill) <a href="https://twitter.com/Banned_Bill/status/1965857529843589182?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 10, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Dowd also speculated that the shooter might have been one of Kirk&#8217;s supporters, &#8220;shooting a gun off in celebration.&#8221;
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MSNBC just speculated the Charlie Kirk shooting could have &#8220;been a supporter shooting their gun off in celebration.”
I have no words for how awful these people are. <a href="https://t.co/g6o9KGuaHp">pic.twitter.com/g6o9KGuaHp</a>
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) <a href="https://twitter.com/bonchieredstate/status/1965856459323056502?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 10, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Chuck Ross summed it up, saying, &#8220;A decent news organization (so, not MSNBC) would fire Matthew Dowd for this, and probably Katy Tur, too. Beyond the callous remarks, Dowd also speculated that maybe a Kirk supporter was shooting off celebratory gunfire.&#8221;
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A decent news organization (so, not MSNBC) would fire Matthew Dowd for this, and probably Katy Tur, too. Beyond the callous remarks, Dowd also speculated that maybe a Kirk supporter was shooting off celebratory gunfire. <a href="https://t.co/ZEYdJieT8G">https://t.co/ZEYdJieT8G</a> <a href="https://t.co/5IdlQlowX3">https://t.co/5IdlQlowX3</a>
— Chuck Ross (@ChuckRossDC) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChuckRossDC/status/1965892319493894213?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 10, 2025</a></blockquote>
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UPDATE: This piece was updated with reports that Dowd was ultimately fired.

Time Warner Political Conference 2008 – Day 2

MSNBC Trashed Over Lame Apology After Commentator Suggests Charlie Kirk Assassination Was Justified

'If He's Not Fired This Doesn't Matter': MSNBC Trashed Over Charlie Kirk Coverage, Lame Apology

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The Washington Post is looking for a new reporter with a certain set of skills that equips them with the ability to connect with an alien culture and way of life that is apparently so foreign to the editors and writers at the Washington Post, they simply had to go outside the company to find such a person; WaPo, as folks inside the Beltway call it, needs a journalist who can cover what it is like living in the red state of Texas.
Of course, in posting this job, they are illuminating their own biases in the process.
On April 12, the D.C.-based media outlet <a href="https://twitter.com/WashPostPR/status/1513884976357560335?s=20&amp;t=966eNabBc3dTfKG04dURRg">tweeted</a> that it &#8220;is looking for an enterprising reporter based in Texas to document life in red state America and develop a new beat mapping the culture, public policies and politics in a region shaped by conservative ideology.&#8221;
The job <a href="https://washpost.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/washingtonpostcareers/job/TX-TWP-Remote-Office/National-Correspondent--Texas_JR-90273433">listing</a> notes that the &#8220;ideal candidate is a seasoned journalist who will unearth revelatory stories about a part of the country that is governed largely by one political party.&#8221;
That statement alone makes it sound as if Texas is the only state to be governed mostly by one certain political party. It is doubtful that the editors at the Post view California, a Democratic state, through the same lens.
The outlet is also looking for a &#8220;reporter who is a graceful writer and can deliver both intimate personal stories and high-elevation pieces that illuminate the forces driving political polarization.&#8221;
We can take &#8220;graceful writer&#8221; to mean one who is not pompously liberal and would turn off everybody in the state of Texas from even talking to them. For example, former Bush advisor Matthew Dowd, who lives in Texas, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/former-bush-cheney-advisor-jesus-christ-would-be-called-a-groomer-if-he-was-alive-today">claimed</a> Wednesday that if Jesus Christ were still living, people might call him a “groomer.” Objectively, there is nothing graceful about that comparison. He would not match what the Post is looking for in a job candidate.
Don&#8217;t worry, don&#8217;t worry, this writer won&#8217;t have to actually get down and dirty with Texas conservatives. He or she will just have to keep the story at a high enough elevation so that the Post can explain how a conservative reading the Bible affects an atheist in New York City or something.
Also, has the Post ever stopped to consider that mainstream media outlets who treat conservatives like creatures in the wild that need to be studied are the &#8220;forces driving political polarization?&#8221;
As covered on Wednesday, perhaps the plethora of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/obamas-warning-about-disinformation-again-lets-take-a-look-at-some-examples-shall-we">inaccurate stories and in some cases outright lies</a> from the Democratic Party and its media allies about conservatives over the last eight years are what is creating a divide in America.
This phenomenon in mainstream media is nothing new. In 2010, former National Review writer Jonah Goldberg <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/re-conservative-anthropology-jonah-goldberg/">opined</a> that it is essentially anthropology, not journalism. &#8220;&#8230; whenever I read liberals reporting about the goings-on of conservatives I always get the nature-documentary vibe,&#8221; Goldberg said in one blog post.
&#8220;A liberal reporter puts on his or her Dian Fossey hat in order to attempt to write another installment of Conservatives in the Mist,&#8221; he explained. &#8220;I’ve followed this particular brand of reporting for years, it’s almost a fetish of mine.&#8221;
Comparing conservatives to &#8220;gorillas,&#8221; Goldberg noted that the liberal reporter often writes rather insulting articles. Eventually, &#8220;we conservatives grow comfortable enough around them to return to our old patterns. We scratch and fight and do our gorilla things and the chronicler dutifully takes notes.&#8221;
Goldberg remarked that those notes &#8220;make their way into an article for the New York Times or The New Yorker or Vanity Fair&#8221; — or in 2022, the Post.
Goldberg ended his column with a rather humorous fictional morning scene:
<blockquote>“Who knew?” the readers will say over their morning bagels and coffee in Southampton or Fire Island, “I had no idea conservatives were such intelligent creatures. Why they even have the capacity for emotion and even some rudimentary forms of kindness.&#8221;</blockquote>
Of course, the irony here is now that Goldberg has signed on to appear on the liberal network CNN, arguably to serve as the token conservative. To play off his example of &#8220;Gorillas in the Mist,&#8221; perhaps his new role would be similar to the gorilla being brought to the zoo for further study under captivity?
Whatever the case, if the Post simply focused on reporting the truth — rather than advancing the progressive agenda as it often seems is the case — they would not need a red state reporter. They would just need a Texas-based reporter for coverage of the state to report accurately, wherever the story may lead.
The views expressed in this piece are the author&#8217;s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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Washington Post’s Newest Job Opening Proves Liberal Media’s Fascination With ‘Conservatives In The Wild’ Continues

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Matthew Dowd claimed Wednesday that if Jesus Christ were still living, people might call him a &#8220;groomer.&#8221;
Dowd, who served as a top advisor for former President George W. Bush and his Vice President Dick Cheney during the 2004 presidential campaign, made the comments during an appearance on MSNBC&#8217;s &#8220;<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/nicolle-wallace-accuses-desantis-of-using-dehumanization-as-a-tactic-just-like-the-russian-soldiers-who-rape-children/">Deadline White House</a>.&#8221;
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&#8220;The Easter holidays, the entire message of the Gospels of the Easter holidays was &#8216;Love one another,’” Dowd began. &#8220;And I have said this before, and I&#8217;ll say it again: If Jesus Christ was alive today, he would be called a groomer. He would be called woke. And he would be called a socialist, if he was alive today.&#8221;
&#8220;If he was speaking the message he spoke in the Gospels today about treating everybody with dignity — Jesus Christ hung around with prostitutes and tax collectors,&#8221; Dowd continued. &#8220;He was nailed to a cross because he spoke on behalf of the most marginalized people in the Middle East.&#8221;
&#8220;And the idea that a certain segment of the population has tried to capture the faith and corrupt a message that I [may have been] a follower of since I was baptized and was confirmed and served on the altar in the course of this, is something I think all of us — it&#8217;s not just people of faith, but whether Christian, Hindu, Buddhist, or don&#8217;t have a faith, the message of &#8216;love conquers hate&#8217; is a message we should be pushing, but especially Christians in the country that can&#8217;t stand what happened to our faith,&#8221; Dowd concluded.
Dowd announced a bid for the 2022 Lieutenant Governor&#8217;s race in Texas, but <a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/07/matthew-dowd-texas-lieutenant-governor/">withdrew from contention</a> in the Democratic primary six days before the final filing deadline. He explained in a statement that he was making an exit in order to clear the way for a &#8220;more diverse&#8221; candidate to take on the race.
&#8220;When I first announced, the only other candidate was a white male Christian,&#8221; Dowd said. &#8220;A diverse field is now emerging in the Democratic primary for this office. I do not want to be the one who stands in the way of the greater diversity we need in politics.&#8221;
State Rep. Michelle Beckley (D), who announced her own bid for LG, voiced her thanks to Dowd: &#8220;Women have been underrepresented in politics for too long. The Democratic Party is a diverse party and a party that supports the goals and aspirations of women, and in stepping back, Dowd is showing his respect for voters.&#8221;
Mike Collier, the other white Christian man in the Lieutenant Governor&#8217;s race, did not withdraw from the race, but said he supported Dowd&#8217;s decision. &#8220;I’m thankful for all that Matthew Dowd has done to demonstrate to the nation the importance of defeating Dan Patrick. With so much on the line, Matthew and I join millions of Texans in committing to do all we can to defeat Dan Patrick in 2022,&#8221; he said.

Former Bush-Cheney Advisor: Jesus Christ ‘Would Be Called A Groomer’ If He ‘Was Alive’ Today

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Although it is the Christmas season, MSNBC doesn’t seem to have much “goodwill toward men,” as the network spent an entire segment denouncing white evangelical Christians as “the most un-Christian” segment of American society.
“We have … evangelical[s], who are supposedly ‘the most Christian people in the country,’ who practice the most un-Christian ways,” said MSNBC contributor and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dallas-democrat-mayor-rips-matthew-dowd-over-remarks-on-ending-campaign-democrats-have-racism-problem">short-lived candidate for lieutenant governor of Texas</a> Matthew Dowd. He claimed that conservative Christians “don’t believe in common decency, don’t believe in the common good,” and have embraced “the exact opposite of what Jesus preached in the gospels.”
“I actually think we’re in a spiritual-soul crisis in this country,” and evangelical support for President Donald Trump “is the most direct evidence of it,” said Dowd. “We have a fundamental soul problem when we have an entire segment of our society who no longer believes in the fundamental message of Jesus Christ about loving one another and respecting one another, and treating everybody as you want to be treated. They don’t believe that anymore.” Dowd did not use the same standard to evaluate MSNBC personalities who said “there’s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/msnbc-idiot-percentage-of-this-population-that-just-needs-to-be-told-what-to-do">an idiot percentage of this population</a> that just needs to be told what to do” and compared Trump voters to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/prager-donny-deutsch-michael-hayden-and-moral-dennis-prager">Nazis</a>.
Dowd went on to say that “every single spiritual faith in the history of the world” has taught the same ethic of selfless love, “whether it’s a Muslim, a Buddhist, a Jewish person”; <a href="https://www.djameskennedy.org/devotional-detail/20200527-the-uniqueness-of-christ">all religions</a> have “<a href="https://www.jihadwatch.org/2016/08/islamic-state-jesus-is-a-slave-to-allah-who-will-wage-jihad-once-he-returns-to-earth">taught the same fundamental thing</a>.”
Evangelical leaders said Dowd’s criticism rang a familiar bell.
“Let’s not forget that almost every time Jesus taught, some hated Him so fiercely they wanted to kill Him. Jesus warned that same baseless hatred would be hurled at His followers, to which Mr. Dowd is a case in point,&#8221; Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, told me in an exclusive statement.
Dowd’s comments came during a segment of Tuesday’s “Deadline: White House” in which the host, Nicolle Wallace, made <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/msnbc-host-repeats-3-discredited-claims-2-in-less-than-a-minute">three factual errors — two within one minute</a>. She offered no retraction on Wednesday’s program.
In the segment, Wallace highlighted an article from Peter Wehner, who also joined her.
Wallace, a former advisor to George W. Bush and John McCain, lamented that evangelical Christians now support Donald Trump when, she claims, they used to support such issues as “climate change,” fighting poverty and malaria, and pushing the U.S. “toward more aggressive action globally.”
“A lot of people who describe themselves as evangelicals have subordinated faith to politics and to partisan passions … and decided that they want to use the Bible to defend things that I think ultimately are indefensible,” said Wehner. White evangelicals’ political sensibilities are driven by an “overblown” sense of “grievances and resentments over decades of being … mocked and ridiculed by the elite [and] the Establishment,” he said without proof.
Christian scholars said it is Dowd and Wehner who have conflated their politics with the Gospel.
“The suggestion that American evangelicals don’t believe in ‘common decency’ or ‘the common good’ reflects a fundamental misunderstanding about the concept of ‘the common good’ and of Christianity,” said Trey Dimsdale, J.D., executive director of the <a href="https://crcd.net/">Center for Religion, Culture, and Democracy</a>, a think tank that focuses on religion’s positive contribution to society. “From the very earliest days of the American republic, American Christians have strived to make our culture one that is open, free, and one of mutual support and affection in which non-Christians and non-Americans can flourish.”
Conservative Christians reject sweeping, top-down, government-centered policies precisely because they believe those policies do not contribute to the common good, which is better served by private philanthropy. The fact that conservative evangelicals hold “a different vision based on different conceptions of ‘the good’ is not something that should be surprising or even scandalous, but a byproduct of a plural society and should be welcomed,” Dimsdale, who is an evangelical Christian, told The Daily Wire exclusively. “Christians of different persuasions and those of other religious commitments are welcomed to participate in our common civic life and pursue the good that is common to all of us.”
Dowd seemingly misquoted Jesus during the interview, claiming that Jesus told people to “forget about the kingdom of God, and forget about Heaven, just love one another.” In reality, Jesus told people to “<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%206%3A33&amp;version=NKJV">seek first the kingdom of God</a>.” The Bible mentions the terms “kingdom of God” or “kingdom of Heaven” 101 times.
&#8220;If we talk about Jesus, let’s make sure it’s the Jesus of the Bible, who said, ‘<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+14%3A15-21&amp;version=NKJV">If you love Me, keep My commandments</a>,’” said Perkins. “America’s soul problem results from its truth problem: a denial of God, His Word, and its application to our lives.”
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

Today – Season 64

‘We Have’ Evangelicals ‘Who Practice The Most Un-Christian Ways’: MSNBC Contributor

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Dallas Democratic Mayor Eric Johnson slammed leftist media commentator-turned-Democratic Lt. Governor candidate Matthew Dowd over a statement that Dowd released this week announcing that he was dropping out of the race.
Dowd wrote in a statement announcing that he was ending his campaign:
<blockquote>In September 2018 I wrote an opinion column for ABC News entitled “Us white male Christians need to step back and give others room to lead.” In it I wrote, “Instead of waiting for the diverse populations of America to keep pushing and prodding, I would humbly suggest that we as while male Christians take it upon ourselves to step back and give more people who don’t look like us access to the levers of power.”
The column continues, “We as white male Christians should do what real leadership demands and practice a level of humility which demonstrates strength by stepping back from the center of the room and begin to give up our seats at the table. We should make this move not because we feel threatened, but because we know it is morally right and it is what would help America in this troubling time. The best leaders and change makers make themselves dispensable. And that is what me and my fellow white male Christians must do more often.”
I have always strive to be a person of integrity by living the values I espouse. Sometimes I fall short, but each day I make every attempt to be the person I want to see in the mirror.
To that end, I have decided to step back, not file in the Democratic primary, and end my campaign for Lieutenant Governor of Texas. When I first announced, the only other candidate was a white male Christian. A diverse field is now emerging in the Democratic primary for this office. I do not want to be the one who stands in the way of the greater diversity we need in politics. The GOP Lieutenant Governor of Texas, Dan Patrick, has failed our state and harmed Texans. He seeks to undermine important right of our fellow citizens and must be defeated. I will do whatever I can to accomplish that end now as a Texan not running for office. 
I am not dropping out of politics. I will continue to speak out on democracy and help elect servant leaders with common sense and common decency who believe in the common good, up and down the ballot, in Texas and across the nation. I am in the process of converting my campaign candidate committee to a general purpose committee to support those who step forward to serve the public with integrity. I will announce the details of this next step in the new year. 
I am incredibly grateful and thankful, from the bottom of my heart, for the thousands of people who volunteered and contributed over the last three months.
We can do this.</blockquote>
Johnson, who has served as Dallas&#8217; mayor since 2019, slammed Dowd&#8217;s statement in a series of tweets, saying that the Democratic Party had a serious racism problem that it needed to deal with.
&#8220;I’m confused and a little disturbed by the reasoning here. Campaigns are precisely for the purpose of selecting the BEST candidate. It seems my friend is saying that Democratic primary voters are incapable of nominating women and minorities if there is a white man on the ballot?&#8221; Johnson tweeted. &#8220;If this is in fact the case then shame on the Democratic primary voters who are incapable of voting for women and minority candidates if presented with a white male alternative. But for white male candidates to stop running as Democrats to “give us a chance” feels wrong to me.&#8221;
&#8220;The problem is NOT white men running for office,&#8221; Johnson concluded. &#8220;The problem is the 800 lb gorilla in the room, which is the racism within the Democratic Party that many pretend doesn’t exist. So the solution isn’t folks like Dowd &#8216;yielding&#8217; to candidates of color. It’s addressing the racism.💯&#8221;
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I’m confused and a little disturbed by the reasoning here. Campaigns are precisely for the purpose of selecting the BEST candidate. It seems my friend is saying that Democratic primary voters are incapable of nominating women and minorities if there is a white man on the ballot? <a href="https://t.co/9yiTJLFURw">https://t.co/9yiTJLFURw</a>
&mdash; Mayor Eric L. Johnson (@Johnson4Dallas) <a href="https://twitter.com/Johnson4Dallas/status/1468586815460368392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 8, 2021</a></blockquote>
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The problem is NOT white men running for office. The problem is the 800 lb gorilla in the room, which is the racism within the Democratic Party that many pretend doesn’t exist. So the solution isn’t folks like Dowd “yielding” to candidates of color. It’s addressing the racism.💯
&mdash; Mayor Eric L. Johnson (@Johnson4Dallas) <a href="https://twitter.com/Johnson4Dallas/status/1468934471474982913?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 9, 2021</a></blockquote>
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