Echoing a similar prior sentiment from CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer, during MSNBC’s 1 p.m. ET hour on Thursday, NBC News Terrorism Analyst Malcolm Nance argued that violence in Charlottesville, Virginia may have inspired the unfolding vehicle terrorist attack in Barcelona, Spain.

Talking to host Craig Melvin, Nance observed that “the attack in Charlottesville that we saw was just an American version of this same style of attack.” He then proclaimed: “And interestingly enough, with the intensity of information that we’ve had related to the Charlottesville incident over the last five days, it’s quite possible that may have precipitated this terrorist group’s, you know, desire to gain the limelight and carry out a similar attack.”

Earlier in that same hour on CNN, Blitzer feared, without evidence, that the attack in Spain may be “a copycat” of what occurred in Charlottesville.

Back in April, Nance infamously took to Twitter to actually nominate a Trump property in Turkey as a target for an “ISIS suicide bombing.”

Here is a full transcript of Nance’s August 17 speculation: