This post has been updated to reflect Newsweek's changes to their initial piece.
There’s been a lot of leftist celebration regarding the death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, who was gunned down outside of the New York Hilton Midtown. Luigi Mangione has been arrested and charged with his murder. The crime footage is something out of a movie—it looks like a professional hit. Thompson was shot multiple times with a suppressed firearm, which was made through a 3-D printer, including the suppressor.
Some were gleeful that Thompson died, given the flaws, hypocrisy, and overall cumbersome nature of our healthcare system. A debate over improvement is warranted—but threading the death of someone to make the case is where you see the leftist insanity. This discussion is new; we have it every election cycle. Since the murder, someone has been hanging ‘wanted’ posters of other healthcare CEOS (via Newsweek):
‘Wanted’ posters targeting health insurance company CEOs spotted in NYCpic.twitter.com/iI86HDIvh6
— Defiant L’s (@DefiantLs) December 11, 2024
Wanted posters for healthcare executives have started appearing across New York City following the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson last week.
Thompson, 50, was en route to speak at UnitedHealth Group's investor conference at the Hilton Hotel in Midtown Manhattan last Wednesday when he was fatally shot. Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch stated that Thompson was struck at least once in the back and once in the right calf.
Police arrested a suspect, 26-year-old Luigi Mangione, on Monday in connection with the shooting, charging him with second-degree murder. No motive for the shooting has been established, but a handwritten manifesto purportedly found with Mangione at the time of his arrest indicates that Thompson's killing may have been motivated by anger about the health insurance industry, with the suspect allegedly justifying the homicide by writing: "The parasites had it coming."
Following the shooting, videos shared on social media showed "wanted" signs featuring Thompson and other healthcare corporate leaders plastered across traffic control boxes in Canal Street in Manhattan.
With some people, this killing has resonated, like this Florida woman who threatened her health insurance provider after having a claim denied.
“Delay, deny, depose. You people are next,” she said.
A woman in Florida was arrested after threatening BlueCross BlueShield employees that they're "next" after her insurance claim was denied.pic.twitter.com/IomrMjpWE9
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) December 12, 2024
On the West Coast, a road consultation sign in Seattle called on residents to execute CEOs.
Seattle highway sign calling on residents to execute CEOs pic.twitter.com/mb7EqQZB4I
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) December 12, 2024
The irony of this is two-fold now. One is that Mangione, a kid whose net worth was likely higher than that of Mr. Thompson, is seen as a hero of some whacko populist sect of the Left. The second is that liberal America is against gun violence, thinks it’s an epidemic, and all guns should be banned unless it’s against people they don’t like, who right now are corporate officers. Corporate America is also liberal America’s best friend now, so what a mess they’re in right now. Absolute lunatics.
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