Former Washington Post and New York Times tech reporter Taylor Lorenz repeatedly refused to offer outright condemnation of vigilante violence like that allegedly perpetrated by Luigi Mangione against the late UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Lorenz, who faced backlash for her initial reaction to the broad-daylight execution of the insurance executive, joined Fox News host Sean Hannity on Wednesday — and every time he pressed her on the issue, she tried to qualify Thompson&#8217;s murder by suggesting that insurance company policies provoked violence.
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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/taylor-lorenzs-horrible-take-on-suspected-murderer-luigi-mangione-just-got-ten-times-worse" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lorenz</a> sparked outrage when, during an interview with CNN&#8217;s Donie O&#8217;Sullivan, she laughed off the idea that people were becoming &#8220;fans&#8221; of the alleged murderer, saying that he was seen as a &#8220;revolutionary, who&#8217;s famous, who’s handsome, who’s young, who’s smart. He’s a person who seems like he’s this morally good man, which is hard to find.&#8221;
She tried to explain her assessment in greater detail to Hannity.
&#8220;What I&#8217;m describing, and if you watch the full segment, not just the clip, you&#8217;ll see that I&#8217;m just describing the mentality of these fangirls [who] show up outside Luigi&#8217;s court and show up outside his jail cell. Those girls are not me, OK? We have very separate belief systems. But I was describing how they believe,&#8221; she said.
But when Hannity pressed her, several times, to either condemn Mangione&#8217;s alleged actions or others&#8217; calls for assassinations, Lorenz deflected — and at one point, she joked, &#8220;Gosh, you&#8217;re gonna ask if I condemn Hamas next. This is insane!&#8221;
Hannity repeated his prompt several times, but Lorenz continued to pivot, complaining, &#8220;You want to talk about the assassination of innocent people? I believe that the tens of thousands of Americans [who] die each year because of the lack of health insurance. That is, to me, a violence in itself. That is assassination.&#8221;
Hannity tried once more, asking if those cheering on the death of another human being — a husband and a father — lacked &#8220;a soul, a conscience and a heart.&#8221;
&#8220;Well, what I will say, Sean, once again, is that I believe in free speech. I don&#8217;t believe in things like, you know, religious things like souls and all of these things.&#8221;

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Taylor Lorenz Refuses To Condemn Luigi Mangione: ‘Gosh, You’re Gonna Ask If I Condemn Hamas Next’

Taylor Lorenz Refuses To Condemn Luigi Mangione: 'Gosh, You're Gonna Ask If I Condemn Hamas Next'

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Former Washington Post and New York Times tech reporter Taylor Lorenz doubled down on her previous comments regarding Luigi Mangione, the man who is charged with the broad-daylight slaying of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Lorenz, who was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ex-wapo-reporter-taylor-lorenz-says-united-healthcare-ceos-murder-brought-her-joy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">previously blasted</a> for saying that she&#8217;d felt &#8220;joy&#8221; when she heard that Thompson had been gunned down — and then, while attempting to walk that back slightly, simultaneously argued that insurance companies that delayed or denied coverage were guilty of murder. &#8220;Maybe not joy, but certainly not — certainly not empathy,&#8221; she said, shocking show host Piers Morgan and her fellow guests.
Lorenz followed that up with an appearance Sunday on CNN&#8217;s &#8220;MisinfoNation&#8221; with host Donie O&#8217;Sullivan, where she laughed off the people who seem obsessed with Mangione and claimed it was because he seemed to be a &#8220;morally good man&#8221; — and mocked the people who were shocked that anyone would look at an alleged murderer as a hero.
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&#8220;To see these millionaire media pundits on TV clutching their pearls about someone stanning a murderer when this is the United States of America. As if we don’t lionize criminals, as if we don’t have, you know, we don’t stan murderers of all sorts, and we can give them Netflix shows,&#8221; Lorenz began. &#8220;There’s a huge disconnect between the narratives and the angles that mainstream media pushes and what the American public feels.&#8221;
O&#8217;Sullivan pressed her to elaborate, mentioning the women who had even showed up outside the courthouse when Mangione was there.
&#8220;You’re going to see women especially that feel like, Oh my God, right? Like, here’s this man who’s revolutionary, who’s famous, who’s handsome, who is young, who’s smart. He’s a person that seems like this morally good man, which is hard to find,&#8221; Lorenz claimed.
Instead of pushing back, O&#8217;Sullivan joked, &#8220;Yeah, I just realized women will literally date an assassin before they swipe right on me. That’s where we’re at.&#8221;
One point of agreement, for both O&#8217;Sullivan and Lorenz, was their belief that the people raving over Mangione and supporters of President Donald Trump were no different.
&#8220;I totally agree. They want somebody to take on this system. They want someone to tear down these barbaric establishment institutions,&#8221; Lorenz explained.
The Daily Wire&#8217;s Matt Walsh was among those who called out both Lorenz and O&#8217;Sullivan, saying, &#8220;Psychotic wench Taylor Lorenz gushes over Luigi Mangione, calls him a &#8216;morally good man,&#8217; and brags that fan-girling a murderer has led to the biggest audience growth she’s ever had. The CNN &#8216;journalist&#8217; sits and laughs along. Just an utterly depraved display all around.&#8221;
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Psychotic wench Taylor Lorenz gushes over Luigi Mangione, calls him a “morally good man,” and brags that fan-girling a murderer has led to the biggest audience growth she’s ever had. The CNN “journalist” sits and laughs along. Just an utterly depraved display all around. <a href="https://t.co/EJkaZNSGEy">https://t.co/EJkaZNSGEy</a>
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Taylor Lorenz’s Horrible Take On Suspected Murderer Luigi Mangione Just Got Ten Times Worse

California residents may soon have the chance to vote on a measure that would restrict insurance companies from denying coverage — an initiative named after the man who gunned down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a New York City street.
The proposed “Luigi Mangione Act” has already found its way to the California attorney general’s desk, according to local outlet <a href="https://ktla.com/news/california/proposed-california-ballot-initiative-luigi-mangione-act-would-make-it-harder-for-insurers-to-deny-medical-care/">KTLA</a>. If enacted, it would then be illegal for insurance companies to “delay, deny or modify any medical procedure or medication” prescribed by California doctors if failure to implement such treatments could result in “disability, death, amputation, permanent disfigurement, loss or reduction of any bodily function.”
The measure would also limit modifications to such treatments to licensed physicians, and make it illegal for anyone other than another licensed physician to review or modify them.
Insurance companies, in order to deny coverage for anything, would have to prove “by clear and convincing evidence that the medication or procedure was unnecessary or would not result in disability, death, amputation, permanent disfigurement or the loss or reduction of any bodily function.”
A number of critics took issue with the initiative, primarily because it was being named after a murderer.
“Well that’s f****ing disgusting and insane!” Guy Benson posted.
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Well that’s f****ing disgusting and insane!
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“This is like calling a pro-abortion bill the ‘Kermit Gosnell Act.’ It’s deranged,” another said.
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This is like calling a pro-abortion bill the “Kermit Gosnell Act.” It’s deranged. <a href="https://t.co/W7ewgF5jU5">https://t.co/W7ewgF5jU5</a>
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“Using a [murderers] name to glorify a bill is on another level,” Chef Andrew Gruel commented, later adding, “*allegedly.”
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*alleged
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Fox News’ Jimmy Failla posted a video blasting the initiative, saying, “We don’t name legislation after murderers. If we did, we’d have a marriage act named after O.J. Simpson.”
He went on to say that the only thing that really made any sense was to name legislation “after the victims of the thing you’re trying to fix.”
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Alleged UnitedHealthcare CEO killer Luigi Mangione is requesting access to a laptop in order to prepare his defense against terrorism charges, according to a court filing made public yesterday.
Mangione, 26, is <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/luigi-mangione-charged-stalking-and-murder-unitedhealthcare-ceo-brian-thompson-and-use">accused</a> of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a 50-year-old father of two high school students, outside a Manhattan hotel in December.
The Ivy League computer science graduate from a Maryland real estate family faces a rare New York State charge of murder as an act of terrorism, as well as federal charges that could carry the death penalty.
The requested laptop would, according to <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/25/us/luigi-mangione-laptop-jail-united-healthcare/index.html#:~:text=Through%20his%20lawyers%2C%20Mangione%20has,lawyers%20said%20in%20Monday's%20filing.">CNN</a>, “be unable to connect to the internet, run video games or play movies or other entertainment, his lawyers said in Monday’s filing. But it would let him examine, from his jail cell, more than 15,000 pages of documents and thousands of hours of video that prosecutors gathered and were required to turn over to his attorneys.”
Mangione’s case has become a cultural flashpoint. While most Americans were horrified at the alleged brutal murder of a father of two, many Leftists <a href="https://apnews.com/article/united-healthcare-ceo-luigi-mangione-josh-shapiro-3a8c64a0bc412e0eeb84bca0c99b6e67">rallied behind</a> the “#FreeLuigi” movement.
Thousands donated to Mangione&#8217;s defense, and his court hearings have been packed with supporters, to the horror of many.
Crowdfunding efforts launched for his legal defense have collectively <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/21/fundraising-unitedhealth-ceo-shooting?utm_source=chatgpt.com">raised</a> over $700,000, despite platforms repeatedly removing such campaigns.
Many on the Left, according to CNN, seem to be channeling their frustration with the health care system through Mangione, with some going as far as calling him a vigilante.
In court documents, prosecutors describe evidence of extensive planning before the shooting, including Mangione&#8217;s internet search history showing months of queries about Thompson and UnitedHealthcare&#8217;s corporate structure.
Authorities reportedly recovered bullets at the crime scene inscribed with anti-corporate messages and what investigators characterized as &#8220;manifestos&#8221; on Mangione&#8217;s electronic devices detailing grievances against the healthcare industry.
Former Attorney General Merrick Garland <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/luigi-mangione-charged-stalking-and-murder-unitedhealthcare-ceo-brian-thompson-and-use">said</a> in December, “Mangione planned his attack for months and stalked his victim for days before murdering him — methodically planning when, where, and how to carry out his crime.”
Mangione has pleaded not guilty.

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Violence against America’s executives keeps escalating. On February 21, a gunman shot up the home of State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation CEO Chip Terhune in <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/us-regions/west/oregon" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lake Oswego</a>, near Portland. <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/insurance-ceos-home-riddled-bullets-gunman-remains-run" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Reported</a> Fox News, “The shots were fired at close range by someone possibly wearing a hoodie or ski mask and carrying a light-colored object.”
His family could have also been injured or even killed. As of now, no suspect has been identified.
The attack occurred as America continues to mourn UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, who was <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/unitedhealth-group-slain-ceo-brian-thompson-good-guys/story?id=116705908" target="_blank" rel="noopener">murdered</a> last December 4 in New York City. “It was a life lived to the fullest,” said the company’s CEO, Andrew Witty. “And a life that helped make a profoundly positive impact on the lives of so many people.” However, some on the Left disagree.
Alleged killer Luigi Mangione, who has pleaded not guilty, made his first <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_7b7xLdISk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">court appearance</a> since his arraignment on February 21. Outside the courthouse, deranged supporters chanted, “We, the people, want Luigi free.”
Immediately after the killing, “Wanted” signs <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/executive-hit-lists-wanted-posters-nypd-warns-threats/story?id=116662519" target="_blank" rel="noopener">appeared</a> in Manhattan featuring other corporate executives. An NYPD bulletin cautioned that “some online users across social media platforms reacted positively to the killing, encouraged future targeting of similar executives, and shared conspiracy theories regarding the shooting.” Such disregard for life and free discussion is what led to the Oregon attack and potentially others.
Unfortunately, some leading public discussions on health care and corporate policies have unconditionally failed to condemn such attacks. While they profess support for nonviolence, they often equivocate.
“Violence is never the answer, but people can be pushed only so far,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) told the Huffington Post in an <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/warren-sanders-brian-thompson-health-care_n_6758bc0fe4b063b52a9a524b" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a>. But what happens if they’re “pushed too far” and start killing? She further exacerbated, “The visceral response from people across this country who feel cheated, ripped off, and threatened by the vile practices of their insurance companies should be a warning to everyone in the health care system.”
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) described Thompson’s murder as “outrageous” and “unacceptable.” Then the self-proclaimed socialist equivocated, “I think what the outpouring of anger at the health care industry tells us is that millions of people understand that health care is a human right and that you cannot have people in the insurance industry rejecting needed health care for people while they make billions of dollars in profit.” 
 
On March 4, John Stossel posted a YouTube <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IOWBjoo7Ew" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> with Swedish economist Sven Larson, who now lives in Kansas, discussing Bernie Sanders&#8217; cliché for decades that healthcare is a “right.” Larson commented, “You get the right to free health care, but whether you actually get the healthcare or not is a different story.” He added, “I have friends who have died in the Swedish health care system because they couldn’t get treatment in time.” 
 
Wendell Potter, a former vice president for corporate communications at Cigna Corp., took a similarly appalling stance to that of Warren and Sanders in an <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/opinion/health-insurance-united-ceo-shooting.html">op-ed</a> for the New York Times. While lamenting Thompson’s “tragic assassination,” Potter used that as a tree on which to hang his position.
He stated he resigned while assisting in the planning of a financial meeting “similar to the one that UnitedHealthcare canceled after Mr. Thompson’s horrific killing.” This revealed an “uncomfortable truth&#8230; that shareholders, not patient outcomes, tend to drive decisions at for-profit health insurance companies.”
If companies lose money, they go bankrupt. If the health insurance industry can’t turn a profit, the only alternative is a rationing system like those in Sweden or Canada, which means a “right” to long wait times even for routine care. Potter is taking his disgruntled former employee attitude too far.
In a rebuttal <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/opinion/letters/health-insurance-failures.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> to the Times, Michael Keyes, an executive with 20 years in the health care industry, branded Potter’s op-ed “a misleading cheap shot” targeting a sector that “cares for hundreds of millions of Americans while navigating an exceptionally complex system.”
If Warren, Sanders, and Potter disagree with the current U.S. health care policy, fine. This is a democracy. State your case. However, taking advantage of a terrorist act as an excuse to advance a policy agenda is beyond the pale and ought to be unequivocally condemned.
Such outrages must cease, or this country will descend into Venezuelan-style anarchy, taking our economy down with it.
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Haley Kennington (<a href="https://twitter.com/ladykennington?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@LadyKennington</a>) is a conservative commentator who served as the Research Director &amp; Story Editor for “<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12734800/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_lk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2020:The Plot Against the President”</a> and Research/Archive Editor for “<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20256528/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_lk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">What Is a Woman?</a>“
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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A comedian named Tim Dillon dressed up as the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/assassination">murdered</a> <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/unitedhealthcare">UnitedHealthcare</a> CEO Brian Thompson and pretended to read nasty text messages from hell.
The 39-year-old <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/comedian">comedian</a> did the bit as part of the Netflix special “Torching 2024: A Roast of the Year,” which was released on Friday.
Dillon put on a navy blue sweater, a light blue collared shirt, and tan khakis to match an outfit Thompson was wearing in the photo that’s been making the rounds online. The comedian also had fake blood splatter and chains around his neck when he stepped onto the stage at The Bellwether in Los Angeles, per the <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/12/27/us-news/comedian-tim-dillon-plays-ghost-of-unitedhealthcare-ceo-brian-thompson-in-netflix-roast/">New York Post</a>.
Fans laughed as Dillon started his set in front of a large sign that said, “UnitedHellcare CEO.” 
“I’m going to hell for this, you might as well laugh,” Dillon began.
 The comedian pretended to be Thompson and told the crowd he had been reading tweets from people happy he was dead.
“Your reaction to my murder makes me sick … and not the type of sick I would immediately deny for not having the proper paperwork,” the comedian said, referencing denied healthcare claims. 
“The truth is, without people like me, f***ing over people like you, to help people like me, this country would fall apart and that’s on you,” Dillon added.
The comedian next focused on the topic of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/luigi-mangione">Luigi Mangione</a>, the man who was charged with Thompson’s murder.
“Look at yourselves dancing in the streets because that guy Tortellini Mozzarella took me by surprise like an unexpected medical bill and shot me in the back,” Dillon joked. “Apparently he had his own back problems. I’m sorry Luigi but nobody feels bad for a thin guy with back problems. Claim denied!”
Dillon ended his set by saying. “Deny, defend, decompose,” referencing the fact that the bullet casings found at the crime scene allegedly said, “Deny Defend Depose.” 
Cast members on “SNL” were criticized for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/snl-slammed-for-making-jokes-about-murder-of-unitedhealthcare-ceo">making jokes</a> about Thompson’s death just days after it happened. Prominent figures including former Washington Post reporter Taylor Lorenz have also come under fire for making positive comments about the assassination.
&#8220;I felt, along with so many other Americans, joy&#8230;&#8221; Lorenz told Piers Morgan of the murder. 
She <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/taylor-lorenz-says-we-want-these-executives-dead-after-health-insurance-ceo-assassinated">wrote</a> on X, “People have very justified hatred toward insurance company CEOs because these executives are responsible for an unfathomable amount of death and suffering. As someone against death and suffering, I think it’s good to call out this broken system and the ppl in power who enable it.”
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Prosecutors are throwing the book at suspected UnitedHealthcare CEO assassin Luigi Mangione as a grand jury indicted him this week on terrorism charges.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg argued that the killing of Brian Thompson on December 4 &#8220;was intended to cause shock and attention and intimidation.&#8221; Bragg announced on Tuesday that Mangione is being charged with “murder in the first degree as a killing in furtherance of terrorism” along with “two counts of murder in the second degree,” one of which accuses Mangione of killing Thompson in an &#8220;act of terrorism.&#8221;
A first-degree murder charge in New York is rare as it requires the victim to be a witness, judge, or police officer, or for the killing to be a murder-for-hire or a murder with intent to commit terrorism. The maximum sentence for first-degree murder is life in prison without parole.
“This was a frightening, well-planned, targeted murder that was intended to cause shock and attention and intimidation,” Bragg said. “It occurred at one of the most bustling parts of our city, threatening the safety of local residents and tourists alike.”
Upon his arrest in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on December 9, police allegedly found a notebook on Mangione that includes a passage where the writer mentions taking out “the CEO at the annual parasitic bean-counter convention.” Mangione also allegedly had a manifesto on him that accused UnitedHealthcare of prioritizing profit over patients. Law enforcement believes Mangione was motivated by anger with the U.S. healthcare system. Bragg <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/12/17/act-of-terrorism-murder-charge-luigi-mangione/77054556007/">claims</a> that Mangione &#8220;intended to evoke terror&#8221; with the killing.
Prosecutors allege that Mangione &#8220;intended to intimidate or coerce a civilian population&#8221; and to &#8220;affect the conduct of a unit of government by murder,&#8221; according to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/nyregion/mangione-first-degree-murder-terrorism.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The New York Times</a>. How the murder of Thompson &#8220;affect[s] the conduct of a unit of government&#8221; wasn&#8217;t immediately clear as Thompson worked for a private healthcare company. The Daily Wire reached out to the Manhattan District Attorney&#8217;s Office for clarification on the charges.
A law passed in New York shortly after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, allows prosecutors to tack on terrorism charges to certain crimes if they&#8217;re “intended to intimidate or coerce a civilian population, influence the policies of a unit of government by intimidation or coercion and affect the conduct of a unit of government by murder, assassination or kidnapping,&#8221; according to the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/unitedhealthcare-ceo-killing-luigi-mangione-fccc9e875e976b9901a122bc15669425" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Associated Press</a>. The FBI uses the <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/12/17/act-of-terrorism-murder-charge-luigi-mangione/77054556007/">same</a> definition for domestic terrorism. The New York law was first used by prosecutors in 2002 on a Bronx gang member who killed a young girl and paralyzed a rival gang member in a hail of gunfire outside a christening party. A decade later, New York&#8217;s highest court ruled that the gang member was not a terrorist, and he was retried and convicted on other charges.
Some legal experts expressed skepticism over the prosecution&#8217;s chances to convict Mangione on the terrorism charges. Anna Cominsky, director of the criminal defense clinic at New York Law School, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/nyregion/mangione-first-degree-murder-terrorism.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> the Times that accusing Mangione of committing terrorism seems abnormal in this case because “this isn’t traditionally how we think of terrorism.”
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“What they’re saying is because it was done in the location that it was done in, because of the manner in which it was done, that the aim was to terrorize, that it was to scare people. Not just to kill this individual,” Cominsky said.
Former federal prosecutor Jessica Roth <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/18/us/luigi-mangione-murder-indictment-new-york/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> CNN&#8217;s Anderson Cooper that &#8220;by including&#8221; the terrorism charges, &#8220;the district attorney is setting up the conditions for a plea to a lesser charge where he has the possibility of, at some point, getting out of prison.&#8221;
“If there isn’t a plea, it’s also setting up the condition for a jury compromise on that lesser charge,&#8221; Roth added.

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President-elect Donald Trump slammed those who are praising 26-year-old Luigi Mangione for allegedly murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson earlier this month, saying that those people have a &#8220;sickness.&#8221;
Trump made the remarks during a press conference on Monday from Mar-a-Lago when he was asked what he thought about some people&#8217;s positive responses to the assassination of Thompson.
&#8220;I think it’s a terrible thing,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;I think it’s really terrible that some people seem to admire him, like him; and I was happy to see that it wasn’t specific to this gentleman that was killed. It’s just an overall sickness as opposed to a specific sickness.&#8221;
&#8220;That was a terrible thing. It was cold-blooded, just a cold-blooded, horrible killing; and how people can like this guy is — that’s a sickness actually,&#8221; Trump continued. &#8220;That’s really very bad, especially the way it was done. It was so bad. Right in the back. Very bad.&#8221;
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Trump added that it was &#8220;hard to believe&#8221; that people could even think that murdering another person was a good thing.
&#8220;A thing like that, you can’t believe that some people — and maybe it’s fake news. I don’t know,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It’s hard to believe that that can even be thought of, but it seems that there’s a certain appetite for him. I don’t get it.&#8221;
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Trump to NBC’s <a href="https://twitter.com/GarrettHaake?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GarrettHaake</a> on the UnitedHealthCare CEO murder:
“I think it’s terrible. Well, I think it’s terrible. I think it&#8217;s a terrible thing. I think it&#8217;s really terrible that some people seem to admire him, like him. And I was happy to see that it wasn&#8217;t specific to this… <a href="https://t.co/9LfK550xI5">pic.twitter.com/9LfK550xI5</a>
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href="https://twitter.com/CurtisHouck/status/1868711124499108088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 16, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Popular radio host Charlamagne Tha God weighed in on the recent murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson — and the lack of sympathy that followed from a number of his critics — and said that he couldn&#8217;t wrap his brain around the people who were celebrating Thompson&#8217;s death.
Charlemagne noted that whatever problems there are in the health insurance industry in the United States, very little was likely to be done to fix them because of this one brutal execution-style murder — and that in addition to the people suffering because of those problems, Thompson&#8217;s family would now also suffer as his children were raised without a father.
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Charlamagne tha God on Celebrating CEO Killer: &quot;It&#39;s Just Weird Where We Are As A People,&quot; A Father Was Gunned Down<a href="https://t.co/bKJzOAyNac">https://t.co/bKJzOAyNac</a>
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Charlamagne discussed the topic on Friday&#8217;s episode of &#8220;The Breakfast Club,&#8221; and he reached a simple conclusion: &#8220;It&#8217;s just weird to what where we are the people.&#8221;
&#8220;All I see is a father walking in New York City to go his job,&#8221; Charlamagne said. &#8220;He got gunned down.&#8221;
&#8220;I don’t understand why people are celebrating him being killed because at the end of the day, like I said yesterday, he’s dead. His kids don’t got no father,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;That 26-year-old Luigi or whatever his name is, he gonna be in jail for the rest of his life. And the healthcare system is still the same today. The health companies still denying claims and everything today. So what did that accomplish, and why are you happy about him being gunned down like that?&#8221;
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Former Washington Post tech reporter <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ex-wapo-reporter-taylor-lorenz-says-united-healthcare-ceos-murder-brought-her-joy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Taylor Lorenz</a> was among those effectively celebrating the broad-daylight assassination, shocking host Piers Morgan when she said on his show that she had actually felt &#8220;joy&#8221; upon learning of Thompson&#8217;s demise.
&#8220;I do believe in the sanctity of life, and I think that’s why I felt, along with so many other Americans, joy, unfortunately, you know because —” Lorenz said.
“Joy?” Morgan interrupted at the time, his voice incredulous. “Seriously? Joy at a man’s execution?”
“— it feels like … maybe not joy, but certainly not — certainly not empathy,” Lorenz continued. “Because again, this is a man responsible —”
Lorenz went on to justify her response by claiming that Thompson was responsible for the deaths of &#8220;tens of thousands of Americans — innocent Americans — who died because greedy health insurance executives like this one push policies of denying care to the most vulnerable people.&#8221;

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Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA), who has broken with the Left’s orthodoxy numerous times, did it again, ripping into leftists on social media who celebrated the alleged murderer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Thompson was shot to death on December 4 outside an entrance to the New York Hilton Midtown in Manhattan. A suspect has been arrested for his murder, and many leftists cheered the killing.
“He’s the a**hole that’s going to die in prison,” Fetterman stated. “Congratulations if you want to celebrate that. A sewer is going to sewer. That&#8217;s what social media is about. And I don&#8217;t know why the media wants to turn that into a story, just with these trolls saying these kinds of things anonymously like that. I don&#8217;t know why that&#8217;s news. Remember, he has two children that are going to grow up without their father… It&#8217;s vile. And if you&#8217;ve gunned someone down that you don&#8217;t happen to agree with their views or the business that they&#8217;re in, hey, you know, I&#8217;m next, they&#8217;re next, he&#8217;s next, she&#8217;s next.”
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/JohnFetterman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JohnFetterman</a> on Luigi Mangione and the online reaction: “He’s the asshole that’s going to die in prison. Congratulations if you want to celebrate that. A sewer is going to sewer. That&#8217;s what social media is about this. And I don&#8217;t know why the media wants to turn that into a…
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) <a href="https://twitter.com/sahilkapur/status/1866615643925033279?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 10, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Other examples of Fetterman breaking with the Left: Last May, Fetterman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/profoundly-disappointed-john-fetterman-rips-off-harvard-collar-during-yeshiva-university-speech" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ripped off</a> his Harvard University collar during a commencement speech at Yeshiva University in New York. Fetterman, an alumnus of Harvard and a vocal <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/john-fetterman-responds-when-anti-israel-protesters-show-up-at-his-house" target="_blank" rel="noopener">supporter of Israel</a> since the October 7, 2023, Hamas massacre of more than 1200 people in Israel, said, “I have been profoundly disappointed in the way — Harvard’s inability to stand up for the Jewish community after October 7. And for me personally, I do not fundamentally believe that it is right for me to wear this today.”
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Prior to that, in April, Fetterman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fetterman-blasts-squatters-trying-to-steal-peoples-homes-squatters-have-no-rights" target="_blank" rel="noopener">expressed his support</a> for law enforcement, saying <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/04/06/us-news/fetterman-blasts-squatters-violent-crime-i-am-not-woke/">to</a> the New York Post, “Squatters have no rights. How can you even pretend that this is anything other than you’re just breaking the law? &#8230; I am not woke. &#8230; It’s wild that if you go away on a long trip, for 30 days, and someone breaks into your home and suddenly they have rights. This is crazy. Like if somebody stole your car, and then they held it for 30 days, then somehow you now have some rights?”
There have been other times when Fetterman has aligned himself with the Left’s movements; only days before the November election, he said that those who do not believe in supporting the Democrats&#8217; radical transgender agenda are “a**hole[s].”
Speaking with CNN&#8217;s Dana Bash on &#8220;State of the Union&#8221; about political ads from the Trump campaign about the issue, he said, “If your political capital comes from picking on trans kids or gay kids or anything like that, that&#8217;s — you&#8217;re just bankrupt throughout all of this. &#8230; My version of being a being a man is, it&#8217;s like, hey, I like ribeyes, I like Motorhead, and I&#8217;m never going to pick on trans kids and gay kids or things. And it&#8217;s just sad that the other side chooses to kind of pick on members of those communities. And, again, it&#8217;s just — it&#8217;s just a warped version of — it doesn&#8217;t make you tough. It doesn&#8217;t make you a man to pick on trans or gay kids. &#8230; It just makes you an a**hole.”
Ryan Saavedra contributed to this article. 
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