Culture of life? UnitedHealthcare CEO's murder mocked and celebrated by far-left
Following the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in midtown Manhattan on Wednesday, some far-left journalists and social media users were quick to offer celebratory, mocking or sneering reactions to his shocking death.
Former Washington Post reporter Taylor Lorenz was among these voices, having shared multiple posts appearing to at least understand the killing while suggesting other health insurance executives should be targeted.
"And people wonder why we want these executives dead," Lorenz wrote, referencing Thompson’s death in a Bluesky post with a report about Blue Cross Blue Shield no longer covering anesthesia for the full length of some surgeries.
She later wrote on her Substack that it was "natural" to wish a similar fate on insurance honchos if you or a loved one had suffered or died after being denied coverage.
"People have very justified hatred toward insurance company CEOs because these executives are responsible for an unfathomable amount of death and suffering," she wrote on Thursday. "I think it’s good to call out this broken system and the people in power who enable it. Again, not so they can be murdered, but so that we can change the system and start holding people in power accountable for their actions."
In one post, left-wing journalist Ken Klippenstein quipped that he hoped Thompson's ambulance ride "was in network."
As outlets reported about Thompson's shooting on their corresponding social media channels, top comments — comments with the most likes — mocked the murder.
"Thoughts and deductibles to the family. Unfortunately my condolences are out-of-network," shared one user on CNN's Tik Tok, racking up nearly 32,000 "likes." The comment section on MSNBC's post included "thoughts. But prayers require prior authorization first" and "my prayers are denied for now," was posted in the thread of The New York Times's post.
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