Several prominent progressives stand by UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson after he was shot and killed in New York City, saying violence is wrong but issuing statements about the crisis in the U.S. health care system. They condition what they say.
Luigi Mangione was arrested Monday after a manhunt and charged with the murder of Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel last week. Mangione is far left national hero Some feel Thompson's death is a natural backlash against big health insurance companies like United Healthcare, which deny coverage and charge high premiums.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., condemned the killing this week, but said Thompson's death should also serve as a “warning.”
“Violence is never the answer, but there are limits to how far people can go,” she told HuffPost. “This is a warning that if you push people too hard, they'll lose faith in their government's ability to make change, they'll lose faith in the ability of the people providing health care to make change, and they'll start trying to solve problems. . We do it ourselves in a way that is ultimately a threat to everyone.”
Elizabeth Warren says UnitedHealthcare CEO's murder was a warning: 'You can only push people so far'
Elizabeth Warren, Joy Reid, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. (Getty Images)
Warren made similar comments to MSNBC host Joy Reid about Thompson's murder.
“People are very angry about health care, but I think there are good reasons to deny health care and the entire system…Killing a CEO is not the way to change a person,” Reed said. “We have to regulate them.”
“We say it again and again,” Warren said. “Violence never solves the problem. This man goes on trial for allegedly killing the CEO of UnitedHealth.”[care]but you can only push people so far, and then they start taking matters into their own hands. ”
Warren later retracted her comments, fox news digital.
“Violence is never the answer, of course,” she said. “I should have made it clearer that murder can never be justified.”
Journalist Piers Morgan also clashed with left-wing journalist Taylor Lorenz over his apparent sympathy for Mangione during Monday night's episode of “Piers Morgan Uncensored.” During the show, Lorenz admitted she felt “joy” over Thompson's death.
Piers Morgan on Monday slammed Taylor Lorenz for claiming he took pleasure in killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Lorenz claimed he was referring to the fact that he is happy to see more discussion about the medical industry. (Screenshot/Piers Morgan uncensored)
Shocked, Morgan asked Lorenz to comment that Thompson was a “husband and father,” to which Lorenz answered, “So are the tens of thousands of Americans he murdered! The tens of thousands of Americans who died. , and so do innocent Americans.” Because greedy health insurance executives like this one advance policies that deny care to the most vulnerable. ”
She later said she never felt “joy over that man's death,” but rather because more people are paying attention to systemic problems in American health care.
“The View” co-host Sunny Hostin last week read out comments on social media mocking Thompson's death, saying the celebrations by some Americans “reflect how people feel about their health care.” “It reflects how we are doing,” he said. At one point she said, “Isn't that something?”
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Hostin said, “We are one of the only countries without universal health insurance, we are not taking care of our elderly, and our people are feeling the pinch.'' (Screenshot/ABC)
Hostin said, “We are one of the only countries without universal health insurance, we are not taking care of our elderly, and our people are feeling the pinch.'' “We talk about it all the time, but I think people are really angry at the health care system, and unfortunately, that's rubbing off on this father.”
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D.Y.) also spoke out in the wake of Thompson's killing, saying that while violence is not “justified,” people see denying health insurance as an act of aggression. said.
“I'm not saying that acts of violence are justified, but a person who is confused, shocked, or appalled may interpret, feel, or experience a denied allegation as an act of violence against them. I think you need to understand that.” this week she said.
Fox News' David Rutz and Gabriel Hays contributed to this report.
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