Warren Responds to UnitedHealthcare CEO's Death: 'People can only be pushed so far'
The Massachusetts lawmaker denounced the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, stating that the intense online reactions should serve as a "warning" to the industry.
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a prominent critic of the American health care system among U.S. lawmakers, expressed her condemnation of the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on Tuesday. In an interview with the Huffington Post, she remarked that people “can be pushed only so far.”
“The visceral response from people across the country who feel cheated, ripped off, and threatened by the vile practices of their insurance companies should be a warning to everyone in the healthcare system,” Warren stated, referencing the online support for Luigi Mangione, a suspect in the killing.
“Violence is never the answer,” she noted. “But people can only be pushed so far.”
Following the publication of this report on Wednesday, Warren clarified her stance in a statement to PMG, asserting, “Violence is never the answer. Period. I should have been much clearer that there is never a justification for murder.”
Mangione faces multiple charges related to Thompson's death, including second-degree murder. Reports on Wednesday indicated that fingerprints belonging to the 26-year-old University of Pennsylvania graduate matched those found at the Manhattan crime scene.
The bullet casings at the scene bore the words “deny,” “defend,” and “depose,” seemingly referencing Jay Feinman’s 2010 book, “Delay, Deny, Defend: Why insurance companies don’t pay claims and what you can do about it.”
Sen. Bernie Sanders, also a strong critic of the health care industry, contextualized the murder with the broader frustration many Americans feel toward the system.
Thompson’s murder was “outrageous,” Sanders declared on Tuesday, as reported by the Huffington Post. He emphasized that the widespread anger at the health care industry reveals that millions of people recognize health care as a human right, stating that it is unacceptable for individuals in the insurance sector to deny necessary care while profiting immensely.
One Democrat voiced a particularly blunt condemnation of Mangione. Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman referred to him as an “asshole that’s going to die in prison,” also in an interview with HuffPost.
“Congratulations if you want to celebrate that,” he continued. “A sewer is going to sewer.”
Mathilde Moreau contributed to this report for TROIB News
“The visceral response from people across the country who feel cheated, ripped off, and threatened by the vile practices of their insurance companies should be a warning to everyone in the healthcare system,” Warren stated, referencing the online support for Luigi Mangione, a suspect in the killing.
“Violence is never the answer,” she noted. “But people can only be pushed so far.”
Following the publication of this report on Wednesday, Warren clarified her stance in a statement to PMG, asserting, “Violence is never the answer. Period. I should have been much clearer that there is never a justification for murder.”
Mangione faces multiple charges related to Thompson's death, including second-degree murder. Reports on Wednesday indicated that fingerprints belonging to the 26-year-old University of Pennsylvania graduate matched those found at the Manhattan crime scene.
The bullet casings at the scene bore the words “deny,” “defend,” and “depose,” seemingly referencing Jay Feinman’s 2010 book, “Delay, Deny, Defend: Why insurance companies don’t pay claims and what you can do about it.”
Sen. Bernie Sanders, also a strong critic of the health care industry, contextualized the murder with the broader frustration many Americans feel toward the system.
Thompson’s murder was “outrageous,” Sanders declared on Tuesday, as reported by the Huffington Post. He emphasized that the widespread anger at the health care industry reveals that millions of people recognize health care as a human right, stating that it is unacceptable for individuals in the insurance sector to deny necessary care while profiting immensely.
One Democrat voiced a particularly blunt condemnation of Mangione. Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman referred to him as an “asshole that’s going to die in prison,” also in an interview with HuffPost.
“Congratulations if you want to celebrate that,” he continued. “A sewer is going to sewer.”
Mathilde Moreau contributed to this report for TROIB News
