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Outrage as social media users gloat over assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson
Daily Mail UK ^ | December 4, 2024 | Germania Rodriguez Poleo

Posted on 12/04/2024 10:50:17 AM PST by Morgana

A congressman has condemned internet trolls currently gloating over the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

'Seems like leftists opposed to killing terrorists in the Middle East support killing CEOs in Midtown Manhattan,' wrote Representative Dean Phillips after Wednesday's murder outside a Hilton hotel in NYC.

Phillips, a Democrat who represents 50 year-old Thompson's home district in Minnesota, spoke as online ghouls rejoiced in the cold-blooded execution of the healthcare chief.

Among them were one tweeter who wrote: 'Brian Thompson ran a company based off exploiting people during the most vulnerable times in their life.

'I'm not sad he's dead.'

Another shared a gif of a pastor praising Jesus, writing: 'CEOs of predatory corporations getting popped, turn this up. Peace out, Brian Thompson.'

Bluesky user Templin Jay wrote: 'I’m not condoning murder but if they’re gonna kill people, I can’t object too strenuously to them choosing someone who made his fortune making healthcare worse and more expensive.

'Cæsar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and Brian Thompson, some guy in a ski mask. If this be treason…'

Bluesky user Leslie Rising wrote, 'blue cross next,' referencing another of the country's health care companies.

Others offered less tasteless criticism of Thompson's murder while accusing United Healthcare of 'killing tens of thousands of Americans every year by denying them health coverage.'

The rapid criticism of Thompson following his 6:45am shooting quickly sparked widespread condemnation.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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To: Morgana

How did United Health Care make healthcare worse? The lefties would prefer that nobody have health insurance>


21 posted on 12/04/2024 11:29:24 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: Morgana

His wife was quoted in another article as saying he had been receiving threats.

Also, someone mentioned the company had been hacked or had some cybersecurity incident back in February.

I wonder if there was an extortion attempt based on information acquired by the hackers?


22 posted on 12/04/2024 11:38:05 AM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: Morgana

My mother is on United Healthcare. Other than coverage going down, and premiums going up every year (industry wide), I have had no problems with their service during her current cancer fight.


23 posted on 12/04/2024 11:50:54 AM PST by Rinnwald
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To: Morgana

Anyone rejoicing over the death the death of another person is sick. Very sick.


24 posted on 12/04/2024 12:16:13 PM PST by al_c (Democrats: Party over Common Sense)
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“...Last year the DoJ launched a probe into whether the nation’s biggest insurer, led by Thompson, was unfairly restricting competitors and running a monopoly.

The DoJ then filed a lawsuit in October naming Thompson and other executives, accusing the CEO of failing to tell investors about the federal probe before he unloaded over 31 percent of his stock, taking in $15.1 million in proceeds.

In legal documents, investigators said that Thompson and other company execs sold over $117 million worth of UnitedHealth common stock during the four-month period when insiders knew about the federal antitrust investigation but the public did not....”


25 posted on 12/04/2024 12:34:44 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Not necessarily “happy” but certainly not mourning his death.


26 posted on 12/04/2024 1:14:52 PM PST by nonliberal (Russia is not my enemy.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...

27 posted on 12/04/2024 1:40:09 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: caver

The primary purpose of Obamacare was to force private insurance companies to pay for abortions.


28 posted on 12/04/2024 2:06:20 PM PST by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
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To: PGR88

Americans often have the best government money can buy.


29 posted on 12/04/2024 2:26:26 PM PST by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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To: Morgana

‘nyuck, nyuck, nyuck, nyuck ..’


30 posted on 12/04/2024 3:34:28 PM PST by A strike (death to taggers)
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To: Morgana

God loved him, just as much as each and everyone else, good and bad.

Nobody should kill like this.


31 posted on 12/04/2024 4:11:49 PM PST by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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