DHS secretary calls social media rhetoric following UnitedHealthcare CEO killing "extraordinarily alarming"
Source: CBS News
December 22, 2024 / 11:03 AM EST
Washington Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas called the social media rhetoric "extraordinarily alarming" that followed the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson earlier this month, warning of the risk of violent extremism it poses.
Mayorkas said in an interview that aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that he's "alarmed" by the "heroism that is being attributed to an alleged murderer of a father of two children on the streets in New York City," as the the insurance executive's killing in midtown Manhattan on Dec. 4 has prompted scattered celebration on social media and lionizing of the man charged in the deadly shooting.
"It speaks of what is really bubbling here in this country, and unfortunately we see that manifested in violence, the domestic violent extremism that exists," Mayorkas said.
Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old suspect, faces federal charges including murder. Investigators' working theory of the motive is animosity toward the health care industry. On social media, support for the suspect has materialized surrounding grievances toward perceived inequalities in the insurance and health care systems.
Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alejandro-mayorkas-brian-thompson-united-healthcare-ceo-killing-alarming/

area51
(12,235 posts)is our crappy insurance system, that our government is loath to change.
PatrickforB
(15,160 posts)ECONOMIC VIOLENCE on Americans for decades.
It is PAST TIME to get the profit motive the heck out of our healthcare.
IbogaProject
(4,042 posts)The super high prices from Big Pharma and the super consolidation of medical providers are another layer in this vomit cake that is our health care system.
Southern_gent
(97 posts)The ACA was a huge change to health insurance. Not only were preexisting conditions covered but it also capped the profit a health insurance company could make. It mandated essential services be covered. It changed a lot!
SunSeeker
(54,562 posts)And a lot of those threats, especially the right wing militias, aren't already arrested lone wolf actors like Luigi Mangione.
Ritabert
(882 posts)How many more indignities are we supposed to put up with? Trump/Musk threatening SS and Medicare. UHC and other insurance companies denying coverage.
NotHardly
(1,582 posts)Faux pas
(15,520 posts)Brian Thompson soft killing thousands and Mangionre shooting one? Thousands.
magicarpet
(17,575 posts)Mangione will likely get life in prison for sending one to an early grave,... and no huge monetary bonus.
riversedge
(74,211 posts)is an act of cruelty!! First he needs to be convicted by a jury.
Faux pas
(15,520 posts)crazy! Greed is the deadliest sin.
questionseverything
(10,436 posts)Because profit trumps all
What should alarm him is the hundreds of thousands that needlessly suffer every day because of bs insurance denials
They are so far above us in their ivory towers they are clueless
Voltaire2
(15,194 posts)Grokenstein
(5,895 posts)"Call forth the National Guard!!"
"Damn it, there was another school shooting."
"Oh, get over it. It's just the new normal. The price you pay for freedom. Focus!!"
Renew Deal
(83,502 posts)Between the Trump assassination attempt, Jan 6, and this. It seems like the door to change through violence has been pushed open, partially because so many people in power are unaccountable. These may be the first shots in a much bigger situation.
Think. Again.
(21,382 posts)...our elected officials better start paying attention to the needs of their constituents instead of the wants of lobbyists reaaaalll soon.
Hope22
(3,485 posts)sketchy, poorly orchestrated assassination attempts. That man milked that cow until it was just shy of dry. Just saying. We will never know. Hoping his survival will enable him to be held accountable for his crimes one day. There is always hope.
Think. Again.
(21,382 posts)Respond accordingly.
Buddyzbuddy
(324 posts)mzmolly
(51,893 posts)kills thousands of fathers, mothers and children in the US to make a buck for CEO's and stockholders.
What an out of touch response.
NotHardly
(1,582 posts)cstanleytech
(27,342 posts)yaesu
(8,546 posts)Orrex
(64,653 posts)An industry that rakes in huge profits through extortion and the suffering of hundreds of thousands of people? Yeah, what a shock that someone would decide to respond with aggression.
Linda ladeewolf
(645 posts)But then, Im not the CEO of a big company known for letting people die.
Jack Valentino
(1,629 posts)was someone who used their powers in ways that would harm others, and did---
rather than that another truly "random" person died,
who never had powers to harm anyone--- particularly CHILDREN!
LT Barclay
(2,818 posts)a long lost descendent of Marie Antionette.
truthisfreedom
(23,351 posts)Theyre simply denying a claim for sympathy thats out of theiremotional network.
Cobalt Violet
(9,952 posts)
Scrivener7
(53,894 posts)Owens
(412 posts)What was alarming was he did nothing after the CEO denied life-saving healthcare to thousands of people who paid their insurance and died because of the CEOs greed.