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BumRushDaShow

(144,170 posts)
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 02:30 PM Sunday

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/

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DHS secretary calls social media rhetoric following UnitedHealthcare CEO killing "extraordinarily alarming" (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Sunday OP
What's really alarming area51 Sunday #1
You've got that right. These healthcare insurance Wall Street asshats have been perpetrating PatrickforB Sunday #18
Don't forget the medical practice corps IbogaProject Monday #23
It has changed Southern_gent Monday #31
I would imagine the Homeland Security Secretary has a lot of things he's alarmed about. SunSeeker Sunday #2
He's just alarmed that people have had enough Ritabert Sunday #3
If they're paying attention, they all should be alarmed,... a beast awakens NotHardly Sunday #4
What's the difference between Faux pas Sunday #5
Thompson got a huge financial bonus for his efforts to push thousands into an early grave. magicarpet Sunday #7
Mangione deserves life in prison without parole!-- I would add hard labor. Shooting someone in the back riversedge Monday #26
All of this is Faux pas Monday #30
What should alarm him is how many have died since then of treatable disease questionseverything Sunday #6
I am just *slightly* more alarmed at the endless violent terrorist attacks against school children. nt. Voltaire2 Sunday #8
"Oh no! The peasants are fingering their pitchforks!!" Grokenstein Sunday #9
He's partially right. It's a troubling trend. Renew Deal Sunday #10
I agree... Think. Again. Sunday #11
TSF will be remembered for maximizing political gain from surviving Hope22 Monday #25
Yes, Secretary Mayorkas, alarms are warnings. Think. Again. Sunday #12
Tik, tock, tick, tock Buddyzbuddy Sunday #13
It's also alarming that the insurance industry mzmolly Sunday #14
Guy kills rich guy terrorist Guy kills multiple black partitioners ...crickets. NotHardly Sunday #15
Well... what do you expect would happen when companies like UHC make decisions that end up hurting or killing people? cstanleytech Sunday #16
well, i call rich elitists getting away with crime in this shithole country "extraordinarily alarming". nt yaesu Sunday #17
Don't know how "alarming" it is, but Mayorkas can't pretend that it's surprising Orrex Sunday #19
I'm not worried about being assassinated Linda ladeewolf Sunday #20
I was not particularly alarmed that the target of a random shooting Jack Valentino Sunday #21
In related news, genetic testing has shown that Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is LT Barclay Sunday #22
People aren't "celebrating" an assassination. truthisfreedom Monday #24
Imagine their alarm when the jury is hung. Cobalt Violet Monday #27
And what will they do with their alarm? Scrivener7 Monday #28
Alarming? Owens Monday #29

area51

(12,186 posts)
1. What's really alarming
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 02:41 PM
Sunday

is our crappy insurance system, that our government is loath to change.

PatrickforB

(15,126 posts)
18. You've got that right. These healthcare insurance Wall Street asshats have been perpetrating
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 08:39 PM
Sunday

ECONOMIC VIOLENCE on Americans for decades.

It is PAST TIME to get the profit motive the heck out of our healthcare.

IbogaProject

(3,771 posts)
23. Don't forget the medical practice corps
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 12:07 AM
Monday

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

(6 posts)
31. It has changed
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 12:18 PM
Monday

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

(54,044 posts)
2. I would imagine the Homeland Security Secretary has a lot of things he's alarmed about.
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 02:41 PM
Sunday

And a lot of those threats, especially the right wing militias, aren't already arrested lone wolf actors like Luigi Mangione.

Ritabert

(756 posts)
3. He's just alarmed that people have had enough
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 02:48 PM
Sunday

How many more indignities are we supposed to put up with? Trump/Musk threatening SS and Medicare. UHC and other insurance companies denying coverage.

Faux pas

(15,421 posts)
5. What's the difference between
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 03:09 PM
Sunday

Brian Thompson soft killing thousands and Mangionre shooting one? Thousands.

magicarpet

(16,935 posts)
7. Thompson got a huge financial bonus for his efforts to push thousands into an early grave.
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 03:21 PM
Sunday

Mangione will likely get life in prison for sending one to an early grave,... and no huge monetary bonus.

riversedge

(73,403 posts)
26. Mangione deserves life in prison without parole!-- I would add hard labor. Shooting someone in the back
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 06:58 AM
Monday

is an act of cruelty!! First he needs to be convicted by a jury.

questionseverything

(10,297 posts)
6. What should alarm him is how many have died since then of treatable disease
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 03:13 PM
Sunday

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

(14,868 posts)
8. I am just *slightly* more alarmed at the endless violent terrorist attacks against school children. nt.
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 03:29 PM
Sunday

Grokenstein

(5,858 posts)
9. "Oh no! The peasants are fingering their pitchforks!!"
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 03:36 PM
Sunday

"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

(83,064 posts)
10. He's partially right. It's a troubling trend.
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 03:37 PM
Sunday

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.

(19,027 posts)
11. I agree...
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 03:54 PM
Sunday

...our elected officials better start paying attention to the needs of their constituents instead of the wants of lobbyists reaaaalll soon.

Hope22

(3,098 posts)
25. TSF will be remembered for maximizing political gain from surviving
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 06:42 AM
Monday

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.

mzmolly

(51,718 posts)
14. It's also alarming that the insurance industry
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 05:57 PM
Sunday

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.

cstanleytech

(27,174 posts)
16. Well... what do you expect would happen when companies like UHC make decisions that end up hurting or killing people?
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 07:53 PM
Sunday

yaesu

(8,354 posts)
17. well, i call rich elitists getting away with crime in this shithole country "extraordinarily alarming". nt
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 08:12 PM
Sunday

Orrex

(64,323 posts)
19. Don't know how "alarming" it is, but Mayorkas can't pretend that it's surprising
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 11:42 PM
Sunday

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

(487 posts)
20. I'm not worried about being assassinated
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 11:47 PM
Sunday

But then, I’m not the CEO of a big company known for letting people die.

Jack Valentino

(1,510 posts)
21. I was not particularly alarmed that the target of a random shooting
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 11:48 PM
Sunday

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

(2,773 posts)
22. In related news, genetic testing has shown that Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 11:56 PM
Sunday

a long lost descendent of Marie Antionette.

truthisfreedom

(23,328 posts)
24. People aren't "celebrating" an assassination.
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 01:04 AM
Monday

They’re simply “denying a claim” for sympathy that’s “out of their”emotional “network.”

Owens

(352 posts)
29. Alarming?
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 09:31 AM
Monday

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.

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