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(144,199 posts) Wed Dec 11, 2024, 03:15 PM Dec 11

'This is a Warning': Elizabeth Warren Says CEO Murder a Message That People Can Only 'Be Pushed So Far' [View all]

Source: MEDIAite

Dec 11th, 2024, 10:11 am

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) condemned the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, but also said the killing and “visceral” response to it should serve as a warning about an industry that is failing Americans on Tuesday.

“The visceral response from people across this country who feel cheated, ripped off, and threatened by the vile practices of their insurance companies should be a warning to everyone in the health care system,” Warren told The Huffington Post on Tuesday when discussing those who have actually rallied behind Thompson’s suspected killer, 26-year-old Luigi Mangione.

While the senator stressed that violence is “never the answer,” she also warned that people can only “be pushed so far.”

“Violence is never the answer, but people can be pushed only so far,” she said. “This is a warning that if you push people hard enough, they lose faith in the ability of their government to make change, lose faith in the ability of the people who are providing the health care to make change, and start to take matters into their own hands in ways that will ultimately be a threat to everyone.”

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/politics/this-is-a-warning-elizabeth-warren-says-ceo-murder-a-message-that-people-can-only-be-pushed-so-far/

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'This is a Warning': Elizabeth Warren Says CEO Murder a Message That People Can Only 'Be Pushed So Far' [View all] BumRushDaShow Dec 11 OP

Besides the fact that violence is routinely considered the answer al bupp Dec 11 #1

It is the answer of last resort. The Grand Illuminist Dec 11 #9

Are you suggesting that murdering people is an option ? CentralMass Dec 12 #56

If you could travel back in time to kill Hitler to stop him from murdering people in the concentration camps would you? cstanleytech Dec 12 #57

This message was self-deleted by its author cstanleytech Dec 12 #58

Knowing what we know now, The Madcap Dec 12 #76

Learn about Leon Czolgosz The Grand Illuminist Dec 12 #61

It was a yes or no question. CentralMass Dec 12 #70

My way of saying... The Grand Illuminist Dec 12 #72

And the additional facts that dump & co have repeatedly publicly called for violence. Clouds Passing Dec 11 #12

'Krista Monroe, a former UnitedHealthcare employee who says she worked under CEO Brian Thompson elleng Dec 11 #2

K&R. Evolve Dammit Dec 11 #4

Note To Elleng Baron2024 Dec 11 #44

Thanks, I agree. Have posted it several times, elleng Dec 11 #45

Cool Baron2024 Dec 11 #46

+1 dalton99a Dec 11 #49

Thanks. riversedge Dec 12 #53

Thanks elleng for your post. Emile Dec 12 #63

When the poor get hungry...... multigraincracker Dec 11 #3

I think my imaginary company ("Pitchforks 'R' Us") will probably Buns_of_Fire Dec 11 #5

You clean one of those things Jerry2144 Dec 11 #8

Yup, then camp out on their lawns and swim in their pools. Magoo48 Dec 11 #34

'the secret is in the sauce'... Jack Valentino Dec 11 #39

Anyone see AARP chime in on this? After all UHC is their "chosen one" for a healthcare org..has been for years and years Bengus81 Dec 11 #6

I would like to know how much UHC Demobrat Dec 11 #13

She speaks the truth. Elessar Zappa Dec 11 #7

Is it okay when she says it? Demobrat Dec 11 #10

'when she says' what? speak easy Dec 11 #18

What she said in the article. Demobrat Dec 11 #22

Which is? speak easy Dec 11 #23

I am sure you can read Demobrat Dec 11 #24

Quote something, speak easy Dec 11 #25

um ... ? speak easy Dec 11 #26

Here you go Cirsium Dec 11 #27

And that is not OK to say, speak easy Dec 11 #29

I think it is OK Cirsium Dec 11 #36

I think a closer perusal of the posts you refer to vs Warren's language, there's a subtle yet significant distinction elias7 Dec 12 #50

Double standard? Cirsium Dec 12 #52

I stand with Warren and the Persisterhood. berniesandersmittens Dec 11 #11

Yes. She is not afraid, has never been afraid, Demobrat Dec 11 #14

Good thing she isn't on DU Cirsium Dec 11 #15

I don't think she crossed that line n/t Lulu KC Dec 11 #30

Sad but true harun Dec 12 #75

The Senator is right as usual. Buddyzbuddy Dec 11 #16

But apparently, Senators and Congressmen just let shit slide in deference to Motherfucker Aviation Pro Dec 11 #17

In a sane world! Violence is never the answer! Aussie105 Dec 11 #19

She didn't justify the murder; she correctly analyzed the reason for it. cer7711 Dec 11 #20

That she did. Aussie105 Dec 11 #21

She didn't go so far as to justify the shooting but is rebroadcasting the message of the shooter in a way. nt Shermann Dec 11 #31

She knows how to say it just right Lulu KC Dec 11 #28

"People can only be pushed so far",is so true Omnipresent Dec 11 #32

They won't. Demobrat Dec 11 #35

Their lives would be too much to lose. Omnipresent Dec 12 #66

Is universal health care so hard to do? Aussie105 Dec 11 #33

"Why is it so hard in the USA?" BumRushDaShow Dec 11 #37

Insurance companies are a powerful lobby. Demobrat Dec 11 #38

Of course BumRushDaShow Dec 11 #41

No. That wouldn't help the guys at the top Demobrat Dec 11 #42

Exactly BumRushDaShow Dec 11 #43

What would Steppenwolf say about these addictive and/or expensive pill pushers? GreenWave Dec 11 #40

Steppenwolf didn't say that Minnie the Hoosier Dec 12 #51

Funny thing is the Steppenwolf version was released before Axton's. johnp3907 Dec 12 #54

The words were still Axton's, not Kay's Minnie the Hoosier Dec 12 #55

Here they are: (Perhaps not first) GreenWave Dec 12 #62

I have to believe Hoyt Axton made more money on song writing royalties from.... Brother Buzz Dec 12 #71

K&R orangecrush Dec 11 #47

This message was self-deleted by its author dalton99a Dec 11 #48

How many here would be willing to kill Hitler if they could to prevent him from murdering millions in the camps? cstanleytech Dec 12 #59

The tricky thing about that is sindri Dec 12 #65

Oh, I know and I'm honestly not advocating for or even in support of killing ultra wealthy assholes. cstanleytech Dec 12 #68

Let's just say . . . Aussie105 Dec 12 #60

Hmm... bdamomma Dec 12 #64

Would "people can be pushed only so far" refer to constituents of people in Congress ? MichMan Dec 12 #73

Sure bdamomma Dec 12 #77

K&R ReRe Dec 12 #67

Seriously irresponsible statement from a U.S. Senator. If this is a direct quote. msfiddlestix Dec 12 #69

We're tired of mass media fearmongering. Initech Dec 12 #74

We fearmonger just fine by ourselves without the help of the MSM MichMan Dec 12 #78