One of the co-hosts of ABC’s “The View” suggested on Friday that jokes about the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson show Americans’ frustration with the healthcare system.
Following the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in midtown Manhattan on Wednesday, some far-left journalists and social media users were quick to offer celebratory, mocking or sneering reactions to his shocking death.
Former Washington Post reporter Taylor Lorenz was among the most prominent voices, writing a post titled “Why ‘we’ want insurance executives dead,” doubling down on her many social media posts seeming to celebrate and justify Thompson’s murder.
Co-hosts of “The View” expressed their shock about the murder, but some argued these responses were not a surprise.
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“You know, I think what has shocked me the most is the anger that is being reflected against this man, who is a father and a husband, who was murdered,” co-host Sunny Hostin said.
“I mean, I was …