Ted Cruz: Luigi Mangione’s views show ‘leftism is a mental disease’
Conservative Sen. Ted Cruz (Texas) on Monday pointed to what he called the “anti-capitalist” views of the 26-year-old man named as a person of interest in the investigation of the shooting death of a UnitedHealthcare executive to argue “leftism is a mental disease.”
Cruz linked to a New York Post story about the arrest of a person of interest in the shooting while condemning “leftists” who have voiced sympathy with the masked shooter or expressed satisfaction over the executive’s brutal killing in midtown Manhattan.
“Leftism is a mental disease,” Cruz wrote in a post on social platform X, saying the person arrested by police “subscribed to anti-capitalist and climate-change causes, according to law-enforcement,” quoting the New York Post story.
In his post, Cruz also wrote that the person who killed the UnitedHealthcare CEO “has been widely celebrated by leftists online. Tragic & sick.”
The killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has fueled a broader political debate after many people expressed sympathy with the suspect and frustrations with the health insurance industry on social media. Thompson was shot by an assailant outside a New York City hotel where UnitedHealthcare was to hold a conference.
Police on Monday announced the arrest of Luigi Mangione as a person of interest. He was arrested in Altoona, Pa., Monday morning and reportedly had a manifesto criticizing health care companies.
The health care executive’s killer left a message on some of the shell casings at the scene. The spent brass had the words “deny,” “delay” and “depose” inscribed on it, echoing the title of a 2010 book that’s critical of the health care industry.
Mangione was taken into custody but has not yet been charged in the killing.
| by Anonymous | reply 23 | December 10, 2024 6:43 AM
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We don't care about him, OP. We are moving back to entertainment and gay fun stories.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | December 10, 2024 4:15 AM
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Cruz is the most unfuckable man in America. Remember when Trump called his wife ugly? Then Cruz went and stuck his tongue up Trump's asshole and licked the ring. Cruz's wife should file for divorce.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | December 10, 2024 4:21 AM
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Fuck Ted Cruz. He's disgusting.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | December 10, 2024 4:24 AM
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How brave of Cruz to condemn the Rittenhouse supporters.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | December 10, 2024 4:33 AM
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The Dems need to get out in front of this.
A LOT of people are cheering for the killer. Dems need to shut that down.
Cruz is a douchenozzle, but he's smart enough to spot a potentially winning attack vector and capitalize on it for the benefit of the magats and rethugs.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | December 10, 2024 4:36 AM
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Like many Americans I have random fantasies about nailing Ted Cruz's head to the floor with a nail gun over and over, but it's not like I make it my entire personality.
I do have other interests.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | December 10, 2024 4:55 AM
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Let Luigi go and let him take Ted out!
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | December 10, 2024 4:58 AM
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Ted Cruz should read more. The shooter was not leftist. That was the initial assumption, but looking at his social media his views were right leaning in many ways.
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | December 10, 2024 4:58 AM
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Teddy sounds jealous of Trump's new BFF Elon, who infamously said his own trans daughter was "infected with the woke mind virus." Cancun Cruz is just parroting his bullshit.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | December 10, 2024 4:58 AM
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He can go fuck himself off and die.
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | December 10, 2024 5:02 AM
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[quote]A LOT of people are cheering for the killer. Dems need to shut that down.
And Democrats are liable for violent random online rhetoric exactly how?
I mean I know it's part of the game. The GOP screams bloody murder and blames liberals for every single cultural outrage which they're obligated to loudly denounce. Meanwhile the GOP isn't held responsible for shit.
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | December 10, 2024 5:03 AM
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Right wingers say he was a lefty, Lefties say he was right wing....can y'all make up your mind?
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | December 10, 2024 5:05 AM
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Like many people his views don't perfectly fit into one easily defined label r15. You can read through everything he put online yourself.
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | December 10, 2024 5:07 AM
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R16 oh I agree, I just laugh at both sides. Half are trying to claim him as his own, half trying to tag him as being from " the other side".
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | December 10, 2024 5:13 AM
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Ted Cruz getting elected once again is another reminder that TEXAS IS A STINKING SHITHOLE.
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | December 10, 2024 5:42 AM
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Just like I'd celebrate the killing of That opportunistic pos Cruz. I'll take my medication now.
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | December 10, 2024 5:54 AM
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It really is r18. The fact that a total ignorant troglodyte like Ted Cruz can win an election is such an indicator of the degradation of that state.
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | December 10, 2024 5:56 AM
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Blah blah blah, whatever. Just more projecting on the part of Republicans.
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | December 10, 2024 6:05 AM
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If Ted Cruz is not the Tasmanian Devil …. I don’t know who is. Stop with the just for men hair color on your head and beard . It hurts my eyes
| by Anonymous | reply 22 | December 10, 2024 6:20 AM
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