Luigi Mangione's 'fangirls' are 'not me': Taylor Lorenz clarifies feedback

[ad_1] Former New York Occasions reporter Taylor Lorenz stated her feedback about alleged UnitedHealthcare CEO murderer Luigi Mangione weren’t about her protection of him however concerning the mentality of his supporters.

Lorenz spoke with Fox Information host Sean Hannity Wednesday in an interview the place she tried to make clear remarks she made about Mangione and his attraction to Individuals upset with the healthcare system.

"What I am describing, and for those who watch the total section, not simply the clip, you will see that I am simply describing the mentality of these fangirls [who] present up exterior Luigi's courtroom and present up exterior his jail cell," stated Lorenz. "These women are usually not me, OK? We have now very separate perception programs. However I used to be describing how they consider."

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Luigi Magnione: Arrested for alleged forgery, firearms to not be carried and not using a license, tampering with information or identification, possessing devices of a criminal offense and false identification to regulation enforcement authorities in Altoona, Pennsylvania on December 9, 2024. (Pennsylvania Division of Corrections)

The previous Washington Submit columnist instructed CNN's Donie O’Sullivan final week about Mangione’s help amongst girls, arguing he’s a "revolutionary, who's well-known, who’s good-looking, who’s younger, who’s sensible."

"He’s an individual who looks as if he’s this morally good man, which is difficult to search out," Lorenz stated.

Brian Thompson, the healthcare executive who was gunned down in midtown Manhattan in December, was a 50-year-old father of two.

He'd been on the job for practically 4 years earlier than he was assassinated exterior the New York Hilton.

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Bugged composite for Luigi Mangione with inset of Brian Thompson

Hannity requested Lorenz if she would agree that anybody who praises Mangione lacks "a soul, a conscience and a coronary heart."

"Properly, what I'll say, Sean, as soon as once more, is that I consider in free speech. I do not consider in issues like, you realize, spiritual issues like souls and all of these items," she answered.

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"If you cannot have sympathy for a useless father and husband, do you lack a conscience, a soul and a heart? That is a easy query. You are a sensible girl," Hannity responded.

Lorenz reiterated the challenges inside the U.S. healthcare system, citing practically 70,000 Individuals dying annually because of a scarcity of medical health insurance.

"You wish to discuss concerning the assassination of harmless individuals? I consider that the tens of hundreds of Individuals [who] die annually due to the shortage of medical health insurance. That's, to me, a violence in itself. That's assassination," the Substack author defined.

Hannity requested Lorenz one closing time if she condemns Mangione’s supporters and the individuals who reward him for allegedly murdering Thompson.

"The individuals [who] are exhibiting up exterior to help Luigi, they're exercising their proper to speech. They're speaking about the truth that over 320,000 individuals died from [a] lack of medical health insurance within the first two years of the pandemic alone," she stated.

"There are main issues we have to acknowledge if we ever wish to repair our system. We have now a violent, violent healthcare system, Sean, and it wants reform. And that is what we ought to be specializing in."

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U.S. Lawyer Basic Pam Bondi introduced in early April that she was directing federal prosecutors to hunt the demise penalty in Mangione’s case.

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He faces prices of utilizing a firearm to commit homicide, interstate stalking leading to demise, stalking by means of use of interstate amenities leading to demise, and one rely of discharging a firearm that was outfitted with a silencer in furtherance of a criminal offense of violence, according to a press release from the Division of Justice.