The brutal murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shocking enough—a brazen, targeted attack in the heart of New York City. Thompson, a father, husband, and respected figure, was shot in the back in broad daylight as he walked to a Hilton hotel for his company’s annual investor meeting. Yet, in a display of jaw-dropping insensitivity, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) chose to use this tragedy as a soapbox to rant about the healthcare system instead of unequivocally condemning the violence.
AOC’s comments, made during an interview with CBS News, attempted to rationalize the despicable act. “People interpret and feel and experience denied claims as an act of violence against them,” she said, as if trying to justify why anyone might celebrate this cold-blooded murder. Let that sink in. Instead of rallying against the heinous nature of Thompson’s killing, AOC sensationalized the frustrations people feel with the healthcare system to explain away their lack of sympathy for the victim.
This isn’t leadership—it’s a dangerous and disgraceful abdication of moral responsibility.
A Family Shattered, A Community in Mourning
Brian Thompson wasn’t just a CEO; he was a human being with a family who loved him. His wife, Paulette, revealed that he had received threats leading up to the attack. Thompson’s senseless death has left his family and friends grappling with grief and a community shaken by the audacity of such violence.
Yet instead of standing with the grieving or calling for unity against violence, AOC decided to push a narrative that inflames division. Her rhetoric essentially gave a wink and a nod to those who believe that such acts of violence are an acceptable outlet for frustration.
Sensationalizing a Killer: What About the Victim?
The accused shooter, Luigi Mangione, has been revealed as an Ivy League graduate from a wealthy Maryland family who allegedly harbored a vendetta against the healthcare industry. Arrested after a five-day manhunt, Mangione was found with a manifesto accusing health insurance companies of greed. His arrest was met with online fanfare from sick supporters who hailed him as some kind of hero.
But instead of condemning these twisted displays, AOC’s comments inadvertently fuel them. How does a sitting member of Congress think it’s appropriate to talk about denied insurance claims when a man has just been gunned down? Where is her empathy for the victim’s family?
This isn’t just tone-deaf; it’s grotesque.
AOC’s Dangerous Pattern of Excuses
This is far from the first time AOC has displayed such reckless rhetoric. From her refusal to denounce Antifa violence to her laughable claims about border patrol agents “whipping” migrants, AOC has made a career out of stoking outrage while sidestepping accountability.
Her comments in this case aren’t just politically calculated—they’re dangerous. By shifting focus away from the crime and onto systemic issues, she’s giving tacit approval to those who see violence as a justifiable means to an end.
It’s time to hold her accountable.
Why New Yorkers Deserve Better
New York City has seen enough violence. From subway shovings to daylight shootings, the city is plagued by a growing sense of lawlessness. What it needs are leaders who are willing to take a hard stance against violence, not excuse it.
AOC, however, continues to demonstrate that she is not that leader. Her inability to unequivocally condemn this heinous crime proves she is more interested in pushing her ideological agenda than protecting her constituents.
New Yorkers deserve better. They deserve leaders who stand for justice, not for excuses. It’s time for voters to wake up and send AOC packing. Her dangerous rhetoric has no place in Congress, let alone in one of the greatest cities in the world.
Final Thoughts
Violence is never the answer. Full stop. Rationalizing it in any form, as AOC has done here, only deepens societal divides and undermines the basic principles of justice and accountability. Brian Thompson’s murder was a tragedy, and his family deserves our sympathy and support—not political grandstanding from a tone-deaf politician.
It’s time to hold AOC accountable for her reckless rhetoric. New York deserves leaders who will condemn violence in all its forms—not excuse it.
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I suspect a lot of people are frustrated with politicians! Wonder if should would agree with people acting upon their frustrations!
By her own logic or illogic views that would mean it’s ok for taxpayers to do the same to politicians if they are tired of their tax dollars being wasted on ill gals or other countries borders or financially supporting others military!!!! It is very frustrating for some to work 40-50 years of their lives only to collect 800-1000$ a month!!! Then see illegals put up in 5 star hotels have their medical paid for and given 3000$ a month to be here ILLEGALLY!!!!! So AOC you stupid illogical idiot the senseless MURDER of a human being has NO justification!!! NONE!!! How long can the morons keep supporting this kind of crooked thinking to keep voting her in!!!!
She has NO place in the position she is in. We have heard enough of her garbage.
She needs to be taken to her last place of emplyment ( the bar ) and dropped
off! Bar room brawl attitude. She is one of the sorriest goverment rept’s in the
country. She has been a thorn tn the side from the start. Trouble Marker is her
label. She has a loud mouth and always speaks trash. She should never, never,
ever serve in the job she has disgraced. No committee asignments no position
of importance or influence…a total loser and needs to be shown the door for good!!
Vote her OUT! Not Back to the Future for her just back to the PAST ( bar-room )
AMEN!!!!!
Yeah, I’m sick and tired and frustrated with hearing AOC and her STUPID interjections upon society, but that doesn’t mean I want to kill her. AOC just needs to be removed from her post immediately! She is a raving lunatic!!!
Learn to stay quiet AOC. We don’t care what you think.
I despise AOC but she is absolutely right this time. Luigi has cast a bright lite on the abuses the so called Heath industry is perpetrating on Americans. I cant think of any other way this huge Health Care scam could have been uncovered. Not all heroes wear capes, some wear backpacks.
How does this complete imbecile remember to breathe? New York must have more cretins per square mile than any place in the United States. Crooked judges, malicious prosecutors and brain dead politicians are cranked out like sewer rats on an assembly line, while thinking is replaced by farting and scratching their balls. New Yawk, where decency goes to die.
That woman is an imbecile and only plays to the far leftist/liberal imbeciles!
Gawd I hope she goes down to defeat in the next election. She is worthless!
It is hard to believe that an idiot like this is serving in Congress ………
It wanted to destroy the country, and doing a dam# good job at it with its cohorts in “The Squad”. It bamboozled everyone by trying to invalidate votes that were cast for other candidates. It deserves to be a street sweeper in Queens( with a push broom and dust pan)
Her and those like her have limited days ahead, they are about to be replaced by those with brain cells. AOC is part of the ” Squad ” that seem to be protected by those unseen but what AOC forgets is she will lose her supplied personal protection once they (the squad ) leave office, AOC will return to being a bar rag and two will become goat tenders while the last will just go insane and fade into obscurity…the Squad is anti American and should be treated as terrorists of the country and just waste the air our trees suppy… every time one of them speaks they release more Methane than all our cows combined.
This trashy woman is about 110 pounds of crap! Treat her as such.
Complete Moron! This is what encapsulates the entire Democrat Party today in America. All of the evils that have and continue to plague this country are directly due to the years of insane and destructive policies of the left. The Democrat Party has been the most evil and destructive force in American History, from slavery, the KKK,. Jim Crow and Bull Connor, attacking religion, destroying our public education system, the destruction of family, fatherlessness in the black community, abortion, to DEI and the transgender movement, it seems the more insane and bizarre the behavior and ideas they seem to be more emboldened, even though the majority of Americans reject this Un-American agenda.
You could blame those who voted for aoc.