Congressional Democrats broadly denounced the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson Friday morning, after Republicans started accusing Sen. Elizabeth Warren of excusing violence.“No one's condoning this,” said Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.).
“Violence never is the right answer for anything. And it was a horrible murder, a tragic loss for his family.” Warren this week condemned the shooting, but added that people “can be pushed only so far.”"We'll say it over and over," Warren said on MSNBC’S “The ReidOut.” " Violence is never the answer. This guy [Luigi Mangione] gets a trial who's allegedly killed the CEO of UnitedHealth, but you can only push people so far, and then they start to take matters into their own hands."In a statement to POLITICO, Warren said, “Violence is never the answer. Period. I should have been much clearer that there is never a justification for murder.”
Top Republicans denounced Warren's comments and the walked-back rhetoric, with House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) calling it “inappropriate and dangerous.”Some House Democrats asked about the incident on Thursday pivoted the conversation to discuss policy options on health care or gun safety.“I don't really know that this is really a space that Congress normally weighs in on,” said Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas).
“But at the end of the day, I think it’s an opportunity, because now people are talking about health care and to talk about the fact that this industry has honestly not been as helpful as it could be.”“Violence is never the answer,” said Rep. Troy Carter (D-La.). “We know that there are people suffering, there’s great challenges in healthcare.
There's great challenges, and people have, in fact, been wronged, but a process of governance is the way to address that, not violence.”And Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) who denounced the murder, said the killer should be prosecuted and that “I do know that allegedly a ghost gun was used, and we should also ban ghost guns. There's no reason for them beyond the streets.”
Hey Senator Warren? Maybe you should've thought about these issues before you attacked Bernie with meaningless accusations of "misogyny"?
Remember that? You despicable, disgusting sssnake?
Bad leftist. We are practicing class solidarity and not practicing purity politics or holding grudges. We need to work together. What she said was good. That’s okay.
GFY.
You idiots may believe what this snake Warren says? But any clear thinking person knows this POS is nothing but a political opportunist. Without a shred of decency or morality.
This woman shook hands with Bloomberg.
And refused, refused, refused to shake Bernie Sanders hand.
I might agree with her message, but she has proven herself to be a clear-cut conservative sellout.
@6WKQTN2Centre-Right5mos5MO
The role that Elizabeth Warren has played in driving the Dems’ self-destructive tendencies an under-reported topic.
Not to mention a lot of the Dem staff embracing a lot of the left-wing activist speak has ties to Warren world.
@BoldChileRepublican5mos5MO
Would you be shocked if >60% of her constituents agreed with her? Yes, I think they know.
@RedistrictingNickThird Way5mos5MO
She didn’t get the memo a lot of Dems got: it isn’t 2020 anymore
@LobbyEmilyDemocrat5mos5MO
Maybe don’t use murder as opening for your political messaging and leave it at “answer”
“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…
But why not present same critique equally across the board?
We get served columns and political analysis demanding sympathy (we must listen to their grievances more!) for voters who choose candidates CAMPAIGNING on promised cruelty to certain groups of people
@OryxFredWomen’s Equality5mos5MO
I can think of another predatory industry that leaves customers with 6-figure debt for a product that does not allow them to make a living.
Higher education.
Should we start assassinating the deans?
@6RT37H7Social Equality5mos5MO
Really leaning into the “but” on this one in ways no Democrat has been comfortable doing. No, it is not inevitable that some weird rich kid assassinates an insurance CEO — what is this framing?
@WalrusTaylorRepublican5mos5MO
America has lots of problems, but if you’re going with “Of course that rich Ivy League grad in the richest country ever shot that CEO who was vaguely connected to his problems, he could only take so much before he snapped” then you truly could justify anything anytime against anyone and come up with some vague post hoc capitalism explanation
@PollingBrettForward5mos5MO
But when the Tea Party says it about a guy who flies a plane into an IRS building in Austin it’ becomes a big media story about “frustration over government spending”
Y’all made this bed and now you gotta lie in it
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