Megyn Kelly slammed admirers of accused UnitedHealthcare CEO shooter Luigi Mangione as “a–holes” and “cretins” on Tuesday – insisting she was “really over this nonsense” of these cheering on the Ivy League suspect.
The podcast host took fawning lefties of Mangione, 26, to job a day after he was arrested and later charged within the high-profile homicide of medical insurance govt Brian Thompson.
“Can I just say I’m really over this nonsense, this guy is not a hero at all,” Kelly mentioned on her present Tuesday. “We should not be lauding his good looks – which really aren’t existent – all over the internet.”
“These people are f–king sick,” she additionally mentioned throughout her monologue at the beginning of “The Megyn Kelly Show.”
The midtown Manhattan taking pictures sparked a days-long manhunt earlier than Mangione was noticed in a Pennsylvania McDonald’s and captured by authorities. He’s in custody in Keystone State as he fights extradition to New York.
However some have shamelessly celebrated Mangione and contributed 1000’s of {dollars} towards a web based fundraiser for his authorized protection.
Customers on X, TikTok and different on-line platforms have additionally fixated on his appears to be like – and there was even a lookalike contest for the alleged killer within the Large Apple over the weekend earlier than Mangione was caught.
“I’m so grossed out by this reaction to the murder of this insurance company CEO and it’s pretty widespread on the left how they are lionizing the alleged murderer,” the ex-Fox Information host mentioned.
She famous feedback from former Washington Publish journalist Taylor Lorenz who mentioned she felt “joy” following Thompson’s homicide and Bulwark’s Tim Miller who made a comment in regards to the alleged killer’s six-pack abs.
“This guy Brian Thompson has two boys … and their father was killed three weeks before Christmas and these a– holes are talking about how they want to sleep with the killer, how hot he is, what a hero he is for taking out the CEO of a company in an unpopular industry,” Kelly mentioned. “… Screw you for talking about his abs you disgusting cretins.”
Authorities are investigating whether or not a again harm suffered by Mangione in July 2023 sparked his alleged cold-blooded homicide, a police official mentioned Wednesday.
