The Left is in a Murderous Mood

When the murder of healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, I expected there would be a few Antifa sickos who would be cheering him on. What I didn’t expect is how widespread that sentiment would be. It’s not just weirdos like Taylor Lorenz who are saying this it’s lots of people on the left. Many of them are trying to make this guy into a folk hero. He’s being called The Adjuster by fans on TikTok. And people are eagerly raising money for his legal defense.

Supporters started a GiveSendGo page to raise funds to cover his legal fees after GoFundMe took down pages set up for him.

Hundreds of donors have so far raised over $35,000 for the accused killer and even sent messages calling him a hero. 

Actually, as I look at it now, they fundraising total is up over $48,000. People are leaving messages like these:

• Luigi brave American hero. Thank you Luigi. We love you Luigi.
• America is behind you, Luigi, you absolutely deserve the best legal representation money can buy.
• Thank you for standing up to the evil oligarchs and plutocrats that control our country and control both political parties. Sadly so many of us feel helpless to enact change in this evil corporatocracy
• Free The Adjuster!
• He is a national hero! We love your courage for being a true Martyr. You are not alone brother!
• The wealthy and privileged should be made to feel a little nervous at all times. Thank you sir, for doing your part.
• Desperate times call for desperate measures. Thank you for your sacrifice, for fighting our battles. Stay strong, you are not alone.
• Hero.
• Luigi is a national hero, and Biden should pardon him and give him the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
• What is worth more than money or gold? Luigi Mangione. A hero of our time.
• Doing the right thing in this world is hard. It takes a special kind of person to sacrifice their freedom for the wellbeing of others. Salutations to you buddy 👍👍
• Innocent
• thank you for your service to our country
• Deny. Defend. Depose.
• Luigi is excising justice in an extreme way. Yet he set a line for all other CEOs to have a fear.
• Thank you Luigi for the courage to do what’s right!
• I can has more dead CEOs?
• This is but the beginning of a revolution that has been a long time in coming. Its up all of us to pick up the torch and carry it forward.

I could go on and on but you get the idea. Lots of these people see this as the start of a revolution. They are cheering for more blood. A political science professor told the AP this isn’t just support for vigilantism, it’s support for domestic terrorism.

Regina Bateson, an assistant political science professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder, has studied vigilantism, the term to which Shapiro alluded. She doesn’t see this case as a good fit for the word, she says, because the victim wasn’t linked to any specific crime or offense. As she sees it, it’s more akin to domestic terrorism.

But Bateson views the threats against election workers, prosecutors and judges ticking up — plus the assassination attempts against President-elect Donald Trump this past summer — as possible signs that personal grievances or political agendas could erupt. “Americans are voicing more support for — or at least understanding of — political violence,” she said.

This is part of a trend. There were two assassination attempts against president-elect Trump. And there were other death threats which resulted in people being arrested. Then there were a series of threats aimed at people selected to be part of Trump’s cabinet. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene received a bomb threat just this week.

Elon Musk, not surprisingly, saw a spike in death threats against him this year. 

Dangerous times ahead.

Two people (separate occasions) have already tried to kill me in the past 8 months. They were arrested with guns about 20 mins drive from Tesla HQ in Texas.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 14, 2024

I’m going to come right out and say it. I think the left’s fanboy response to a cold-blooded murder in New York is part of a larger desire for murderous action that seems to be growing. In 2016, the left lost the presidential election but they were full of fight and spite and determined to take Trump down with protests, with investigations and with lawfare. This year there’s a lot less fight and a lot more dejection and some seem to see violence as the only way to fix this problem. They are supporting it and organizing themselves around it. 

Simply put, one way to ensure there are more assassinations is to set up a social reward for carrying them out. That’s what the left is doing right now. It’s not just about Luigi Mangione. It’s about setting the stage for more people like him.

Update: Not since OJ Simpson has a murderer had this much merch.

As of Tuesday, thegoodshirts.com is selling a $29 black T-shirt featuring a collage of photos of Mangione surrounded by bullets that appear to be engraved with “Deny, Defend, Depose” — the words police say were written on the casings of the bullets that killed Thompson and that echo a phrase insurers use to avoid paying claims. You can find more T-shirts, hoodies, and stickers featuring the slogan “Deny, Defend, Depose” all over Etsy. Over on Sivelos, a different shirt takes a culture buff’s approach, referencing Mangione’s Italian American heritage via a memorable line from The Sopranos: “IN THIS HOUSE LUIGI MANGIONE IS A HERO, END OF STORY.” Tee Shirt Palace allows customers to deck their furry friends out in Mangione paraphernalia by way of a “FREE LUIGI” doggie bandana emblazoned with the alleged assassin’s face, or to buy a red wearable blanket with the same design