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What O’Sullivan and Lorenz failed to reckon with is that the man arrested for the brutal street killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson is a left-wing activist named Luigi Mangione.
In the segment, Lorenz bizarrely suggested that Mangione’s actions were an expression of frustration with the American healthcare system. But it didn’t stop there—she went on to describe Mangione in glowing terms that many found disturbingly romanticized.
“So, you’re going to see women, especially, that feel like, ‘Oh my god, right?’ Like, here’s this man who’s revolutionary, who’s famous, who’s handsome, who’s young, who’s smart,” Lorenz stated.
Hannity: “Your Comments Basically Put Your Seal of Approval on Murder”
When Hannity brought Lorenz onto his show to confront her about the remarks, things got tense fast. The longtime Fox News host was visibly disturbed by the way Lorenz described Mangione—an accused murderer—as some sort of folk hero.
“Try to explain this to me. You feel joy, those are your words. You felt joy over the murder of this father?” Hannity pressed.
Lorenz immediately backtracked, denying that she had expressed joy over Thompson’s death.
“Let me just be extra clear. Never did I say that I felt joy in his death,” she replied.
She then tried to reframe her earlier comments, claiming her joy was directed at the fact that the failings of the healthcare system were finally being exposed to a national audience.
“I said very explicitly, if you play the full segment – and actually people can watch that segment on my YouTube in full, not the edited version that Piers [Morgan] showed – I said that I felt joy along with millions of other Americans that the brutality of our healthcare system was finally being acknowledged. I believe that our current system is murderous, right? I mean, we have uninsured Americans with a 40% higher risk of death compared to insured,” Lorenz added.
The Line Between Advocacy and Apology for Violence
Hannity, however, wasn’t buying the spin. He reminded Lorenz that the issue at hand was not a debate on healthcare reform, but the glorification of a man accused of cold-blooded murder.
“Alright, Taylor, we can talk about healthcare all night, but that’s not the topic. Taylor, that’s not the topic. I don’t like the healthcare system either and a lot of people have experienced frustration like you are saying. That to me is separate and apart from the debate of praising, calling ‘handsome,’ ‘smart,’ ‘intelligent,’ and being joyful over the death and assassination of innocent people, and that’s what your comments did,” Hannity said.
He ended the segment with a sobering point—reminding Lorenz and viewers alike that the victim, Brian Thompson, wasn’t just a CEO. He was a husband and a father whose family will never see him again.
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“Your comments basically put your seal of approval on murder and assassination, and I’m trying to understand, whether you like this guy or like the way he does business or not, you’re advocating and putting a smiley face on assassination, and I’m trying to understand what is in your soul that doesn’t understand he’s a father and a husband here,” Hannity concluded.
A Chilling Glimpse Into Media’s Moral Decline
This disturbing episode underscores just how far some media figures are willing to go to make a political point—even if it means glorifying a violent act and excusing the murder of an innocent man. While Lorenz attempted to pivot the narrative, her original words painted a chilling portrait of moral confusion and misplaced sympathy.
Americans across the political spectrum should take note: when “journalists” begin praising killers as revolutionaries, something has gone deeply wrong in the national conversation.
