Liberal Redneck - The Apparent Capture of the CEO Assassin

[@TraeCrowderLiberalRedneck]

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[@rickraymo1319]

Love you like unfeathered.

[@JIM-xf4om]

Trump is the man, the myth, the legend.....................

[@chriskelly6559]

As always, thanx for your absolutely correct diagnosis of the situation, love ya like....

[@teilastorga9203]

Funniest part the guy who turned him in won't reward. Why? He call 911 and not crime stoppers. Lol

[@julielh5193]

Pleas do a show in NE Florida or SE Georgia!

[@doktortutankamazon31]

John F. Kennedy said, “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable”.

[@kingseyes3717]

1000%!!!!

[@kiarablack5349]

​@@chrisn8657 Democrats are also bought by corporate donors. They look the other way while the rest of us suffer.

[@jeffthuss5613]

Yup... and that ALWAYS happens whenever your society has obscene levels of income disparity

[@Roberta-q1q]

@@doktortutankamazon31 and someone(s) gave him a preemptive demonstration!

[@AdamHennebeck]

I can only think of France and I think this is our "Let them eat cake."

[@Jesse-v7h]

This is getting more coverage than what United Healthcare has ever provided.

[@fishrowe420]

I see... I see what you did there...

[@ClarityDetermination]

Good point

[@Hart-Strings]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@emills767]

cha-ching!

[@krismodrow3993]

😂

[@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633]

Thanks for mentioning Ronnie Reagan. The rot started with him.

[@novampires223]

Leeja Miller says Reagan Ruined everything... has a shirt that says it.. I remember those years... he did ruin everything.

[@LittleRockVol]

Amen!

[@xethier]

The rot started as a response to FDRs policies in the wake of the great depression. The rich assholes that caused it didn't like the laws and policies that fixed it. Accelerated by Nixon and lit on fire by Reagan. This slide has been ongoing since before most people on this planet began breathing.

[@twinkletoes56]

Oh yeah!

[@cleatusbarncoat8642]

…which means Nancy.

[@cynhanrahan4012]

My universal health care covered European friends have called this event "An American solution to an American problem." Yep. Exactly.

[@Heartofitall9691]

Yup. Glad it was a gun. A 3D printed gun. The irony. Guess they'll make more jobs in America by hiring more and more private security bc they are all afraid of walking out their doors

[@Dave1Claudius]

My family in UK says the health system there sucks. I have a friend in Canada says hell no it sucks.

[@Trenchant468]

@@Dave1ClaudiusThey think it sucks, but they’re not uninsured, or incurring huge debts, or for that matter unable to seek care elsewhere or add private insurance should they wish.

[@Atomwaffen-y3s]

Their health care was sponsored by the United States military, which gave them security so they could afford health care.

[@Emma88178]

​@@Dave1Claudiusit's still significantly much better than the one in the US.

[@jennifergridley8111]

My husband had cancer 13 years ago. Our insurance canceled us. His boss decided his chemo would be an inconvenience and fired him. We lost our home and our car. We were at the very bottom of hell. We won though. We found a home provided by friends. My husband is cancer free and alive!! No matter how hard they try, don't let them beat you. Give them hell for as long as you can. And I truly hope every CEO and person in powerful positions everywhere, spends every single minute looking over their shoulder and never has another restful night's sleep unless they bring about enormous change!! Love y'all ❤️ love you Trae ❤

[@debmc2291]

How awful for that company to fire your husband and for your insurance to cancel you. I'm so glad things are looking up for you. I'm with you on the CEOs looking over their shoulders. Take care!

[@peneloperoberts303]

@@debmc2291. Don’t you mean “how american…”?

[@generalputnam2990]

Brava. We're with you, Ma'am. Sending you both the best.

[@FireSilver25]

Glad you had a happy ending. ❤

[@jennifergridley8111]

​@generalputnam2990 thank you 😊

[@Jesse-v7h]

He is right about the healthcare statistics; our country is criminal for not providing healthcare to its citizens.

[@SusanWelch-ms9hg]

That is bad enough. Add to it they bankrupt us in the process of not getting good healthcare

[@todmacdonald6277]

As a Canadian from what I hear about your system it is all about profit

[@tombrown4683]

​@todmacdonald6277 you heard the truth !

[@foolkiller65z56]

@@todmacdonald6277yep, it’s always about the bottom line.

[@LazyIRanch]

@@todmacdonald6277 Nixon opened the door for high-profit health insurers to get a foot in, but at least he meant well. He supported a national HMO kind of plan, mostly paid by employers. The one that did the most to hurt healthcare was Reagan. He deregulated the industry, and made cuts to Medicare, Soc. Sec., food stamps, and federal education programs. Republicans _love_ Reagan, and I've never understood why. His Reaganomics have never worked, except for causing inflation and ridiculous mortgage rates.

[@catherineschmidt2097]

We don’t have a health care system. We have a healthcare business , the medical industrial machine.

[@gaiabreeze]

A sickness system actually

[@catherineschmidt2097]

@ another rendition of “merchants of death” but it is just a byproduct of doing business.

[@Dave1Claudius]

What about obama Care its the answer according to Obama

[@marcning918]

​@@Dave1Claudiusit wasn't meant to be the final answer it was pushed down to a step in the right direction by Republicans and right leaning media. It's biggest accomplishment was stopping pre-existing conditions from completely excluding you from insurance coverage. Those next steps have now been put on a four year hiatus if not fully out of commission.

[@debramccormack9388]

You are absolutely right!

[@RevCeleste]

The irony is that every Trump voter is voting for this type of Healthcare System to continue and voting for our federal government to operate just like United Healthcare does. They had a very good alternative in Harris but no they just couldn't vote for a black woman could they?

[@mamabeargardens9439]

I wonder what might have happened if the CEO murder had occurred BEFORE the election?

[@HattieLankford-24]

More than that. They couldn't bring themselves to NOT vote for the name with an R by it.

[@joestratton3981]

This will happen much more frequently, and I don't care. I'm just another minimum wage earner who can't afford to make the bills.

[@susanfay2213]

Though I love Harris and voted for her, I believe she let Americans down by not having free healthcare for all as one of her campaign promises.

[@kayallen7603]

@@HattieLankford-24 F the Rs.

[@debd353]

Three and a half years ago, insurance didn't want to cover a CT scan for the chest pain I'd had for over a year. It got so bad that I went to the ER, (where they HAVE to do it). A mass was discovered in my lung. It turned out to be small cell carcinoma. I was lucky that it was caught when it was. I'm 1 1/2 years cancer-free. Thank goodness I advocated for myself and saved my own life. There have to be many thousands with a similar story.

[@dietotaku]

living with undiagnosed small cell carcinoma for a year?! you're a walking miracle!

[@estherthorp1608]

My brother has absent seizures took him to ER and he was given meds and sent home without any CT scan reason because my brother is disabled primary follow up these test can be done but ER will med you before they test you live in town that has only one neurologist so possibly in two years we will found out why fight health care so we live

[@Ferocious_Fairy]

@debd353 ~ I'm happy you got the care you needed and CONGRATS on being cancer free!!! 👏😊🎉🎉🎆 I'd hate to know what the ER bill cost vs going to a non-emergency facility to get the CT scan! Even with insurance, medical bills are so out of control and frequently ruin people's finances! I needed an ultrasound and made sure the facility was covered by my insurance and I had the required prior authorization approval and then afterwards I found out the radiologist who read my scan wasn't covered by insurance, even tho he was working at and employed by the facility that's covered! Insurance is such a con and they'll look for ANY excuse to not cover something! I got a separate bill from the radiologist and at least I was able to get a discount for being "self pay." Watch out for the same BS if you ever need an anasthesiologist!

[@Ferocious_Fairy]

@debd353 ~ I'm happy you got the care you needed and *CONGRATS* on being cancer free!!! 👏😊🎉🎉🎆 I'd hate to know what the ER bill cost vs going to a non-emergency facility to get the CT scan! Even with insurance, medical bills are so out of control and frequently ruin people's finances! I needed an ultrasound and made sure the facility was covered by my insurance and I had the required prior authorization approval and then afterwards I found out the radiologist who read my scan wasn't covered by insurance, even tho he was working at and employed by the facility that's covered! Insurance is such a con and they'll look for ANY excuse to not cover something! I got a separate bill from the radiologist and at least I was able to get a discount for being "self pay." Watch out for the same BS if you ever need an anasthesiologist!

[@jenniferconley5754]

There are tens of thousands with similar stories, not all survived to tell it.

[@m.j.carlson8246]

Speaking as the husband of one of those hard-working, caring nurses who work all day trying to get needed care for real people, I've watched my wife get up from her computer at the end of her work day in tears because there was no way around the rules made up to feed the greed of the investors and their paid assassins, the CEO's and CFO's of these companies. And adding insult to injury - knowing if she gets sick the only "insurance" her company offers is UHC. Be angry, it's justified, but place blame where it belongs - the wealthy for whom there is never enough, not the working class victims like my wife and her coworkers, and stop letting the rich divide us.

[@reneaconaway7380]

Please tell your precious wife "Thank You" Sincerely. I grieved for our nurses during COVID. I continue to grieve, for those, like your wife. That continue daily, to do everything, to CARE for their patients. They're Truly Earth Angels. I'm sorry for all the physical, mental, and emotional stress. She endures. Thank you, for sharing. I'm sorry for all the pain you feel. Because you see her suffering. We are indeed, in a mess.

[@FG-yx6eg]

No one is blaming the nurses.

[@brucesteinkamp5871]

With for profit healthcare, your health is not their priority.

[@Soapandwater6]

Truth!

[@stringlarson1247]

Bingo.

[@dkrt8664]

Very well said!!

[@80sHeavymetalchick9]

Exactly

[@cmnk.556seren]

And that's exactly what trump and his goonies want for America, Mike Johnson said it out loud ! 😮

[@PooNinja]

Letting AI deny health insurance coverage is absolutely not human. We need health care not health insurance!!!!

[@SP-wg5pn]

They let a I do the denying because AI doesn't have to look itself in the mirror every morning a job Like That Got to weigh on you

[@samthompson2980]

In the UK, finance companies cannot AI for decision making, and that's just for buying a car!! Your health system is a disgusting joke! This is the inevitable (and regrettable) result. As a father and supposed human, he should have had the soul to not kill people by denying coverage.

[@bobcosgrove3235]

We don't have a healthcare system we have a healthcare industry.

[@sagesemadeni4024]

They're so lazy that they made a computer to be overly cruel for them.

[@Wxnderingkid]

😅 “the pen mightier than the sword” company motto. Er, eh, “click of a button”. Would you consider this genocide against a group of people (the sick)? Modern day wars are being fought differently.

[@e.8756]

Will this cause CEOs to rethink their lives? No. They are currently celebrating the very real fact that Trump has chosen 14 billionaires to make up his cabinet, who will look after billionaire interests.

[@caligo7918]

well, they are looking into better security for their asses, because that's still cheaper than changing the system

[@bigdickpornsuperstar]

If the MAGA morons thinks that a billionaire, appointing billionaires to "fix" a system that made them billionaires in the first place is even remotely going to happen, then they are even dumber than anyone ever thought.

[@rd264]

@@sufan14870 how is it a start?

[@ouisel-df2nx]

@rd “What do you call the death of a a CEO?”.

[@laurag1406]

It amazes me that there are members of the middle class who think a billionaire cares at all about them or their lives. Billionaires look after their own. They don’t even see the rest of us is human.

[@carmenmcclain7465]

“Cold calculating corporate decisions driven entirely by profit that lead directly to the death of countless innocent people, that’s not considered violence”. People need to reflect on this statement made in this video.

[@kathleenstanley6751]

I listened to him say that part three times. I hadn't thought of it that way. I'll be discussing it with my friends. A terrible truth that's hard to wrap my head around and important to get out there.

[@dlyn67]

This statement needs to be pinned.

[@bobcosgrove3235]

This CEO died of the preexisting condition of greed.

[@fluffybunny7089]

It feels like borderline crimes against humanity.

[@EH23831]

Home of the brave, land of the free 😏

[@bettycarey2446]

The CEO's own company didn't mourn his loss. Shareholders meeting started while the crime scene tape was going up, the stock price went up, and his replacement was announced before the funeral home picked him up from the morgue. They were also relieved that there's one less executive who might be cooperating with the Feds on that little insider trading investigation.

[@laurenhahn101]

Not true! The meeting was cancelled.

[@bettycarey2446]

@laurenhahn101 he was shot at 7:00, the meeting started at 8:00, and they didn't stop the meeting until 9:30 to make their "We can't go on" press release.

[@BethMinardi]

Oh.. wow. Food for thought here. I was wondering about that "insider investigation". Hmmm.....

[@laurenhahn101]

@@bettycarey2446 CBS News:Following the shooting, UnitedHealthcare canceled its Wednesday meeting with Wall Street analysts and investors, which Thompson had been scheduled to attend.

[@loricrane5315]

Exactly. Acceptable loss.

[@markpashia7067]

Luigi may be locked up but those execs better be watching over their shoulder for Mario.

[@ClarityDetermination]

😁

[@patrickjordan2233]

🎯☠️💀☠️🎯

[@JJ-qo7th]

Quiet footsteps down an empty hall. A single voice in your ear. "It's-a-me."

[@2hearts1song4ever8]

😂😂

[@LindaMorrison-m3q]

😂😂😂​@@JJ-qo7th

[@NicoleAZ145]

As someone who could’ve died waiting for insurance to ok my badly needed heart surgery for two months, I agree with this. It’s murder when they deny claims, pure and simple. I cried with relief the day I got my surgery after two months of being scared out of my mind. It shouldn’t have to be this way.

[@murraymadness4674]

United Healthcare was responsible for my cancer treatment delayed 4 months. I was on the phone screaming at people "Timothy McVeigh is Coming Your Way" if you guys don't get this insurance thing fixed. btw, my cancer drug was $22,000. In Mexico, it costs $2,000

[@jameshuban6515]

Remember back when "Obama Care" was being debated. The opposition (republicans) forecast the threat of "Death Panels" deciding who lives and dies. Well those panels already existed in the medical insurance corporations. Instead of the government deciding who gets coverage. It's the executive board members and trustees who are more concerned about returns and profits than the members covered. I've witnessed three obese people who were denied surgery by my insurance plan because it was considered a vanity procedure. They later died from heart attacks associated with their weight issues.

[@randie5436]

You’re right. It shouldn’t have to be this way. But did you go out and murder someone because of it? Is this what we’ve become as a society? The health insurance situation is awful truly awful. But I’m not going to go out and murder someone over it. I’m not a murderer.

[@alrtgy9642]

@@jameshuban6515 Well said.

[@Roberta-q1q]

@@jameshuban6515 drumpf favors death by neglect for expensive, unglamorous patients like his great nephew. I wish more journalists grabbed the remark from his interview "assuring" us his concepts of a health care plan are being composed by healthcare industry people! Run tell dat! (The only message from Martin Lawrence to reach me.)

[@TKHaines]

The US has been on hospice care since Citizens United.

[@rd264]

its worse than that.

[@tomreingold4024]

Yes indeed. Campaign finance reform is not even one of the questions on surveys that ask what the most important issues are. It's #1 for me, because what can we accomplish without fixing Citizens United? Elections and legislature are bought and paid for, so how can we stop that?

[@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633]

@@tomreingold4024 You are so right.

[@laurag1406]

@@tomreingold4024 The only way to stop that is revolution.

[@MoonWomanStudios]

#1 problem

[@anna9072]

In the nearly 50 years I lived in the US, I had health insurance for a total of maybe 8 months. Couldn’t afford it. The brief period that I was covered, I signed up for a policy that cost me $98/month. By the time I opted out 8 months later, the premiums had skyrocketed to $250 and showed no signs of slowing their ascension. I’ve lived in Canada for 20+ years now, and I wouldn’t dream of going back. The system here isn’t perfect, but the peace of mind knowing that I can get the care I need when I need it without fear of crippling debt is immeasurable.

[@LabGecko]

Exactly. People don't realize the peace of mind one has to be able to handle all the things in life knowing that health care isn't an issue to worry about. I've lived in France for 6 years now and health care here is amazing. The French absolutely saved my life, and my wife's. If we had been in the states when our health issues happened I would be dead and she would be bankrupt. But in France? We're both now recovered and contributing to society again.

[@BrandoB2557]

"Fear of crippling debt" Fun fact! 69% of *ALL* bankruptcy claims in America are due to medical debt.

[@rd264]

Im on medicare and it costs me over 2700/yr. over 500 deductible, only 80% of coverage. YES the US is a crap country.

[@BrandoB2557]

@@anna9072 fun fact (that got deleted by KZbin for some reason); nearly 70% of *ALL* bankruptcy claims in the US are due to medical debt. Our system is broken.

[@jonaskessler326]

@@BrandoB2557 yup. America leads the world in medically-related bankruptcy. No one should have to lose their home and be out on the streets because they can’t afford to pay their medical bills.

[@StellaWaldvogel]

Dude had chronic pain. He was radicalized by pain. He's welcome in the tent with us poor folks.

[@sharidavenport5283]

I have had essentially what he has and the same surgery he had done, plus a second one, since 1995. The pain, screaming numbness, foot drop, tripping over myself, and so forth took me out of work from Memorial Day to Labor Day 1995. I fortunately was working in a hospital in Surgery, with the surgeon who ended up doing my surgery, and at that time, we had excellent insurance coverage, since the hospital was a self-insured entity. I got the surgery done the end of June, and PT 5 days a week beginning two weeks later. I still had to get myself back to work by Labor Day, in order to maintain the insurance coverage that was covering my Physical Therapy! I wasn't near ready, but I went in on half time and on light duty for several weeks, and the remainder of each work day I spent in Physical Therapy. Then I had to drive myself home for 30 minutes. I finally got myself back up to full time, and stayed there. Five years later, I had the fusion done in 1999, with the screws, rods, and the bone graft (dug out of my hip bone so the bone was my own)which took me from August to Christmas to get to the point where the surgeon would release me to go back to work again. Different surgeon this time, as the first one had already retired. Different hospital and PT as well. I worked again until 2008, when I had to give it up for good. I got Disability, and pain management, since the surgeon said no more surgery on my spine. Pain is a constant companion, even with the several medications, and being basically confined to my home. My husband of 48 years has become my caretaker, in addition to being the main housekeeper now, since he retired three years ago. I can certainly empathize with him, and with his pain. I am there with him, every single day. I can't say I'm brave enough to stalk and shoot somebody in cold blood, although I have had to deal directly with my second insurance company because after my second surgery - which passed their criteria for prior authorization, BTW, they refused to pay my SURGEON, after they already paid the other claims. After getting billed for three months in a row, and after calling the insurance company and hearing them lie constantly, claiming the doctors office never filed a claim, and the doctors office disputing that and refiling the claim 4 times. I finally took all the bills, insurance statements, etc., and went to the business office at the doctors office. I got in to see the boss, told her what's been going on, and asking what can we do together to force a payment out of the insurance company? She got the insurance company on the speaker phone, got a manager on the phone, and forced her to reveal that they have been discarding the claims for 4 months. She then faxed the claim directly to the fax machine on the desk of that manager, and to verify she has it in her hands, and that it's going to get processed and paid, and it's not going to get "lost" or discarded any longer. Mostly because I cannot afford to pay this 5 figure bill, and I don't intend to, because that's what I pay THEM to do. It got settled within two weeks, and I paid my small portion a bit later. And I never had any other issues with them, because I will take them to task for not doing their job. This was still in the late 1990s, and things have changed greatly since then. But I prefer diplomacy to violence. However, that can change depending on where you're head is at at any given time. And what level of pain you're dealing with at the time. Pain can be a real deal breaker, and send you right off the edge. Been there, done that....

[@thesavvyblackbird]

I agree. I think rich people who have really good insurance become more revolutionary when they realize how awful the system really is. It’s not a matter of people having health insurance with their job. Everyone is screwed. So he did something about it. I think more people will pay attention because he was rich. They can’t blame him for not having a good enough job with decent insurance and expecting his insurance to cover him.

[@stefanolacchin4963]

I'll give you a truth that you won't like. Revolutions are never started or carried out by the poor.

[@AdamBladeTaylor]

He should declare it an act of self defense. The CEO was refusing the insurance he signed a contract for and paid for. It was attempted murder by the CEO. Clearly Luigi was just defending himself.

[@robertudell1615]

I'm not sure that this is that proverbial good guy with a gun, but he was a good guy with a gun.

[@hexthepatriarchy-1111]

Oh.. I LIKE this!! Send this to his lawyer.

[@Badficwriter]

A deleted post also mentions he had brain fog. A case could be made he was not fully cognizant.

[@TheNeoVid]

Using his 2nd Amendment rights to defend himself while in fear of his life? Even the biggest right-winger could support that!

[@blumen-kraft]

He stated just that in his ‘manifesto’ by invoking the second amendment: _”I authorize my own act of self-defense in response to a hostile entity making war against me and my family.”_ *altho this is not the standard interpretation of a well regulated militia.

[@JoeMayo1987]

My coworker had to get her daughter to put her chemo treatments on her credit card because her/my insurance wouldn't pay it. And we're supposed to have great insurance. 🙄 Screw every one of those insurance CEO's and the "nazis" who work for them to deny legitimate claims.

[@muggywebster1117]

Yeah, everyone thinks the healthcare system in this country is top in class in the world. Insurance is only for the healthy. People won't pay attention until they see a loved one suffer or die. I'm sorry this is happening to you. I hope your child gets better.

[@JoeMayo1987]

@muggywebster1117 It's actually my coworker with cancer. Thanks so much, regardless though.

[@surelyyoujokemeinfailure7531]

Seems the insurance company was happy to take your coworker's weekly / monthly payments but then wouldn't deliver on services when they were needed. Sounds like the deed to a money printing press. There seems to be no legal reason why an "insurance company" couldn't have a claim rejection rate as high as 80% while still calling itself a legit business.

[@JoeMayo1987]

@surelyyoujokemeinfailure7531 You're exactly right. We pay well over $5,000/year in premiums, and my employer pays 3 times that. So, over 20 grand per person they get, but won't cover life-saving procedures for things like cancer!? 20 grand times approx 115 million customers. I'm no mathematician, but 115M x 20,000 = 2.3 trillion in premiums/ yearly. That's company (BCBS) wide, not any individual state to be 100% accurate.

[@HelenByrd-yf9cf]

​@JoeMayo1987 I remember in the 70's BC/BS was considered the best insurance you could have. Within 10 years, it was considered among the worst if not the worst.

[@Hodenkat]

A month ago I got letters from my health insurer that my doctor and the entire medical group he was part of would be leaving my "network". I was pissed and panicking. Fast forward to a few days after the CEO got snuffed I got a letter saying "Oooops! Our bad! Your doctor and healthcare group is not leaving your network after all!" I ain't lying!! So you go ahead and say it's a coincidence. I think NOT!

[@mamabeargardens9439]

Hmmm... funny coincidence. Because the insurer (I think BCBS) that had decided they were going to limit the amount of anesthesia they paid for - suddenly decided shortly after this incident that they had been hasty and would not be implementing that after all...

[@Neenerella333]

Ça ira

[@marckyle5895]

@@mamabeargardens9439 It WAS Blue Cross Blue Shield

[@gary-rr7jp]

My 79 YO friend injured her knee and used United. A month later she reinjured it and tried to make an appointment. She was informed that she was out of network and would not be covered.

[@LisaFenton-h7f]

BEFORE United Health CEO was taken out, Blue Cross Blue Shield had told their customers that they would only paY FOR A limited amount of ANESTHESIA DURING SURGERIES. Well...AFTER Thompson was killed, Blue Cross WALKED THAT BACK "Oh we didn'treallyt mean taht we're nt paying for anasthesia.." Another NOT-a-coincidence.

[@r.f.hopkins8163]

They called Kyle Rittenhouse a Hero. They just called a guy who murdered a Mentally ill man on a Subway a Hero. In that Case Luigi is a HERO! I don't see the problem with that by their Standards.

HEAR, HEAR!

[@eliza6971]

Tbh, I love that he’s a rich kid because they’re not ok. I have a friend who was born into the 1% and she’s straight up said “when the poor come to eat the rich, I’m giving them my dad’s gate code.”

[@jamesleathers5488]

Burger King says, we won't turn you into the Feds.

[@backyard_expert]

The Whopper is the best!

[@ButYourDataBelongToUs]

He should have had lunch at Subway said Jared.

[@patrickjordan2233]

"and our shake machine Still works @ least Part of the time.. " - BK

[@peachy_lili]

they actually tweeted "we don't snitch" today

[@jish55]

honestly, that should be an ad, cause it'd be a great way to own mcd's.

[@jeffthuss5613]

If Kyle Rittenhouse is not guilty, this guy is definitely not guilty.

[@raerae2885]

Amen, and George Zimmerman.

[@fonkenful]

@@raerae2885Not a short list at all.

[@raerae2885]

@@fonkenful For sure.

[@homerroad]

Kyle is guilty.

[@EdwardM-t8p]

​@@raerae2885 Exactly! And Daniel Penny.

[@Alcagaur1]

In the words of the prophet George, "It's a big club, and you ain't in it. You and I are not in the big club."

[@twinkletoes56]

Carlin was prescient. Just an absolutely brilliant man.

[@gracieb.3054]

I agree with so much of what he said that I've thought I should tell people I'm a "Carlinist', when they ask me what my religion is. LOL.

[@pamelaarmstrong3529]

Hail Father Carlin

[@BunnyGirl71]

It makes me wonder how many people saw him, realized that he could be the shooter, but chose to say nothing. Once again, Trae, you eloquently sum up the big picture with fantastic wit. Your channel is what is going to get me through the next 4 years.

[@keldaoen]

I was thinking that too. Yes this one poor employee had a customer on them to call police, they might have been worried about getting fired if they didn’t and customer complained. But how many people recognized him and Didn’t say anything all last week? It could be hundreds of people in silent solidarity, port authority, bus rides, hotels. They should have that in the movie

[@BunnyGirl71]

@@keldaoen If they're looking for an "extra" in that movie to play a character who recognizes Luigi as the shooter but chooses to say silent, I'll raise my hand for that part.

[@WinteryMix84]

@@BunnyGirl71 If O had seen him I’d have winked and gone on about my business.

[@hercproductionstudios]

Someone said, "This is wrong. America doesn't glorify violence," and all I could think was, "What America are YOU talking about?"

[@DanielEdwards-]

From John Wayne to John Wick… America glorifies violence.

[@corpsehandler5321]

??????? our whole culture is based on the glorification of violence???

[@martamoranbishopwrites]

Have you spent any time reading some social media posts. Yes there are those glorifying this.

[@hercproductionstudios]

@martamoranbishopwrites that wasn't the point of my comment. America has been glorifying violence since its inception. It was built on violence. Its foundations are made of blood, tears, and bones. We glorify war and hatred of the "other". That's what my comment was about.

[@notinsane4165]

@@martamoranbishopwrites they didn’t say people weren’t, they said America has always glorified violence.

[@TheButcherHicks]

A country that is happy to elect a president with 34 felonies and a scorched path of defrauded and injured victims should be able to easily give this American patriot kid a pass for his well intentioned act.

[@TheButcherHicks]

I half the country can ignore Trump's crimes, then half a jury surely can ignore Luigi's crimes.

[@marckyle5895]

@@TheButcherHicks Nullification will happen. There _will_ be someone on the jury who was (or their family) fucked over by health insurance and I would guess 32% odds (see what I did there?) that it was UHC. It'll be like the OJ jury sending a message.

[@guildwarrior3232]

Not half, just a third of them were Red. There were those who voted Blue, and then those that didn't vote at all​@TheButcherHicks

[@laurenhahn101]

Don't hold you breath. And I did not vote for tRump either time.

[@Tracer9GTRider8]

"Suspicious behavior at McDonald's" = he ordered a McFlurry. Everyone knows that machine is *always* broken!

[@margaretderen2082]

Good one!!!! 😂

[@sherryobar5750]

Touche!

[@EdwardM-t8p]

Bingo! 😂😂😂

[@BarbaraBland-fb2ig]

so true! hilarious!

[@sandpiperr]

Honestly, what could he have been doing that would really attract suspicion at a McDonald's?

[@callofgaming5642]

An animal is at its most dangerous when it is cornered and without options. These corporations, and that's all insurance is, are painting targets on themselves.

[@towgunr]

CEO’s have already responded to this event. Their answer to this isn’t to do better by the people, their answer is to increase their own personal security.

[@KateAdams-gv8ks]

Yep, you are right. Easily predictable. It’s going to take more than 1 person to instigate real change.

[@gamtngirl3655]

I absolutely burst out laughing at the line “who didn’t get the memo that we weren’t supposed to turn this guy in?!!

[@bmanichanh]

If violence never solves anything, then why do we spend so much on the military? Not to mention all the past colonization and wars.

[@monicaluketich6913]

Fantastic comment! Thank you!

[@KeePenne]

Defending freedom and lone wolf vigilantism are not comparable forces from any perspective.

[@stevetournay6103]

Because you're American, so all about Winning. What a question.

[@tonytomahawk5160]

​@@KeePenne Colonialism and wars have zero to do with freedom. SMH this is another reason we rank below Cuba. No intelligent person would think what we do has ANYTHING to do with freedom. These are the same people that when faced with facts data and reality their go to response is something stupid like.... If you don't like it the leave derp...as if being ranked lower than a third world nation benefits them in the slightest.

[@sarahm5936]

True. The Industrial War Complex would beg to differ.

[@justaguy6100]

No I can't condone murder in the furtherance of social justice, but then there's the old saying, "You cannot expect the deer to weep when the hunter dies."

[@laurie6123]

Ooo, like that one!

[@tkat6442]

What a great quote!!

[@HelenByrd-yf9cf]

I've never heard that one. Excellent analogy.

[@AthenaPrime]

"I don't wish anyone dead, but some obituaries I have read with great relish" or something

[@mauallison7755]

Fabulous quote.

[@curtisrudduck]

Isn't Musk a CEO ? Asking for a friend......

[@shiver222]

Does anyone else ever notice, Trae's eyes are just the coolest color? I'm jealous.

[@stuffandthings6947]

Yes! I think he’s beautiful and those eyes got me.

[@sharinitzsche5554]

YES!! I always think the same thing when I see the videos!

[@TKHaines]

Look at car companies that don't recall defective vehicles when they calculate it'll be cheaper to pay settlements to victims. That's a normal corporate game plan for most companies.

[@lkf8799]

Yep. The protagonist from Fight Club said it and I remember being shocked and then after it settled in I wasn't surprised at all 😢 Look at Flint, Michigan, the cigarette industry, DuPont and forever chemicals, BP oil spills, PG&E, and all the illegal industrial waste dumping, the meat industry during Covid, etc. They don't care unless they get caught and it affects their bottom line.

[@07rag34]

Absolutely in this country the only thing that matters is the profit line. I think the countries that were rescued by us after World War II have made better democracies than we have. At least most of them have universal healthcare.

[@todmacdonald6277]

So happy to live in Canada

[@suzibarlow3611]

We just elected the open markets party. Expect greed and pain.

[@MariaMartinez-researcher]

Just a detail: despite what movies show, the ones who won WWII were not the USA, but the *Allies.* Take a look at the Wikipedia article Allies of World War II for the lists of participants.

[@billwalsh388]

If you think about it, United healthcare just cut their bottom line a bit more not having to pay a CEO .

[@abjectt5440]

@@MariaMartinez-researcher I hate to say it bur Russia beat the nazis and they had the casualties to prove it. True it took all the Allies.

[@davidm1926]

Medicare For All could have saved Brian Thompson's life.

[@anna9072]

@@chrisn8657I’m baffled that the hatred of the health insurance industry seems to be universal, but the most effective solution for predatory insurance - universal health care - is rejected by half the country.

[@DuckMan-xi6iz]

​@@anna9072actually universal healthcare has a majority approval.

[@Tolpuddle581]

@@anna9072 Insurance companies donate (bribe) politicians to keep things just as they are.by demonising Universal health care as some sort of Socialist plot. I can assure anyone who is remotely concerned that I am very satisfied with my universal cover and $7:70 prescriptions. Australia btw.

[@elizabethtruscott2888]

But then he would find some other way to get rich.

[@laurenhahn101]

@@anna9072 Well said.

[@Ramon51650]

Trae - you nailed it; the boardroom is the lord-high executioner in USAmerica.

[@chetcalhoun613]

Remember when Sarah Palin said the government would decide if your grandmother would live or die if we had a national healthcare system? The insurance companies are making that decision…we can do better!

[@kathrynmast916]

Poor Luigi was suffering. My brother suffered with a broken back and three unsuccessful surgeries. The chronic pain he suffered was unbelievable. It was so bad he that he wanted to die which he finally did. I understand completely the pain, the strong medication, brain fog, and the hopelessness which could lead to strong actions!😢

[@cathyadams7288]

I am so sorry to read about the loss of your brother! May he RIP and God Bless you!

[@aerynsunx]

I live in NYC and I hope to whatever gods actually exist that I'm called for jury duty for this case and picked for it. Because, y'all know what I'll do. You're on Trae's page, you know what I'll do! #JuryNullification 🙌🏼🙏🏽

[@annehazell3676]

Time for some Peacekeeper justice.

[@hocutmeo3318]

The defense attorney and the prosecutor will ask you questions. Your answers will help them decide whether you are suitable to be a juror or not. Try to give neutral answers to increase your chance of being selected. I hope you get selected too.

[@crashnova7601]

As someone forced to live in chronic pain, I have no sympathy for "healthcare" mafia bosses. I do however, have sympathy for all their victims.

[@kmw8775]

Detailed reports on this guy indicate that he was living in chronic pain. He had a severe back injury from a surfing accident. His activities became extremely restricted as a result. He did have spinal surgery and discs were held in place with metal plates and screws. People who have seen the CT scan say the discs were not properly aligned, which suggests the surgery did not do the job it was supposed to do. Of course, I'm not sure how he thought murdering a CEO would change that.

[@lauriegladden6887]

Same

[@RaynaGrimm]

@@kmw8775 so much pain that thinking straight was not first priority? but its not hard to figure out why he may of thought that or became so willing to kill cause of it. just think if he went into medical debt for that surgery or if it turns out he needed a new one cause the first one wasn't correct and they got denied any coverage for a new surgery cause AI decided he didn't need it even after his docs said he should of done a new one. it might not of been to change anything but to get some simple revenge on the people that could of helped ease his suffering and decided he should keep suffering instead of doing what they promised to do with this dirty insurance deal we all get conned into... and on the politics end of it, lets be real the way big corpos have every flavor of politician in their back pockets with bribe donations, its getting real hard to believe in voting for change that wont ever come... one alone may not change things, but if a few more drop it would be interesting to see what happens since voting dont to squat anymore

[@RevCeleste]

​@@RaynaGrimmyeah definitely not condoning that but it would be interesting to see

[@kingseyes3717]

@@kmw8775it got their attention.. finally.

[@Pickn4Gold]

The copycats are what worry me. When Trump said he wanted a Purge I doubt his wealthiest supporters thought this would be the outcome.

[@backyard_expert]

That is exactly what trump will be doing, replacing some white dudes with other white dudes, just crazier and more sinister.

[@Nembula]

Do you worry there won't be any?

[@JIM-xf4om]

Trump is a legend..............

[@Nembula]

@@JIM-xf4om so was Gorganzola!

[@surelyyoujokemeinfailure7531]

Trump isn't bright enough to know that you need to be very specific when expressing your wants.

[@jamesgarrett9330]

Of all the so called “pundits”, this is the most brilliant analysis of this incident thus far. Great job, Trae!

[@eboknows9812]

Maybe those working for health insurance companies should be required to follow the Hippocratic Oath of first do no harm. They are making healthcare decisions for patients, aren't they?

[@sarahm5936]

This is brilliant. I'm going to share this idea with others.

[@altheaespinoza1626]

"There is only so far you can push people." Truer words...

[@volleybanger2000]

"The French would beg to differ..." thank you. American revolutionaries would also beg to differ. Also American Slaves in the anti-bellum south.

[@skovypatton3593]

to quote Malcolm X “The chickens are coming home to roost”.

[@StoneE4]

Actually his more famous quote is more appropriate here... *_"WAZZZZZZAAAAAPPPPP!!!"_*

[@lasandralucas7314]

You got that right. .

[@Hart-Strings]

I had a necessary back surgery denied for TWO stinkin’ years. Finally the spine drs office put a lawyer behind it, and lo, it was approved. We pay so much for our insurance, then have a 10k yearly family deductible on top of that. My husband has what’s considered a “good” health plan. Don’t even get me started on the cost of my 12 Rxs! 🤬. And that’s two years stuck in bed that I’ll never get back.

[@LittleRockVol]

There's a CRIME for which no one is ever held accountable.

[@edwardbinion7485]

"Hell is empty and all the Devils are here..." Shakespeare!

[@terralakins7565]

If you hold the proletariat down long enough, they will eventually take matters into their own hands.

[@Fashionistasince73]

Wealthy on wealthy crime - this is going to be one riveting trial.

[@hushmoney2058]

Beats the Hell out of Black on Black crime .... Then if it was B on B we would not here about it ...

[@WhatIsThatAvi]

“GDDMNIT!!!” - The Menendez Brothers thinking about their chances of parole right now

[@davidbusen545]

My dad's lawyers can beat up your dad's lawyers. I say old bean, that's poppycock! Ours is defense contractor money.

[@victorhopper3899]

there will not be a trial

[@maryweavergouwens4737]

I am disgusted with our health care system and hope this brings about some change for the good of the people, not the share holders.

[@BladeoftheImmortal2005]

​@@chrisn8657I guess they'll want this to happen more often, then.

[@ChoadOnTheHill]

@@chrisn8657 Genius billionaire to the rescue.

[@ClarityDetermination]

Keep moving it forward.

[@Pyxis10]

😂 It can't, as long as the profit margin exists we'll eventually end up here again.

[@mhramsey9343]

They'll just raise rates to pay for the new security

[@emnoullet1559]

I do believe the corporate meeting he was heading to is officially called a "Death Panel."

[@bradleydawson9043]

Imagine if there was a leader of a country that felt that his own PR was more important than the lives of the people that he represented. And so, that leader sought to minimize the impact of the pandemic raging in the land, telling everyone that everything is just peachy while 100's of thousands died in agony. Would that be murder? Negligent genocide?

[@charhall7702]

Well we now have THAT “leader” in the us as if 2925!

[@leav388]

Excellent point Trae, that our hero's privilege might help us by showing how even he can be railroaded by this system.

[@ComaDave]

Class war, not culture war. ✊

[@christophereaton4694]

Maybe both

[@WhatIsThatAvi]

@@christophereaton4694 Well sort of. The culture war is the distraction that keeps most from seeing the class war they’re waging against the poor.

[@murraymadness4674]

@@chrisn8657 Any anyone who voted for Harris is responsible too for the death of 50,000 children

[@ComaDave]

@@chrisn8657 No, fair point. I didn't, because I'm an Aussie.

[@Fireneedsair]

Culture wars divides the classes

[@brandonwilliams957]

Congress needs to do something about healthcare. My dad was paying $400 a month for insulin and $25,000 a month for cancer medicine before he passed. I hope no one else is murdered, but something needs to be done to change the healthcare system.

[@MarcDionne-d2x]

The only answer is universal Healthcare! Since we already have Medicare, the simplest thing is to modify that. Make it a voluntary buy in - so the whinny anti-socialism crowd can continue to use the private system. We have the best medical schools, and best technology available. But that's it. We are last in access,and outcomes. Even though we pay 200-300% higher costs. We are also the only country that has such a thing as medical bankruptcy.

[@helpanimals-]

Trump got elected by morons. You think congress is going to do something anymore?

[@tkat6442]

​@@MarcDionne-d2x Yes!!! Isn't this just ridiculous!!

[@dachshundmom9966]

We will not be seeing any beneficial change in the next 4 years... DR Oz and RFK Jr. is terrifying

[@brandonwilliams957]

@@dachshundmom9966 Essential oils for everyone! 😨

[@cafiend]

CEOs are just going to massively increase their personal security and pass the costs on to customers and the public, blaming “lawless scum.”

[@maxpower19711]

That won’t help. Trump had the best security detail in the world and still came within an inch of certain death

[@Fireneedsair]

@@maxpower19711 lol. You think that was a simple security failure? 🤣🤡

[@Badficwriter]

@@maxpower19711 It seems more like the assassination attempts were faked. If these disgruntled Republicans were truly worried about a Trump term, this period would be more dangerous, wouldn't it? But the attempts only happened on the campaign trail, creating positive feelings for Trump.

[@brettAnichols]

So, this helped job creation?

[@davidbusen545]

​@@brettAnichols Spot on. And Trump will take credit for it.

[@knowsutrue]

There are so many people who die as a direct result of these bureaucratic decisions. And also those who live for years in unnecessary pain, chronically disabled, finances ruined, enormous consequences from chronic stress. The toll is immeasurable.

[@kristenpalmer7217]

I had cancer and great health insurance and went to the best hospital in the world for my treatment and it still turned my financial world upside-down. I can't even fathom going through that without insurance. We need MEDICARE FOR ALL NOW!

[@andrearepetto217]

"bureaucratic violence" yessss call it what it is

[@jonathanbauder7894]

It is about corporate mass murd*** ( rhymes with herder - keeps getting censored) and the institutions that are supposed to protect the common good failing to do anything.

[@DuckMan-xi6iz]

It's about the insurance, big Pharma, big oil, ad nauseum lobbyists and special interests buying our elected officials and the Ultra Elite owning SCOTUS. Our fate was cast with Citizens United. We've been "sold out" to the predator class. The "will of the people" is no more....at least not come January 20, 2025🙄

[@peterconlon8234]

Man...that last point: why is this kids societal reaction considered violent...but denying Healthcare where the direct result is death is not...BAM !!

[@ultracalicokittycat]

Exactly--- "Why doesn't bureaucratic violence count as violence?" I'm tired of people saying that what Mangione did was so unthinkable

[@scbi3647]

5:15 No, Trae, unfortunately they’ll just hire more security & bodyguards. When it comes to something that affects them personally, they’ll spare no expense.

[@sherrykiskunas3601]

That's what I don't understand, where was his security team? I've known many CEOs who never seen any CEO go anywhere without their team

[@blainemogil2254]

Thank you for the "let them eat cake" reminder...heads a'rollin'

[@daniellepatrioticexpat1022]

According to status coup, his back was effed up. He had screws holding his spine together. Pain can make people crazy. Speaking from experience.

[@maresnite]

Yes, exactly. When you can not get relief from constant pain, it is debilitating.

[@Badficwriter]

Mangione's back pain was so bad, he couldn't have sex. My mom used to work for a chiropracter, and she did deep massage. She told me about a fit young man whose back pain was too bad for him to have sex. (She laughed and said it was a shame.) After some visits for massages, he said the pain had receded enough to...engage.

[@suzannederusha1370]

Thank you Trey, The greatest country on earth STILL doesn’t provide free healthcare to all… wtf is great about that?!

[@turquoise_sky]

America is not the greatest country on earth. My god hasn’t that been obvious for decades now??!!

[@laurenhahn101]

And you probably voted for tRump...

[@lyndsaydoig34]

It might be time for Americans to stop saying their country is the 'greatest country in the world' .....just sayin'

[@_onesimpleidea]

Unfortunately, calling the United States "the greatest country on Earth" is like calling Fox News "fair and balanced". It's just a delusional marketing slogan.

[@victorhopper3899]

@@lyndsaydoig34 when you realize close to 40 million of us are not americans that the rest of us would be footing the healthcare for maybe you will wake up

[@verng8864]

DOJ should indict remaining UHC executives on BUSINESS FRAUD charges. Denying 1/3 of clients the product they paid for is BUSINESS FRAUD

[@Winter-n7l]

In my work as a medical case manager for unhoused people often with substance use disorder/mental health issues and Hep C or HIV, I have had more clients then I can make myself remember without breaking down suffer irreparable life long and sever harm or even pass away while covered by UHC due to denied and/or delayed clearly necessary medical care approved by their doctors. Yes, Brian Thompson truly touched many lives, and those people connected to them, people that loved and cared for them. I certainly cannot tally the dozens, likely hundreds, of hours spent dealing with UHC's and other companies bureaucratic and artificial log jam systems in order to facilitate coverage for desperately needed care for the most marginalized in our society. Denial and delay are SOP for united and many others; only relentless persistence and stubborn unwillingness to give in to callous and self interested decisions ever made any difference, but it often came too late.

[@aikanae1]

His 262 word manifesto is still online. He's not crazy or radicalized (except by pain). He's intelligent and lays his case out. I hope this trial is public.

[@Badficwriter]

Found it in Ken Klippenstein's blog. Notable absence of any mention of his mother. There is a fake being disseminated online as well.

[@wild_mustangs_and_parrots]

I googled, there are two...a fake one and a real one. Guess if I don't know which is which...not worth reading either of them.

[@SkySong6161]

Oh, I doubt he'll get a trial at all. He'll be found dead in jail.

[@aikanae1]

@@wild_mustangs_and_parrots the one I mentioned was fake. The one in the blog (above) is real. The media have the real one and it's part of the reason they sound so tone deaf.

[@susanhunter9196]

I remember my daddy telling me that the next big war was going to be between the haves and the have nots.

[@calvin2032]

Sadly a lot of have nots think the haves would welcome them in. How many black MAGA men were nominated for a cabinet position? Last I saw, zero. Use them then toss them

[@gary-rr7jp]

Isn't it always, though?

[@missnaomi613]

I grew up with my mom being CERTAIN that there would be a revolution in her lifetime. That didn't happen, but here we are now. (Fun fact, I grew up upper middle class. A have, if you will. I'm now divorced, parents deceased, and live in my car. A have-not.) Anyway, I think your daddy was right.

[@9Point8]

Always

[@phaedrussmith1949]

That's the way it is now. Wait a minute, I just checked. I read your comment wrong. You said "between the haves and have nots." I thought you said "between the have nots and have nots on behalf of the haves." My bad.

[@jaebee1121]

Speaking the language of the common man. Every one of these videos, I say to myself "This dude gets it."

[@victorhopper3899]

he is going to get it for sure

[@MichaelToler]

CEOs will boost their security at the company’s expense and/or find a way to claim a tax break. Either way we’ll bear the cost

[@reggiestafford4549]

Yeah don't talk to me about 'his family', not only have they also benefited from daddy's horrific policies but they will continue to benefit from the likely multi-million dollar insurance policy he had. They'll be just fine.

[@WhatIsThatAvi]

We don’t even know if they liked him or not.

[@mamabeargardens9439]

@@WhatIsThatAvi Actually, we do know that he's separated from them. You don't give up a multimillionaire spouse unless they're an awful person, right?

[@davidbusen545]

​@@mamabeargardens9439 You absolutely can give up on a multi-million dollar spouse. Think of the golden parachute she has.

[@llkellenba]

They weren’t even living together-had two separate houses 1 mile apart for about a year…but still legally married.

[@alisonsmith1137]

Thank you Trae. I find it fascinating how all the commentators on tv are complaining about the comments about this situation. Anything negative about the CEO is considered obscene. I will bet that each and every one of them has excellent health insurance that their employers are paying for and a concierge doctor on speed dial!!! They probably never had to fight with an insurance co for coverage. I bet they never had to ask a Dr if a procedure suggested is covered by their insurance company. Bet they never had to fight with a hospital to change a code on a procedure so the insurance would pay for it. Health insurance is the bane of my existence. Had an HMO assign me a Dr and when I called for an appointment to get my blood pressure meds refilled I was told that the Dr was not taking any more Medicare Advantage patients. The following week I got a letter saying my Medicare Advantage plan was going away. Still do not have my meds and starting from scratch in January.

[@Badficwriter]

Medicare Advantage is worse than normal Medicare. You are better off without it.

[@a-liberal-patriot]

Those TV talking heads, and so many others, can complain all they want about negative comments toward that CEO. It just proves how they suck up to the oligarchy. I publish a monthly newsletter with a calendar, showing important and relevant events (such as Rosa Parks Day). For years I've been commemorating Edward Snowden's birthday. No matter which way this case goes, Luigi's birthday will now also be commemorated.

[@KristiChan1]

The fact that even many numbnut MAGAT voters are celebrating the CEO's demise just shows how vile a man he was, and they're even calling out influencers like Ben ShWAPiro on the subject.

[@allisontison40]

Regular Medicare is a much better deal. Don’t try to save a buck on Medicare advantage. You can go almost anywhere on regular Medicare, add do yourself a favor, buy a supplement.

[@alisonsmith1137]

@ Yes it is a better deal if you can afford the supplement and part d along with the part b premium. That is what I had when I had a full spinal fusion which involved a 7 hour surgery, 6 days in ICU, 6 days in rehab and in a hard plastic torso brace for 14 weeks. But then I turned a year older and I could no longer afford the premiums. Medicare Advantage was my only option. I have not had any complaints until now that I can’t find a doctor. In my past (working) life I helped people navigate the Medicare system. I said then and I say now, offering so many options to seniors is a curse not a pleasure. And the opposite is if you live in a rural area you have no option and you take what you are given. Unless, you can afford a supplement and part d premiums. Best health care for those that have money!!!

[@Theghostdogmadderkayne]

My dad died from the bullshit Healthcare industry

[@nealfager8126]

Within seconds after reading the first headline about this I thought is one of the best stories I’ve ever heard and this guy is Not Guilty - On All Charges!

[@andreapatt2633]

I knew an RN who worked , very very briefly, in the medical review/claims department of some big insurer, She said she was told to deny every third claim. She told them that was terrible, every claim she saw was legit. Her boss said that's not our policy or concern. She quit. She says those claims still haunt her. These insurance companies are full of what Germans dubbed " desk criminals" and the c-suite is no better than the guys in the dock at Nuremberg.

[@samuel_excels]

Well I can think of one guy who now deserves an unconditional presidential pardon...

[@SharynS.]

These will be state crimes. Presidents can only pardon Federal crimes.

[@josephperez2004]

Not sure he can get a pardon until he gets convicted. Not sure the trial will be over that quick.

[@marissarae]

It's a state crime. It won't be eligible for a federal pardon.

[@brianh4625]

Was the murder a federal crime?

[@marissarae]

@@brianh4625 no reason for it to be determined a federal crime

[@roscoemuttley]

Howard Beale from Network: "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore!"

[@SP-wg5pn]

Reflect on their behavior? Are you kidding me they knew he had died steps from the hotel and went ahead with the meeting anyway . Shows you how much feelings his co-workers had for him

[@gregvetter5070]

Jury nullification would be, as Trae would say, "sweet ambrosia." I've been saying that innocent people are murdered almost daily in this country and for them I say justice needs to be served on the perpetrator. This UHC CEO is not an innocent person.

[@GraceBrooks-zy3ms]

I look forward to your videos, you're always spot on and hysterical too, pure glee watching these!!

[@floief]

This reminds me of a TED Talk I heard in 2014 by entrepreneur Nick Hanauer called "Beware, fellow plutocrats, the pitchforks are coming". He's given a few talks on his take of how capitalism should work in a healthy economy. Even in 2014 he spoke of building the economy from the middle out......kinda like Biden.

[@Aximill]

My family benefited from socialized medicine via the US Army. Born with CP, had two surgeries, equipment, and physical therapy. Took years for my conservative parents year to acknowledge they'd be bankrupt or not have two other kids if they had to pay.

[@KekeLight8]

The ceos are now going to ask for a raise, so they can pay for security😮‍💨😮‍💨

[@tkspiece2310]

Dems ought to tap Luigi up as their 2028 Presidential nominee. Hey, MAGA voted for Trump who actually said he could do what Luigi ended up doing and his people would still vote for him. Clearly this is where America is right now..common Dems, meet the moment.

[@lordsaviour450]

4 more CEOs and we win free healthcare.

[@silviavousden3316]

Trae, have you read the guy's manifesto? He has had to watch and listen to his mother screaming in agony for years as Universal Healthcare kept denying her treatment. He himself has a medical condition, which is very painful, and you guessed it, Universal Health has denied his treatment too.

[@Petrichor987]

Jesus, that's terrible! Poor kid:/

[@kingseyes3717]

Do you mean United Health care rather than universal?

[@billyboy6028]

Aren't they a very wealthy family tho? Something doesn't add up.

[@anxietyatwheel8512]

There wasn’t any indication on the news about his mother being denied treatment. Where did you see that?

[@peachy_lili]

@@billyboy6028 to all the people saying this -- do you think someone can't reflect on how this might impact someone else even if they DO have deep enough pockets to cover it? don't you think it's possible for a privileged person to get mad if they're denied, even if they have a back-door way to fix the problem??

[@tenebrousoul9368]

Eat the rich.

[@Verschal]

bon appetite

[@youthrevisitedagain]

Soylent green?

[@SteveninTune]

Dinner time peasants 😅

[@jrrarglblarg9241]

@@youthrevisitedagain Soylent Green creates jobs and housing. Soylent Green for a better tomorrow!

[@krissyb1980]

Soylent Green! It's people! Haha naw those people would give you an upset belly but still. Take their money and pass it out to the masses. Those billions mean we all get something

[@SteveninTune]

People are gone now that always lived under the greedy thumb of the Rich Ruling class. I hope they live all their greedy days in fear ❤

[@FG-yx6eg]

In boardrooms everywhere they're saying "stupid BT, now our business model is in danger. Why didn't he have a bodyguard?" They only care about BT because they're under scrutiny

[@LobsterLover530]

As ever, you hit the nail on the head. You say whatever everybody’s thinking. Bravo 👏🏻 Good luck finding a jury to convict. I think everyone of us has a story to tell about insurance denial.