Luigi Mangione, a 26-year-old technology worker, was charged with killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. The University of Pennsylvania graduate reportedly stopped speaking to friends and family after back surgery last year. Deleted social media posts show skepticism of doctors, Trump, and the president. Endorsements of Biden and RFK Jr.
Luigi Mangione, who was charged with murder in the death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, appears to be supporting Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and is dissatisfied with the medical field, as Donald Trump – Expressed skepticism towards both Mr. Trump and Mr. Joe Biden, and deleted X’s post.
Mangione, a 26-year-old software developer who reportedly lost contact with friends and family after back surgery last year, said Democrats nominated Kennedy for president after Biden’s dismal debate performance in June. I reposted Edward Snowden’s suggestion that we should.
It’s very funny to see panicked Democrats suddenly looking for their candidate under the couch cushions while Kennedy is literally standing there.
— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) July 4, 2024
The deleted post, viewed by Business Insider on the Internet Archive, is one of the latest online clues about Mangione found so far.
Mr. Mangione is said to be both an “anti-capitalist” and a member of the “online right.” His deleted posts support the idea that his worldview was influenced by reactionary right-wing thinkers.
In a since-deleted post from May, Mangione reposted another user’s skeptical comments about doctors, adding detail to reports of Mangione’s dissatisfaction with the U.S. health care system. . A former roommate from Hawaii told Honolulu Civil Beat that Mangione had chronic back pain.
“My experience with the medical profession, and probably yours as well, is that doctors are basically worthless unless they are carefully managed, and even then, two-thirds of doctors are worthless. ,” the post says.
Zero HP Lovecraft, the author of the original post, calls himself a “fascist hipster.” According to his Substack, he submitted a short story to the Passage Prize. The award comes from a publisher known for providing a platform to reactionary and fascist writers.
Mangione criticized “both sides” in a reply to author Nate Silver.
“Both parties, Trump’s refusal to accept the election results and Biden’s refusal to accept his age and step down, simultaneously demonstrate how desperately individuals cling to power,” Mangione said. I am,” he wrote. He also called term limits “critical.”
In June, he reposted a suggestion by woke author Richard Hanania that President Trump thinks Christians are delusional.
In July, Mangione reposted a description of Project 2025, a roadmap for President Trump’s second term developed by the right-wing think tank Heritage Foundation, as “Qanon but for redditors.”
