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Kelly McClure

Cruz: CEO shooter proves leftism disease

In response to the news on Monday that police in Pennsylvania apprehended 26-year-old Luigi Mangione, the prime suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is using him as an example of "leftist" views being a mental illness.

In a post to X made shortly after Mangione was identified, Cruz shared an article by the New York Post and wrote, "Leftism is a mental disease. The suspected murderer, an Ivy League graduate, 'subscribed to anti-capitalist and climate-change causes, according to law enforcement.' And the murderer has been widely celebrated by leftists online. Tragic & sick." 

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