Charlamagne Tears Into People Celebrating Brian Thompson’s Murder: ‘All I See Is a Father Walking’

Charlamagne Tha God said he was baffled to see people celebrating the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on Friday’s edition of The Breakfast Club.

The host said Thompson’s murder accomplished nothing but to leave two children without a father and see the executive’s alleged killer jailed for life.

Charlamagne also opined the 50-year-old’s murder allegedly by Luigi Mangione last week outside the New York Hilton Midtown in Manhattan would lead to no health insurance reforms.

“I just don’t understand why everybody making so light of the UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson getting killed,” he said.  “All I see is a father walking in New York City to go to his job, and he got gunned down.” Charlamagne continued:

I don’t understand why people are celebrating him being killed because at the end of the day, like I said yesterday, he’s dead. His kids don’t got no father. That 26-year-old Luigi or whatever his name is, he gonna be in jail for the rest of his life. And the healthcare system is still the same today. The health companies still denying claims and everything today. So what did that accomplish, and why are you happy about him being gunned down like that? It’s just weird where we are as a people.

Thompson’s death has set off a nationwide discussion about America’s healthcare system, while Mangione is being celebrated as a hero in some circles.

Former Washington Post reporter Taylor Lorenz told Piers Morgan earlier this week she felt “joy” upon hearing of Thompson’s slaying.

“Why would you be in such a celebratory mood about the execution of another human being?” Morgan asked her on his show Monday. “Aren’t you supposed to be on the caring, sharing left where, you know, you believe in the sanctity of life?”

Lorenz responded, “I do believe in the sanctity of life and I think that’s why I felt, along with so many other Americans, joy, unfortunately.”

Watch above via The Breakfast Club.