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Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren forced to walk back wild comments on 'assassin' Luigi Mangione By NIKKI SCHWAB, CHIEF CAMPAIGN CORRESPONDENT FOR DAILYMAIL.COM IN WASHINGTON, D.C. Published: 17:55 EST, 11 December 2024 | Updated: 17:56 EST, 11 December 2024 e-mail View comments Sen. Elizabeth Warren was forced to clarify comments she made about UnitedHealthcare CEO killer Luigi Mangione . Mangione, 26, was arrested at a McDonald's in Altoona, Pennsylvania on Monday after shooting and killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson last week in New York City . The Massachusetts Democrat appeared Tuesday night on MSNBC with host Joy Reid and appeared to give the murderer some cover. 'The visceral response from people across this country who feel cheated, ripped off, and threatened by the vile practices of their insurance companies should be a warning to everyone in the health care system,' the vocal progressive said. 'Violence is never the answer, but people can be pushed only so far,' Warren continued. 'This is a warning that if you push people hard enough, they lose fait in the ability of their government to make change, lose faith in the ability of the people who are providing the health care to make change, and start to take matters into their own hands in ways that will ultimately be a threat to everyone.' Conservatives on social media took issue with Warren's comments with the Democrat issuing a walk-back on Wednesday. 'Violence is never the answer. Period,' she said, according to HuffPost. 'I should have been much clearer that there is never a justification for murder.' Among those complaining about Warren's phrasing was a top aide for Republican Sen. Mike Lee. Sen. Elizabeth Warren was forced to clarify comments she made about UnitedHealthcare CEO killer Luigi Mangione after appearing on MSNBC Tuesday night 'This statement invents a non-existent connection between the insane murderer and United Healthcare, which did not push this rich kid to do anything, even accidentally,' Billy Gribbin, the communications director for Lee, said on X. 'He went crazy and killed someone.' National Review writer Charles C. W. Cooke dedicated a whole column to Warren's wording, noting that it's always the '"but" that gets you.' 'There’s a word for this sort of argument in the expansive English language. That word is "justification,"' Cooke continued. Cooke advised Democrats that they needed to be more like Sen. John Fetterman, who previously split with the pro-Palestine left of his party over his support for Israel. Fetterman, who ran as a progressive though has since distanced himself from that political description, had choice words for Mangione, the product of an affluent Maryland Republican family, who attended an Ivy League school. 'He's an a**hold that's going to die in prison,' Fetterman said of Mangione. 'A sewer is going to sewer: that's what social media is about,' the Pennsylvania Democrat added when asked about people celebrating Thompson's murder online. A number of online users have also pointed out how conventionally attractive Mangione is, as a shirtless picture of him has been used in a number of media reports. Warren got in hot water for saying: 'Violence is never the answer, but people can be pushed only so far,' which appeared to give murder suspect Luigi Mangione (pictured) some cover Fetterman instead pushed that people should be thinking about Thompson's family. 'Remember, he has two children that are going to grow up without their father,' the Pennsylvania Democrat said. 'It's vile.' 'And if you've gunned someone down that you don't happen to agree with their views or the business that they're in, hey, you know, I'm next, they're next, he's next, she's next,' the senator said. The conservative Cooke encouraged Democrats to follow Fetterman's lead and leave the Warrens of Congress behind. 'Broadly speaking, the Elizabeth Warrens of the world do not help the Democrats win power or advance their ideas,' the columnist argued. 'Broadly speaking, the John Fettermans of the world help to achieve both.' Democrats Elizabeth Warren Luigi Mangione Share or comment on this article: Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren forced to walk back wild comments on 'assassin' Luigi Mangione e-mail Add comment