DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Former Washington Post columnist Taylor Lorenz described accused murderer Luigi Mangione as “morally good” and “handsome” during a Sunday appearance on CNN.
Police in Altoona, Pennsylvania, arrested Luigi Mangione in December 2023 following a five-day manhunt after United Health Group CEO Brian Thompson was killed in a shooting just outside a Manhattan hotel while en route to a conference. Lorenz discussed how women seemed to be attracted to Mangione with CNN reporter Donie O’Sullivan during a special that aired on the corporate media network.
“So you’re going to see women especially that feel like, ‘Oh, my god, like, here’s this man who’s a revolutionary, who’s famous, who’s handsome, who’s young, who’s smart, he’s a person that seems there’s like this morally good man, which is hard to find,’” Lorenz told O’Sullivan.
Attorney General Pam Bondi announced on April 1 that the federal government would seek the death penalty for Mangione should he be convicted on federal charges in connection with Thompson’s death.
“To see these millionaire media pundits on TV clutching their pearls about someone stanning a murderer when this is—this is the United States of America, as if we don’t lionize criminals, as if we don’t have, you know, stan murders of all sorts and we give them Netflix shows,” Lorenz told O’Sullivan earlier.
“There’s a huge disconnect between the narratives and angles that the mainstream media pushes and what the American public feels, and you see that in moments like this,” Lorenz continued. “And I can tell you, I saw the biggest audience growth that I’ve ever seen, because people were like, ‘Oh, somebody, some journalist is actually speaking to the anger that we feel.’”
Vox Media ended its distribution of Lorenz’s podcast after she initially praised Mangione in December.
Lorenz previously drew criticism after she exposed the identity of the woman behind the popular X account LibsOfTikTok. The owner of the account, Chaya Raichik, was later hired by the Babylon Bee.
Originally published by Daily Caller News Foundation.