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Amy Hamm: Luigi Mangione's delusional army swoons at his guilty plea

One supporter described the shooting of Brian Thompson as a 'revolutionary act' on par with the civil rights movement

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Luigi Mangione, 28, who pleaded guilty Friday to federal U.S. charges of interstate stalking resulting in death, has been a public litmus test for the morality of the political left. Many have failed.  

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UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was gunned down on a New York street in December 2024 — shot first in the back (how dastardly) by a masked Mangione, who only now admits to the heinous crime. “I shot Mr. Thompson in Manhattan and he died… I knew what I was doing,” Mangione said in court Friday. The plea, and not Mangione’s guilt, was the only surprise.  

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Yet men and women fawn over Mangione, penning letters to him in prison and even fundraising for his........

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