The First Political Assassination Of The Trump Era

Luigi Mangione has been named as the person of interest in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. So, perhaps a disclaimer is in order that the killing of Mr. Thompson was the first successful political assassination of the Trump era, since during the recent campaign Mr. Trump himself was the target of two similarly motivated, but unsuccessful, attacks.

What ties together Mangione and the two individuals who attempted to kill President Donald Trump is their Far Left politics and their rhetoric that the political system has failed and that violence is the correct solution when elections don’t go their way.

Mangione, identified by an elderly McDonalds employee in Altoona, PA, was found with a gun, a silencer, and a manifesto, which outlined his disdain for the healthcare system. He was also wearing clothes that matched the description of the suspect.

While the establishment media has focused on the nuts and bolts of the investigation and evidence obtained when Mr. Mangione was arrested, we are more interested in what motivated him to execute Mr. Thompson and what such information might tell us about the prospect that others might follow a similar path.

Luigi Mangione’s social media profile holds some interesting clues about his politics: He follows Far Left Democrat Congresswoman Alexandia Ocasio-Cortez, and anti-corporate campaigner RFK Jr., and Far Left “journalist” Taylor Lorenz, among others.

A more interesting item one of our internet sleuth friends turned up was Mangione’s review of Unibomber Ted Kaczynski’s manifesto “Industrial Society and Its Future.”

In his review of Kaczynski's manifesto Mangione wrote, “When all other forms of communications fail, violence is necessary to survive. You may not like his methods, but to see things from his perspective, it's not terrorism, it's war and revolution."

“Peaceful protest is outright ignored, economic protest isn't possible in the current system, so how long until we recognize that violence against those who lead us to such destruction is justified as self-defense.”

And later in the review Mangione wrote, “These companies don't care about you, or your kids, or your grandkids. They have zero qualms about burning down the planet for a buck, so why should we have any qualms about burning them down to survive?”

And finally, “Violence never solved anything is a statement uttered by cowards and predators.”

Echoing Kaczynski’s manifesto in his own Mangione wrote, “These parasites had it coming” and, “It had to be done.”

This places the assassination of Brian Thompson squarely in the classic Marxist tactic of “the propaganda of the deed” wherein revolutionary acts are carried out as a means of communication, as well as for their own violent results.

So, why be concerned that Luigi Mangione – if he is the person who assassinated UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson – is anything more than a one-off nut job, as law enforcement have claimed those who attempted to kill President Trump are?

Quite simply because his rhetoric and propaganda of the deed fit into a much larger threat matrix.

As an Ivy League grad and scion of a wealthy Maryland family Mangione also fits another interesting profile – the wealthy, well-educated violent Leftists who show up in the frontlines of ANTIFA riots. See James Carlson, aka Cody Carlson, aka Cody Tarlow, and the Atlanta “Stop Cop City” rioters for two of many examples.

And Leftwing anarchist groups are now issuing joint calls for “festivals of resistance” on the weekend of 18 January 2025, just before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.

Anarchist media sites are promoting the idea, writing “Once Trump takes power, it will only become more challenging to make connections with our neighbors, create the networks that we will need to face down his assaults, and share the skills we will need to survive his reign. Right now, we have a precious window of time in which to prepare. Let’s make the most of it.”

The statement also reads, in part, “By organizing ahead of Trump’s inauguration, we can seize the initiative and set our own timeline rather than being caught flat-footed and forced to react. We need to welcome new participants into these struggles and foster a revolutionary perspective that can orient us through the challenges ahead. No amount of internet activity could substitute for gathering face to face. The most important battles ahead will not be fought online, but in the streets of our communities.”

Luigi Mangione may have acted alone, but he was speaking to an audience of thousands of radical Leftists when he wrote, “When all other forms of communications fail, violence is necessary to survive. You may not like his methods, but to see things from his perspective, it's not terrorism, it's war and revolution."

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