A.G. Gancarski
Florida’s senior Senator believes the man accused of killing of a health insurance CEO should be put to death, assuming he’s convicted of the crime.
“Well, if you look at what’s happened on television, I mean, he’s not been convicted yet, but it sure looks like (the murder) was just absolutely in cold blood, and he just had a vendetta against him,” Rick Scott said about Luigi Mangione, the 26 year old Marylander accused of killing United Health CEO Brian Thompson in December 2024.
“So at least that’s what you read, so if that’s what happened, I mean, you know, that’s clearly justified,” Scott said. “But violence is never justified.”
Among the federal charges against Mangione: first-degree murder; murder in furtherance of terrorism; criminal possession of a weapon; and stalking. Per Newsweek, Mangione has raised more than $228,000 for his legal defense, as the accused has become a cause celebre for at least some people who feel wronged by denial of health insurance claims and the industry writ large.
Scott added that “violence should never be tolerated,” saying Americans have “got to figure out how to bring people together and have a legitimate conversation.”
“If somebody doesn’t like the way the healthcare system is being delivered, then we get in the middle of it and change it. That’s the right way of doing it,” Scott said on Gabe Groisman’s podcast.
Before he entered politics, Scott was involved in health care himself, including with Columbia/HCA, America’s Health Network, and Solantic Corporation.
Mangione will be in federal court on Feb. 17 and in state court in New York on Feb. 21.
10 comments
Paul Passarelli
February 4, 2025 at 3:37 pm
I’ve always felt Rick Scott was a bit out of touch with reality.
This statement confirms it.
MH/Duuuval
February 4, 2025 at 5:50 pm
That suit Trick is wearing confirms your observation.
ScienceBLVR
February 4, 2025 at 8:22 pm
So Scott is now judge, jury, and executioner? Some chutzpah from the former CEO of a health care company that defrauded the government for millions of dollars. I wonder how many legitimate claims his company denied?Guess he’s lucky he’s out of that business..
Pierino Dioguardi
February 5, 2025 at 1:16 am
Rick Scot, you have no balls and you choosen your job because you are the type who enjoy hearing about people dying , people been executed by Health insurance companies. Go to h.ell big mouth , people like you are cold reptiles
LexT
February 5, 2025 at 8:20 am
This has been one of the most disgusting disappointments I’ve had with the American people. Everyone deserves a trial. No matter what atrocities this CEO did or did not do, one man should not be able to decide to take the life of another man. There is a better way. The most disgusting thing about this is how many normal people celebrate Luigi Mangione. I hope it is mostly a form of hyperbole, where they hate what exactly was done, but are glad something was done to fix a problem. It is gross to celebrate this type of solution. We are not being a good example to our kids.
MH/Duuuval
February 5, 2025 at 11:01 pm
Here’s the Supreme Court cases you said didn’t exist that bolster birthrate citizenship: United States v. Wong Kim Ark (1898) and Chae Chan Ping v. United States (1889)
LawLib
February 5, 2025 at 1:16 pm
Rick Scott says he derides political violence out of one side of his mouth and out of the other supports 47 in freeing the violent actors from 1/6/20. Which side of his snide mouth should we believe? Though being a Floridian, he’s not my Senator!
MH/Duuuval
February 5, 2025 at 11:03 pm
Predatory capitalists — like Trick — respect no boundaries — political or ethical. He represents himself and his wealth like so many of the MAGAnits shuttling between D.C. and Palm Beach.
Sean
February 7, 2025 at 8:38 am
Wow, it’s super surprising to hear this from Rick Scott, the former CEO of the nation’s largest for-profit healthcare company, who was found guilty of defrauding the American people while he was in charge.
MH/Duuuval
February 7, 2025 at 9:01 am
Hence the much-used phrase: Trick got off Scott free
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