Former Washington Post reporter Taylor Lorenz doubled down Thursday on her shocking comments appearing to celebrate the reportedly targeted murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. A chilling video released Wednesday showed Thompson being shot and killed at close range while outside the Hilton Hotel in midtown Manhattan, New York. The suspect is still at large.

Hours after news broke of his death, Lorenz wrote on the social media site Bluesky, "And people wonder why we want these executives dead," alongside a report about Blue Cross Blue Shield no longer covering anesthesia for the full length of some surgeries. A second post also featured the meme of a celebratory image of a smiling star and balloons with the text, "CEO DOWN." Lorenz argued that while some online commentary has gone too far and promoted violence, the media had failed to examine "the systemic cruelty of our health care system" which motivated these sentiments.

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