Piers Morgan Panel Erupts After Dem Commentator Admits She Has No ‘Empathy’ For Slain United Healthcare CEO
Two panelists clashed on British journalist Piers Morgan’s show Tuesday after Democratic political commentator Briahna Joy Gray admitted she had no empathy for slain UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Thompson, a…
Two panelists clashed on British journalist Piers Morgan’s show Tuesday after Democratic political commentator Briahna Joy Gray admitted she had no empathy for slain UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Thompson, a 50-year-old high-profile insurance company CEO, was shot dead while walking out of his New York City hotel last week, with 26-year-old Luigi Mangione arrested by authorities on Monday in connection to the murder. On “Piers Morgan Uncensored,” Gray had been discussing how the “root of the public outcry” was coming from Americans’ dissatisfaction with UnitedHealthcare, noting that while she doesn’t condone vigilante violence, she believes there is a need to get to the “root of why” Americans have a “deep well of tragedy, despair and outrage.”
“But just to be clear, before I go to Natalie to respond to that, do you feel any empathy for Brian Thompson and his family?” Morgan asked.
“I have infinite empathy for any individual as a person in their personal capacity. As his role as the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, I’m afraid I’m with the overwhelming majority, bipartisan majority of the American people who say ‘I’m saving my empathy for people who are much more vulnerable,’” Gray said.
Morgan then pressed again, clarifying she didn’t have “any empathy” for Thompson after his public execution.
“I personally don’t,” Gray said.
“Right. OK, well, at least you’re honest,” Morgan said. “I mean, I find this staggering. You’ve got to remember the left is supposed to be the party that cares so much. All of them have their ‘be kind’ hashtags. They’re the caring ones, the kind ones, and they can’t even bring it in their hearts to say they find a shred of empathy for a man who’s just been executed, who’s the father of children, the husband of a loving wife, and so on. I find that just staggering that you can’t, on a human level, have empathy for the murder of someone, but also make your point about the system in which he was an executive.”