Strategist Slams ‘Over The Top’ Praise For ‘Vigilante Murder’ Day After Commenting On Alleged Assassin’s Body

Libertarian strategist Tim Miller called out the “over the top” praise of “vigilante murder” on Tuesday during his podcast, just a day after he made comments about how “attractive” UnitedHealthcare CEO’s alleged assassin looked.

Since authorities arrested 26-year-old Luigi Mangione on Monday, political pundits and online users have repeatedly commented on the Maryland native’s looks, with some remarking how “hot” he appears. On “The Bulwark,” Miller, the host of the show, began by saying that the blame for Mangione’s alleged actions has led to the romanticization of him online.

“I think that all this radicalization talk is just simply fancy excuse making for people who are living in decadent times. It is creating an environment that gives people a rationalization for defending horrible actions or for acting horribly or for voting for somebody that they know is bad,” Miller said.

“In some cases, it even romanticizes horrible actions as being part of some existential good. We’ve seen this in the case of Mangione,” Miller added. “I want to push back against this, beginning with Luigi.”

Miller went on to question whether Mangione could have possibly suffered from a “psychotic break,” highlighting how the 26-year-old’s newly released manifesto showed his opposition to the health insurance industry and revealed he had suffered from a serious back injury.

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“His Goodreads account, as I said, indicates he was kind of searching for solutions for this pain. It kind of doesn’t matter really how bad his pain was in the context of radicalizations, because in a world where people are putting out everything as romantic super cuts about a killer because he’s got abs and trauma, then that gives everyone a rationale to kill,” Miller said.