• iie [they/them, he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
    44·
    8 days ago

    It was related to his ghoulishness

    https://nypost.com/2024/12/04/us-news/wife-of-unitedhealthcare-ceo-brian-thompson-says-her-husband-had-been-receiving-some-threats-prior-to-fatal-shooting/

    The wife of slain health insurance CEO Brian Thompson said Wednesday that her husband had been getting threats before he was gunned down in Midtown Manhattan.

    “There had been some threats,” Paulette Thompson told NBC News in her first comments since her husband was murdered early Wednesday.

    “Basically, I don’t know, a lack of coverage?” she said, referring to her 50-year-old husband’s role as CEO of UnitedHealthcare’s insurance division.

    • Hohsia [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      41·
      8 days ago

      Beyond parody

      Couldn’t even admit that she could see how someone would want to target the source of their daily misery amerikkka

    • Philosoraptor [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      32·
      8 days ago

      I have to assume that most of these people just live with non-stop death threats, but that they generally have thought themselves untouchable until now. Imagine being constantly inundated with people calling you and saying shit like “you killed my mom by denying her cancer treatment” and just like…going on with your life. For years. Good fucking riddance and rest in piss.

      • SoJB@lemmy.mlEnglish
        18·
        8 days ago

        The ruling class rarely lugs around the security they need 24/7, it’s just too much of a hassle unless you’re Drake or the POTUS.

        Judges, CEOs, senators. They all eat out at restaurants. Shop at public luxury stores. Some of them even still get their own groceries. Drive to appointments. Drive to boozed up fundraisers on public roads.

        As much as they try to insulate themselves, the bourgeois, by definition, must rub shoulders with the working class. Some of them are smart and took their money and lock themselves in their compounds.

        Most are too proud for that. And they have blood running in their veins just like the rest of us.

        • frauddogg [null/void, undecided]@hexbear.netEnglish
          4·
          8 days ago

          it’s just too much of a hassle unless you’re Drake or the POTUS.

          And unlike the President’s security detail, Aubrey’s is only really there to scam him and swim around in his filth