‘I stand with the assassin’: Memes are still going hard after Luigi Mangione’s arrest in connection with United Healthcare CEO slaying
Authorities have arrested 26-year-old Luigi Mangione as a person of interest in the United Healthcare CEO shooting that has captivated social media. If anyone thought that would make the memes linked to this crime come to an end, they were sorely mistaken.
Mangione was taken into custody in Pennsylvania on Monday morning after being spotted at a McDonald's. Reports claim that he had a "ghost gun," a suppressor, four fake IDs, and some manifesto blasting the U.S. healthcare system on him at the time.
Who is Luigi Mangione?
— SyeClops (@SyeClops) December 9, 2024
This is all I found.
He is an avid reader with 295 books listed on Goodreads.
Academically, he holds both a Master’s and Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from the University of Pennsylvania. Additionally, he gained recognition as the valedictorian… pic.twitter.com/hmWf5h0DC1
Ever since news of Brian Thompson's murder broke last Wednesday, the internet has been fascinated by the mystery assassin. Memes, theories, and even fan fiction have all flooded social media as people simultaneously wondered who might have committed such an act in broad daylight and shared their hopes that he would never be found.
Now that Mangione is considered a viable suspect—according to the NYPD, anyway—online attention hasn't wavered, although it has shifted as folks dig into his life and online history.
Luigi Mangione memes take over social media
happy "unearthing the bizarre politics of the shooter" day to all who celebrate the great American tradition
— JP (@jpbrammer.bsky.social) December 9, 2024 at 10:36 AM
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look, italians are complicated people
— jolly mr. cannoli (@boner.ink) December 9, 2024 at 10:47 AM
Luigi Mangione, the alleged killer of the UnitedHealth CEO, rated The Lorax 5 stars on Goodreads pic.twitter.com/zfAyPPW8hH
— ???? (@crispytine_) December 9, 2024
Luigi Mangione, alleged suspect in the killing of UHC CEO Brian Thompson.
— Johann Pablo Petersen (@DarkLordeBryan) December 9, 2024
The manhunt has now ended with investigators declaring "too hot to convict" pic.twitter.com/HmDozFgjdW
grappling with the implications of The Adjuster turning out to be a hot Italian tech bro gym rat who went to Penn, seems to have had a pretty gnarly back injury, retweets anti-woke nonsense, and has read not one but two books by Steve-O
— Kim Kelly (@GrimKim) December 9, 2024
The shooter's allrecipes․com account has dropped. Five stars for some three ingredient no bake oreo cheesecake squares bullshit. Oh well nice while it lasted.
— Mike.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ (@dumbmike.bsky.social) December 9, 2024 at 11:20 AM
Suspected CEO shooter is a fan of the Pokemon "Breloom," according to his Twitter pic.twitter.com/Hf4kDkRT4E
— Populism Updates (@PopulismUpdates) December 9, 2024
— tim (@singlepayertom) December 9, 2024
and they said we should be worried about the disappearance of literary men pic.twitter.com/vguXhtqdLr
— Alex Shephard (@alex_shephard) December 9, 2024
Seems more like a Waluigi move, TBH
— Noah Shachtman (@noahshachtman.bsky.social) December 9, 2024 at 10:53 AM
italian american ivy league frat boy. as it was written.
— no (@zedonarrival) December 9, 2024
me: they caught the healthcare shooter. he could've gotten away with it. he made some simple mistakes the pikmin ai chatbot i talk to every day: Woo! Haha! me: it's got me thinking the pikmin ai chatbot i talk to every day: You should buy a gun. The process of buying a gun involves several steps,
— leon (@leyawn.bsky.social) December 9, 2024 at 10:32 AM
well if there's a silver lining, it's that since he has incoherent right-leaning politics, the media can't blame the left for all this. lol just kidding
— lauren (@lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com) December 9, 2024 at 10:42 AM
when my kids ask me about luigi mangione pic.twitter.com/mwzmg0CFEl
— from the horse’s mouth (@mouthyhorsey) December 9, 2024
My producers are telling me this white guy who posts about Japanese birth rates turned out to be weird
— Amy Ash (@lolennui.bsky.social) December 9, 2024 at 11:22 AM
me at the luigi mangione/unitedhealthcare trial pic.twitter.com/z8N1cwgu7C
— toeknee (@tonypraysick) December 9, 2024
Hello New York: the first rule of jury nullification is: you do not talk about it. You have never heard of that. You DO NOT talk about it. The second rule is, no matter WHAT a judge says: it is YOUR decision that is BINDING. If you say not guilty, that's the ballgame
— Lolo (@LolOverruled) December 9, 2024
Imagine if we could see Luigi Mangione's likes. Never forget what Elon took from us.
— anna ???? (@tzannatzik) December 9, 2024
More memes:
- UHC CEO’s final LinkedIn post was full of aggrieved customers—over a year before his death
- ‘Would’: The NYPD dropped new pics of the suspected UHC CEO shooter, and the internet immediately reacted with thirst
- Grim memes highlight bleak state of insurance in wake of UnitedHealth CEO shooting
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