CNN’s Kaitlan Collins Promotes Luigi Mangione Defense Fund

You can’t make this stuff up.

Kaitlan Collins, White House Correspondent for CNN, sent out a tweet promoting the defense fund for Luigi Mangione, the assassin who killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

The new defense fund was announced in a “Valentine’s Day Message” posted by his defense team on a new website.

Mangione’s New York legal defense team published a message directly from Mangione on the website, which reads, “I am overwhelmed by – and grateful for – everyone who has written me to share their stories and express their support. Powerfully, this support has transcended political, racial, and even class divisions, as mail has flooded MDC from across the country, and around the globe.”

He acknowledged the challenge of responding to every message but emphasized, “I read every one that I receive. Thank you again to everyone who took the time to write. I look forward to hearing more in the future.”

Collins’ tweet was startling because, first of all, she is White House Correspondent and hence has nothing to do with covering the case; secondly, because it sure looked like a call to go to the site and perhaps donate; and third, one of Collins’ colleagues–a CNN analyst–will be a direct beneficiary because she is on the defense team.

Real bottom of the barrel stuff. Even for @kaitlancollins pic.twitter.com/OCrUQIkmwq

— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) February 15, 2025

Mangione is a cold-blooded killer but has become a folk hero on the left. There is no question that he is the killer–his manifesto makes clear that he is–and his legal team, while doing their job, is stoking the “hero” narrative rather than fighting on purely legal terms. It certainly isn’t Collins’ job to jump on that bandwagon. […]

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