{"id":2599116,"date":"2026-05-05T17:28:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T21:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-other-dems-invite-more-left-wing-violence-by-making-excuses-for-killers-they-agree-with\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T17:29:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T21:29:03","slug":"media-other-dems-invite-more-left-wing-violence-by-making-excuses-for-killers-they-agree-with","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-other-dems-invite-more-left-wing-violence-by-making-excuses-for-killers-they-agree-with\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Invite Left-Wing Violence By Making Excuses For Killers"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmedia-other-dems-invite-more-left-wing-violence-by-making-excuses-for-killers-they-agree-with%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2599116&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The piece claims that the 2025 Palisades wildfire in Los Angeles County-alleged to have killed 12 people and displaced thousands-was caused not by climate change or chance, but by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/times-square-billboard-exposes-taylor-lorenz-for-doxxing-libs-of-tiktok\/\" title=\"Times Square Billboard Exposes Taylor Lorenz for Doxxing Libs of TikTok\">radical left-wing ideology<\/a>. It says prosecutors allege the arsonist, Jonathan rinderknecht, fixated on Luigi Mangione, a man accused of killing unitedhealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, and allegedly discussed capitalism and \u201cvigilantism\u201d before committing the fire.<\/p>\n<p>It recounts how Mangione\u2019s purported manifesto and the framing of his actions were described as portraying the killing as justified retaliation for grievance against the wealthy and \u201ccorruption and greed.\u201d The article then argues that <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >prominent left-leaning figures<\/a> and media commentators responded to Mangione with praise or tolerance rather than unequivocal condemnation-citing examples such as Taylor Lorenz, Sen. elizabeth Warren (who is quoted discouraging violence but still suggesting people can be \u201cpushed so far\u201d), and other individuals who reportedly defended or minimized the act. The author concludes that this permissive \u201cframework\u201d for violence helped shape Rinderknecht\u2019s alleged behavior,and warns that such narratives normalize political violence.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/usforestservice\/54264072127\">  Forest Service\/Flickr<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/publicdomain\/zero\/1.0\/deed.en\">Public Domain<\/a>       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/05\/05\/media-other-dems-invite-more-left-wing-violence-by-making-excuses-for-killers-they-agree-with\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Media, Other Dems Invite More Left-Wing Violence By Making Excuses For Killers They Agree With&#038;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/05\/05\/media-other-dems-invite-more-left-wing-violence-by-making-excuses-for-killers-they-agree-with\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=Media, Other Dems Invite More Left-Wing Violence By Making Excuses For Killers They Agree With&#038;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/05\/05\/media-other-dems-invite-more-left-wing-violence-by-making-excuses-for-killers-they-agree-with\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/05\/05\/media-other-dems-invite-more-left-wing-violence-by-making-excuses-for-killers-they-agree-with\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Media, Other Dems Invite More Left-Wing Violence By Making Excuses For Killers They Agree With&#038;body=%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/05\/05\/media-other-dems-invite-more-left-wing-violence-by-making-excuses-for-killers-they-agree-with\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &#038; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>Twelve people were killed while thousands of others were displaced after the Palisades wildfire ripped through Los Angeles County in January of 2025, becoming California\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/post\/biggest-most-destructive-fires-california-history\/15787046\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">third-most destructive wildfire<\/a> in history. Prosecutors now allege the cause wasn\u2019t climate change or bad luck, but radical left-wing ideology.<\/p>\n<p>Thirty-year-old Jonathan Rinderknecht was obsessed with alleged United Healthcare CEO killer Luigi Mangione and hated the rich, according to prosecutors. Rinderknecht \u2014 an Uber driver \u2014 had been \u201cranting\u201d to customers about capitalism and vigilantism, as well as Mangione, in the days leading up to his alleged arsonist act.<\/p>\n<div id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-4049813064\" class=\"d-flex justify-content-center fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 fdrlst__b89e9-entity-placement\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>As The New York Post <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/05\/04\/us-news\/palisades-arsonist-became-fixated-with-luigi-mangione-before-deadly-blaze-prosecutors\/?utm_medium=social&#038;utm_campaign=nypost&#038;utm_source=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>, \u201cWhen asked why someone would ultimately set the blaze, Rinderknecht allegedly responded that it \u2018would be out of resentment of the rich enjoying their money as \u201cwe\u2019re basically being enslaved by them\u201d and compared such an act of \u201cdesperation\u201d to the murder for which Mangione was charged,\u2019 according to the memo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mangione is accused of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a New York City street. A manifesto purportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/luigi-mangione-manifesto-full-document-1998945\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">written<\/a> by Mangione said the murder \u201chad to be done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrankly, these parasites simply had it coming. A reminder: the US has the #1 most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/second-republican-debate-heres-how-the-candidates-handled-healthcare\/\" title=\"Candidates&#039; healthcare approaches at the second Republican debate.\">expensive healthcare system<\/a> in the world, yet we rank roughly #42 in life expectancy,\u201d Mangione allegedly wrote, adding that \u201ccorruption and greed\u201d are problems that he was the \u201cfirst to face \u2026 with such brutal honesty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thompson\u2019s murder was an act of pure depravity that left two children without their father. But not everyone saw it that way. Self-described journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/04\/14\/taylor-lorenzs-fawning-over-alleged-united-assassin-is-normalizing-political-violence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Taylor Lorenz<\/a> described Mangione as a \u201cmorally good man\u201d and called him a \u201crevolutionary.\u201d Lorenz said women fawning over the alleged assassin \u201cwant somebody to take on this system. \u2026 They want someone to tear down these barbaric establishment institutions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/12\/11\/us-news\/elizabeth-warren-rationalizes-visceral-response-to-unitedhealthcare-ceo-murder-should-be-a-warning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>, \u201cViolence is never the answer, but people can only be pushed so far\u201d and eventually \u201ctake matters into their own hands in ways that will ultimately be a threat to everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>University of Pennsylvania Assistant Professor <a href=\"http:\/\/meuser.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/congressman-dan-meuser-calls-upenn-address-alarming-actions-faculty-member\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Julia Alekseyeva<\/a> called Mangione \u201cthe icon we all need and deserve,\u201d though she later <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedp.com\/article\/2024\/12\/penn-condemns-professor-comment-luigi-mangione\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">retracted<\/a> her statement as \u201cinsensitive and inappropriate\u201d after condemnation.<\/p>\n<p>Mangione was defended again just recently by <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/04\/27\/four-days-after-nyt-excused-political-murder-another-would-be-assassin-targeted-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hasan Piker<\/a>, who suggested during an interview with The New York Times that Thompson was \u201cengaging in a tremendous amount of social murder\u201d as if that were true or justified his being assassinated on a New York City sidewalk.<\/p>\n<p>Strikingly, Mangione\u2019s alleged actions did not meet with unequivocal condemnation or a unified, public rebuke of vigilante murder. Instead, leftists showered him with indulgence and justification (and some with praise). By Mangione\u2019s own alleged account, his actions and the grievances used to legitimize them shaped how he saw violence, that is, as a <em>justified response<\/em> to some great moral injustice. Democrats in the media and politics consistently agree with this twisted ideology.<\/p>\n<p>When corporate media and high-profile Democrats elevate alleged vigilante murderers to the status of a Robin Hood sort of hero, they are signaling that political violence can be a form of justice and is therefore justified. When they treat Mangione\u2019s alleged actions as \u201crevolutionary,\u201d they are creating a framework that makes violence permissible if perpetrated for the \u201cright\u201d reason on the \u201cright\u201d victims. <\/p>\n<p>In the case of Rinderknecht\u2019s alleged arson, he seemingly drew inspiration from Mangione, taking matters into his own hands to \u201cfight\u201d the rich. But it was Democrat pundits and politicians who lionized Mangione and built the permission structure that undergirds the left\u2019s ongoing campaign of political violence, which now allegedly includes plunging Los Angeles County into a fiery inferno in which 12 individuals and thousands of properties were incinerated.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Brianna Lyman is an elections correspondent at The Federalist. Brianna graduated from Fordham University with a degree in International Political Economy. Her work has been featured on Newsmax, Fox News, Fox Business and RealClearPolitics. 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