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Progressive Democratic Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren caught many people off guard this week when she spoke with MSNBC's Joy Reid about the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. “This was wrong, but you can only push people so far, and we will say this over and over again. Violence is never the answer,” he said, as reported by Fox News. It also served as a kind of 'warning' to me, 'This man.' (Luigi Mangione) is on trial for the murder of the CEO of UnitedHealth, but you can only push people so far, and then they take matters into their own hands. start. ”
Many casual observers, who have followed the senator's career for years, were surprised that Warren seemed to be taking “both sides” on the murder of a medical worker on the streets of Manhattan. Those who came were not surprised.
To be fair, Warren's latest accusations, claiming that if you push people hard enough, they'll “start to take matters into their own hands,” are new even to her. That's extreme. She later issued a hasty purge statement to quell political backlash against her comments, but her history of using violent rhetoric offers some illuminating insight into the worldview of many on the left. Provided.
In 2011, when Warren was running for Senate and the radical Occupy Wall Street movement was at its peak in cities across America (a movement that Warren claimed to have founded), Consider the video of a Harvard professor bragging about his record that got him “jailed.” “I blame people who I think are wrong'' quickly spread.
Elizabeth Warren says UnitedHealthcare CEO's murder was a warning: 'You can only push people so far'
Or her preference for “a lot of blood and teeth on the floor” in exchange for a compromise with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Warren's disdain is not limited to Republicans. Even Democrats who deviate from her purity tests are not immune. She has had a long-standing feud with President Joe Biden, accusing the future president of selling out to credit card companies. (As an example of how even a stopped clock is accurate twice a day, 2019 presidential candidate Biden called Warren's approach “representative of an elitism that working and middle-class people do not share: “We know best.''; You don't know anything.''
What was left unspoken in the dust-up with Biden, of course, was Warren's past as a corporate lawyer. The left-leaning Boston Globe reported that her consumer advocacy integrity was undermined by some of her private sector work, particularly by representing insurance companies who sought to limit their legal liability. Ta. I will discuss her hypocrisy in another column.
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The assassination of the chief executive officer of one of America's leading medical companies has left the nation reeling and wondering how it came to this point. It's not just the senseless murders in downtown New York City that have some people wondering how we got to this moment. The left seems to be trying to justify it.
For a Democratic Party rudderless and desperate for answers and a way forward, there are few unifiers, but disdain and outright hostility toward the private sector is one common denominator.
Warren is one of the leaders in this field. A quick perusal of the press releases section of her Senate website reveals her anger. Look at the category “Billionaires”. “Greedy brokers” and “corporate greed.” “Price gouging.”
In Warren's eyes, private industry is the villain. Just this week, she referred to TurboTax, the service that gets more than 40 million Americans their hard-earned tax money back from the government each year, as “sleazy.”
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Warren is not alone in this belief. Nearly two-thirds of Democrats have a favorable view of “socialism.”
Instead of appreciating the opportunities businesses offer, businesses are seen as the enemy and governments and politicians are the answer.
There are encouraging signs that the tide may be turning. President-elect Donald Trump received a warm welcome Thursday as he rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange. In a sign that capitalism was once again being celebrated, he was treated as a conquering hero.
His January 20 oath turns the page and returns to the principles that made America the envy of the world: hard work, success, and a belief in free enterprise as an economic force for good that lifts everyone up. I hope.
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Sen. Warren and her fellow liberals may never endorse these theories, but we tried them their way. For the past four years, America has been ruled by a president who boasts of being the most progressive since FDR, a boast exemplified by socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont). As a result, we've seen record inflation, energy prices, and a belief that America is off track.
Thankfully, a new era has dawned and brighter days await.
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