Democrats must denounce the lefties cheering Charlie Kirks killer and Luigi Mangione

In these soul-crushing days following the assassination of Charlie Kirk, we should be uniting as a country to emphatically reject political violence.Instead, the left continued its celebration of murder and mayhem Tuesday outside Manhattan Supreme Court, where Luigi Mangione appeared before a judge in his case.In December, Mangione allegedly murdered a man he didn’t know, UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, in cold blood on a New York City street.The accused killer instantly became a hero for those with poorly formed ideas about healthcare policy — as well as lonely women who think the 27-year-old is hot.The reaction to Mangione’s act has exposed a real sickness in our country.Some of the crazies camped out all night just to catch a glimpse of their hero, a guy they worship for murdering a father of two as a political statement.Some wore Luigi costumes from the Super Mario Bros.video game.

Others sported T-shirts featuring Mangione’s face in a heart, or portraying him as a saint in robes and a halo.They waved homemade banners and signs: “Healthcare is a Human Right.” “Luigi Before Fascists.”They justify the killing of Thompson — just as others justify the murder of Kirk — as a moral reaction to their jobs or their words.Subscribe to our daily Post Opinion newsletter! Please provide a valid email.

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Anything goes when the left gets upset.They can burn cities, kill fathers and make videos celebrating it all — and the rest of us are supposed to just take it.The reality is, the murder of Charlie Kirk was the inevitable result of increasing leftist bombast and hysteria.In April I wrote in these pages, “It certainly feels like a powder keg, as violence is excused and celebrated online as never before.”The killing of Brian Thompson, and the celebration of Luigi Mangione, was the tell.But there was more, much m...