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Former Washington Post reporter Taylor Lorenz appeared to celebrate the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

In social media posts on X and Bluesky, Lorenz criticized insurance CEOs hours after Thompson was gunned down in New York City where he was attending a conference. NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at a news conference that the murder of the husband and father of two was “a premeditated, pre-planned, targeted attack.”

But for Lorenz, it was cause for celebration it seemed.

Sharing a post on a report about Blue Cross Blue Shield no longer covering “anesthesia for the full length of some surgeries,” Lorenz wrote, “And people wonder why we want these executives dead.”

She told Fox News Digital that “my post uses the royal we and is explaining the public sentiment.”

“That said, healthcare executives absolutely want people dead as long as it helps their bottom line and that’s the entire problem,” Lorenz said. “My sympathies are with the innocent people who have died or suffered after being denied coverage by greedy insurance companies.”

In another post, she shared an article and picture of Blue Cross Blue Shield CEO Kim Keck.

She told Fox News Digital that her “motivation” in sharing that particular post was “to show who was behind this type of decision.”

She wrote “ENDORSE” in one post agreeing with the idea that healthcare execs should only be allowed to have the cheapest plans and not allowed to get any other coverage. She reposted and shared many other messages from those attacking Thompson and seeming to feel his death was justified.

Lorenz drew more attention as she noted, “Woke up to see this spammed in my group chats,” referring to a celebratory emoji and graphic.

“People have very justified hatred toward insurance company CEOs because these executives are responsible for an unfathomable amount of death and suffering. As someone against death and suffering, I think it’s good to call out this broken system and the ppl in power who enable it,” Lorenz wrote, seeming to defend her posts.

Glenn Beck called out the claims of “justice” over Thompson’s murder, calling it “VENGEANCE masquerading as righteousness” in a post on X.

“The streets will run red with the blood of our neighbors. When we take justice into our own hands, we don’t create a better world. We create a broken one,” he added.

She shared a post by independent journalist Ken Klippenstein who commented on a graph about UnitedHealthcare claim denial rates by stating it was “the legacy” of CEO Brian Thompson.

Lorenz also claimed she was trying to encourage “letter writing campaigns.”

“I hope people learn the names of all of these insurance company CEOs and engage in very peaceful letter writing campaigns so that they stop ruthlessly murdering thousands of innocent Americans by denying coverage,” she wrote. “Healthcare is a human right. We need universal healthcare now.”

And the condemnation continued.

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