A shocking number of young people support UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s killer, with 41 percent saying that Luigi Mangione’s alleged actions are “acceptable,” an Emerson College poll has found.
Twenty-four percent of U.S. voters ages 18-29 answered that Mangione’s brazen execution was somewhat acceptable, and 17 percent said it was completely acceptable.
There was also a stark partisan split among those polled, with 22% of Democrats saying they find the killer’s actions acceptable compared to only 12% of Republicans and 16% of independents who do so.
The poll of 1,000 voters was conducted last week.
Mangione was indicted Tuesday on upgraded charges of murder as an act of terrorism.