MSNBC’s Ruhle Tries to Tie Celebrating UnitedHealth CEO’s Murder to Taking Daniel Penny to Army-Navy Game

RUHLE: “We saw Daniel Penny, his acquittal, and at the same time in a very, very, very different situation, but Luigi Mangione, the man who’s now accused of the murder of the United Healthcare CEO. Two very different situations, but in both situations there’s a person dead, and reactions that we are seeing are hugely celebratory in some circles, right? JD Vance is taking Daniel Penny to the Army-Navy football game tomorrow. And what we’ve seen in the last few years, right, we see the media divide us. We see that, you know, sex sells, but anger and hate sells even more. How concerned should we be, though, that the American people, groups of the American people, are celebrating violence? Like, ‘violence, that’s the solution, that’s what everyone should be doing these days.’ How concerned are you that this is where we are in this celebratory moment?”
VAN ZANDT: “Very concerned. And, of course, our hearts go out to the family, the Neely family. Nobody should die in these situations. But I hope it starts to emphasize the trouble we’re having with the mental health, ignoring the mental health problems, not only in our city, which is considerable, but in our country.”