                                        {"id":6638,"date":"2026-08-15T19:37:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T19:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=6638"},"modified":"2026-08-15T19:37:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T19:37:20","slug":"luigi-mangione-fangirl-reporter-lashes-out-at-brian-thompsons-widow-with-vile-comments-social-media-posts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=6638","title":{"rendered":"Luigi Mangione fangirl &#8216;reporter&#8217; lashes out at Brian Thompson&#8217;s widow with vile comments, social media posts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>One of the Luigi Mangione fangirl \u201cjournalists\u201d lashed out at Brian Thompson\u2019s widow in a sickening social media screed after the object of her obsession pleaded guilty to murder.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=6636\">Meet the godfather of global terrorism \u2014 Carlos the Jackal \u2014 who seduced women and eluded cops for decades<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lena Weissbrot, one of the three deranged fangirls called the \u201cMangionistas,\u201d who were given press credentials by the Mamdani administration, reposted horrifying comments about Paulette Thompson \u2014 justifying the killing of her husband and suggesting she was complicit in murder.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh the comment section does not disappoint on this reel!! A plurality of people feel exactly like I do,\u201d Weissbrot wrote on an Instagram story followed by reposting a series of lowlights from keyboard Communists in the comment section.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[I] know, id cry too if my husband was responsible for millions of people dying due to denied claims for life saving treatment,\u201d read one reposted comment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe the wife of the CEO could give away some of their riches to people who can\u2019t pay their medical bills,\u201d another comment read.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou talking about the woman that was living a privileged life on the backs of the sick and dying?\u201d another comment read.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLuigi is a hero. Brian Thompson denied CANCER patients treatment. Private health insurance CEOs kill is every day,\u201d another comment read.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFederal pardon from the next good president, or free him during the revolution,\u201d one internet radical wrote.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Here\u2019s the latest on accused CEO killer Luigi Mangione\u2019s<\/strong> murder trial<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Read Luigi Mangione\u2019s full speech to the court as he pled guilty to killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mangione\u2019s twisted fans unapologetically still support him after guilty plea: \u2018Revolutionary act of protest\u2019<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Widow of slain United HealthCare boss Brian Thompson makes first public appearance in Manhattan<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Luigi Mangione reveals the twisted way he tricked victim\u2019s company into helping plot sick murder scheme<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Weissbrot, 32, has been a mainstay outside the courthouse in downtown Manhattan during the Mangione trial, but was absent from the proceedings on Friday when he pleaded guilty to killing Brian Thompson in cold blood.<\/p>\n<p>In a bizarre on-camera interview where the Mangionistas were defending their right to have press credentials for operating a barely-read blog, one of Weissbrot\u2019s colleagues unleashed a hateful tirade against the victim of Mangione\u2019s crime.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=6634\">Aaron Judge takes major step toward Yankees return<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cF\u2014k Brian Thompson,\u201d said Ashley Rojas while brandishing a press badge. \u201cThat\u2019s all I want to say. F\u2014k Brian Thompson. F\u2014k his mom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Weissbrot\u2019s own mother, Reina Natero, works in health insurance, overseeing prescription drug coverage rules at CVS Health.<\/p>\n<p>The 57-year-old trained pharmacist has worked for big pharma for more than two decades, according to her LinkedIn.<\/p>\n<p>Mangione, 28, admitted in federal court to using a 3D-printed handgun to shoot and kill Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare, on Dec. 4, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The Manhattan US Attorney\u2019s Office said it will urge the judge to send Mangione to prison for the rest of his life when he is sentenced on Dec. 18.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cMangione attempted to send a public message through violence,\u201d said Jamie McDonald, the head of the Southern District of New York, in a press conference on the courthouse steps after Mangione\u2019s guilty plea. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut the message that emerges today is very different: violence is not a legitimate instrument to promote any political or social message. Those who resort to violence in an effort to advance their beliefs will be prosecuted, convicted, and put in jail.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mangione\u2019s plea came just weeks before jury selection in his\u00a0state case \u2014\u00a0 where he\u2019s still charged with second-degree murder and illegal weapons possession \u2014 was set to kick off on Sept. 8<strong>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The fate of that case remains unclear, as Mangione\u2019s lawyers filed a motion in state court, saying that his plea had triggered \u201cdouble jeopardy,\u201d in which a person cannot be convicted twice for the same crime.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=6632\">Trump makes prediction on whether AOC will run for president<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Weissbrot did not respond to The Post\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lena Weissbrot, a Luigi Mangione supporter with press credentials, attacked Brian Thompson&#8217;s widow online after the killer pleaded guilty to fatally shooting the UnitedHealthcare CEO.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6637,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-us-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Luigi Mangione fangirl &#039;reporter&#039; 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