No, Brian Thompson Wasn’t a “Working-Class Hero”

No, Brian Thompson Wasn’t a “Working-Class Hero”

Commentators like the New York Times’ Bret Stephens have called slain CEO Brian Thompson a “working-class hero.” You don’t have to condone murder to see through that ridiculous claim about a man who was at the helm of a legalized extortion racket. Flags fly at half mast outside the UnitedHealthcare corporate headquarters on December 4, 2024, in Minnetonka, Minnesota. (Stephen Maturen / Getty Images) In 2011, then president Barack Obama announc…