Thomas Crooks is the guy who attempted to kill President Trump last summer at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. I think he was 20 years old. That's pretty much all I've got, except that he's dead. (They shot him.)
Luigi Mangione murdered, in broad daylight, the CEO of a huge company, United Healthcare, in New York City last week. He is 26. After college he moved to Hawaii where he was an avid surfer, and hurt his back doing it. He was in a lot of pain and lost touch with many of his friends. He was the valedictorian of his high school, the prestigious private Gilman School in Baltimore that costs $40,000 a year in tuition. He earned two degrees from the University of Pennsylvania, a bachelor's and a master's. He comes from a wealthy family, his father owns several golf country clubs in the Baltimore area.
Mangione's picture has been plastered everywhere -- there are three of them in today's Wall Street Journal -- whereas I could not pick Crooks out of a lineup. Mangione is considered to be good-looking by many women, who have sent him money for his legal fees. (Personally I think his nostrils are too big.)
The point is, WTF? Why do we know so little about a president's assassin but so much about the killer of a private citizen? Could it be for the same reason we know nothing about those drones flying over New Jersey? CIA, FBI -- I'm talking to you.
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