Ro Khanna: Brian Thompson killing was ‘horrific’ but people ‘aren’t getting care they need’

Congressperson shares sympathy in UnitedHealthcare CEO’s death but says ‘outpouring ... has not surprised me’

Progressive congressperson Ro Khanna has sympathy for murdered UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson – yet at the same time is not surprised that the killing reignited a national dialogue about inequities in the US healthcare system, he said in an interview Sunday.

“It was horrific,” the California Democrat said on ABC This Week with respect to the slaying of Thompson, whose survivors include his widow and two sons ages 16 and 19. “I mean, this is a father we’re talking about – of two children, and … there is no justification for violence.