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Michael Moore Says He Will Not Tamp Down Anger Stirred by Luigi Mangione

The man accused of shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson named Moore — who directed 2007's 'Sicko' — in his alleged manifesto.

Michael Moore, the Oscar-winning director of documentaries such as Bowling for Columbine and Sicko, wrote on Friday that he will not “tamp down” public anger against “America’s bloodthirsty, profit-driven and murderous health insurance system” stirred by Luigi Mangione. In a lengthy Substack article — which he titled “A Manifesto Against For-Profit Health Insurance Companies” — Moore wrote that Mangione’s alleged mention of him has resulted in requests for the director to comment. The director finished his message with a link to Sicko, available to watch for a free, and a solution: “Throw this entire system in the trash, dismantle this immoral business that profits off the lives of human beings and monetizes our deaths, that murders us or leaves us to die, destroy it all, and instead, in its place, give us all the same health care that every other civilized country on Earth has: Universal, free, compassionate, and full of life.”

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