{"id":2586,"date":"2025-04-03T12:04:57","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T12:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2586"},"modified":"2025-04-03T12:04:57","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T12:04:57","slug":"joy-behar-says-death-penalty-for-luigi-mangione-could-backfire-on-republicans-amid-trump-doj-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2586","title":{"rendered":"Joy Behar says death penalty for Luigi Mangione could backfire on Republicans amid Trump DOJ decision"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Co-hosts of ABC\u2019s The View discussed whether the Trump administration\u2019s decision to seek the death penalty for Luigi Mangione could have political consequences. Mangione is accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in what authorities have described as a targeted attack.<\/p>\n<p>Joy Behar pointed to Mangione\u2019s popularity, saying, \u201cHe\u2019s very popular, this guy,\u201d and warned the move could politically backfire on Republicans. \u201cAll I\u2019m saying is, politically, it could be a backlash against Republicans to give him the death penalty,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Attorney General Pam Bondi announced on Tuesday that the Justice Department would pursue capital punishment, calling the murder a \u201cpremeditated, cold-blooded assassination that shocked America.\u201d She said the move aligned with President Donald Trump\u2019s ongoing effort to reduce violent crime and \u201cMake America Safe Again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Co-host Sunny Hostin called Bondi\u2019s statement \u201can assault on the process,\u201d accusing the administration of disregarding institutional norms.<\/p>\n<p>Alyssa Farah Griffin said she supports the death penalty in extreme cases but questioned the choice to apply it here. \u201cI was a little surprised this is where the Trump Justice Department started,\u201d she said, suggesting that drug cartel or human trafficking cases would be more appropriate targets. Griffin added that while Mangione\u2019s alleged crime was serious, he is a young, first-time offender who she believes should serve life in prison.<\/p>\n<p>Sara Haines agreed, saying the greater punishment would be to live with his actions. \u201cI\u2019m a big believer in people having to live with themselves and the choices they\u2019ve made,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Politico suggested the decision could alienate Gen Z voters, listing the story under its \u201c6 Things You Need to Know\u201d section with the headline, \u201cHow Trump Loses Gen Z.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Justice Department has not responded to the political commentary.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Co-hosts of ABC\u2019s The View discussed whether the Trump administration\u2019s decision to seek the death penalty for Luigi Mangione could have political consequences. Mangione is accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in what authorities have described as a targeted attack. Joy Behar pointed to Mangione\u2019s popularity, saying, \u201cHe\u2019s very popular, this guy,\u201d and warned [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2586\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}