University of Pennsylvania Professor Praises CEO-Killer Suspect

A University of Pennsylvania professor praised Luigi Nicholas Mangione, the suspect in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, and called him an “icon.”

The TikTok account Ex Libs on Tuesday shared several posts made by Professor Julia Alexeyeva, who is an assistant professor of English and Cinema and Media Studies at the Ivy League university.

Alexeyeva, whose TikTok handle is , posted a video of herself smiling to the song “Do You Hear the People Sing” from Les Miserables, with the caption: “I have never been so proud to be a professor at the University of Pennsylvania.” The professor was apparently referring to the fact that Mangione is an alumnus of the University of Pennsylvania.

Alekseyeva also commented “the icon we all need and deserve” in response to a social media post about Mangione that said: “A friend of mine hooked up with him when he was a student – ​​for those who are curious, he is #equalopportunity.”

The University of Pennsylvania professor also shared a post from the website Reductress titled: “Humans engage in the beautiful Italian-American tradition of taking matters into their own hands.”

Alekseyeva’s work includes publishing the graphic novel: “Soviet Daughter: A Graphic Revolution,” and her upcoming “first academic bioc [sic], Antifascism and the Avant-Garde: Radical Documentary in the 1960s.”

Many individuals associated with the left online are celebrating Mangione’s brutal murder of Thompson and glorifying him as a hero.

Josh Shapiro, the governor of Pennsylvania (where Mangione was arrested), condemned such celebrations, saying: “In America, we do not brutally kill people for resolving policy differences or expressing a point of view. . . . In some dark corners, this killer is being hailed as a hero. Hear me out: She is no hero.”

Campus Reform has contacted the University of Pennsylvania and Professor Alexeyeva for comment. This article will be updated accordingly.