Former Washington Post reporter Taylor Lorenz on Thursday doubled down on her shocking comments that appeared to celebrate the alleged targeted killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

A chilling video released Wednesday showed Thompson being shot at close range outside the Hilton Hotel in midtown Manhattan, New York. The suspect is still at large.

Hours after news of his death broke, Lorenz wrote on the social media site Bluesky, “And people are wondering why we want these leaders dead,” alongside a report about Blue Cross Blue Shield providing anesthesia for no longer covers the entire duration of some operations.

Lorenz continued to share images of Blue Cross Blue Shield CEO Kim Keck and reissued calls to target other health insurance executives.

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UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot and killed in midtown Manhattan on Wednesday morning. (Photo credit: Businesswire | NYPD Crimestoppers)

After facing backlash for her post about dead executives, Lorenz defended herself in comments to Fox News Digital and the next day in a lengthy email post posted to her Substack.

In a post titled “Why “we” want insurance executives dead,” Lorenz denied that she was calling for more top executives to be murdered, before appearing to justify her harsh comments from the previous day.

“Let me be clear: my contribution uses a collective ‘we’ and explains public opinion. Personally, I’m not saying, ‘I want these executives dead and therefore we should kill them,'” Lorenz said. “I declare that thousands of Americans (myself included) are fed up with our barbaric healthcare system and the people at the top who rake in millions while inflicting pain, suffering and death on millions of innocent people.”

She continued: “If you have watched a loved one die because an insurance company denied them life-saving treatment to cut costs, it is natural to wish that those who run such companies would suffer the same fate.”

The post also included the meme of a celebratory image of a smiling star and balloons with the text “CEO DOWN.”

Taylor Lorenz doubled down on her harsh comments, wishing health insurance executives would be punished for denying medical claims. (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Tribeca Festival)

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“People rightly hate insurance company CEOs because these executives are responsible for an unimaginable amount of death and suffering. I think it’s good to call out this broken system and the people in power who enable it. “That’s not the case either.” “It’s so we can change the system and start holding those in power accountable for their actions,” her post continued.

Lorenz argued that while some online comments had gone too far and promoted violence, the media had failed to examine “the systemic cruelty of our health care system” that motivated those sentiments.

She continued to retweet social media posts Thursday comparing Thompson to a mass murderer.

Taylor Lorenz was criticized for her social media posts that appeared to justify comments wishing insurance executives would suffer. (Getty Images)

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“Brian Thompson killed more U.S. citizens than all serial killers combined, but because he made money from it, the media viewed him as a successful businessman and morally upstanding citizen,” one post said.

Lorenz left the Washington Post in October and launched her user magazine Substack. The far-left writer also formerly worked for The New York Times and has been involved in several online controversies over the years.

Known for their extreme fears of COVID-19, It went viral Earlier this week when she fumed that people not wearing masks in 2024 would be “sucking the air out.”

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Fox News’ Lindsay Kornick and Joseph Wulfsohn contributed to this report.