Logan Paul discussed Luigi Mangione’s story and pointed out what shocked him most about the arrest after the latter allegedly shot Brian Thompson.
Mangione, 26, returned to New York on Thursday to face charges in the Dec. 4 murder of former UnitedHealthcare executive Thompson, 50, in Midtown Manhattan.
After Impulsive co-host Mike Majlak recounted the events leading up to Mangione’s arrest. Paul wondered what Mangione thought would happen to him, short of a long prison sentence.
“It seems like a bit of a pointless mission,” Paul said. “Incredibly short-sighted, as fuck, which is crazy for an Ivy League student.”
“He was walking down the street and a man came up behind him,” Majlak said. “With a 3D printed gun, with a silencer on it, one shot, it jammed, it cleared, it fired, it jammed, it cleared, it got shot, a murder on video, that’s unbelievable. You don’t see that often.
‘He’s going on a manhunt, right? And there’s all this lore; the words on the bullets, the monopoly money in the pocket, McDonald’s,” he continued. “When you think about it, there’s so much Americana attached to this murder.
Logan Paul wondered why Luigi Mangione went to a McDonald’s before he was arrested
Mangione is the prime suspect in the murder of former UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson
After Majlak paused, Paul wondered where Mangione’s tracks began.
“He’s against health care? Then why was he at McDonald’s? McDonald’s is not very healthy,” the YouTuber asked.
“Because he’s against health care,” Majlak responded quickly. ‘Everything is anti-health.’
Their silence was broken by chuckles before Majlak insisted, “I don’t know. Maybe he was damn hungry.”
Mangione was arrested after he was spotted at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania on December 9. Authorities quickly closed in on him and ended his five-day run after the shooting.
During the arrest, authorities found a 9-millimeter handgun with a 3D-printed receiver, two ammunition magazines, multiple live rounds, a homemade silencer and a fake New Jersey ID.
While Paul’s question remained unanswered, Majlak and their guess Evan “Dwarf Mamba” Eckenrode pointed out that even the healthiest people would cheat on a McDonald’s hash brown.
Later in the conversation, they responded to Mangione’s praise despite the act he allegedly committed.
“I don’t think you can just kill someone,” Paul said. “That’s the problem with it. If he has blood on his hands, this CEO would… How many lives would it make?”
Mangione was flown to New York City and given a dystopian-looking perp walk where he was flanked by multiple police officers and New York Mayor Eric Adams.
He was charged this week with federal murder and stalking following the Dec. 4 shooting.