Deranged Luigi Mangione Fans Exploit Mamdani’s Press-Pass Laxity

These women are ideologues masquerading as journalists.

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Ashley Rojas, Abril Rios, and Lena Weissbrot, self-described “Mangionistas,” outside Manhattan Supreme Court in New York City, May 18, 2026.

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How hard is it to get press credentials from New York City’s government? Apparently, the bar is in hell.

Outside the Manhattan Supreme Court where defendant Luigi Mangione’s hearing was held Monday, a gaggle of cartoonishly dressed young female activists, calling themselves “Mangionistas,” showed up to celebrate the cold-blooded murder of a health-care executive, going so far as to equate his work with terrorism. Rather than critically report on the legal proceedings, the band of Mangione stans came to advocate for the accused’s acquittal.

Caroline Downey

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Caroline Downey

Caroline Downey is a staff writer for National Review.

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