MSNBC propagandist Stephanie Ruhle took issue with former U.S. Marine Daniel Penny joining with President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect J.D. Vance at Saturday’s Army-Navy football game.

Penny was acquitted last week in the chokehold death of Jordan Neely, a homeless criminal who was threatening to kill straphangers on an uptown F train in New York City. Vance invited his fellow Marine to join them at the game, where he received a hero’s welcome. Penny, who looks noticeably thinner than he was on the fateful day he intervened to protect his fellow subway riders, appeared to be relieved in the photos shared online.

Found not guilty by a Manhattan jury after being charged with criminally negligent homicide, Penny can now try to get on with his life. However, in the eyes of Ruhle, his very presence at the annual Army-Navy game was little more than a celebration of violence.

Stephanie Ruhle admits Daniel Penny and Luigi Mangione are “very, very, very different” but wonders “Vance is taking Daniel Penny to the Army-Navy football game… How concerned should we be though that the American people, groups of the American people are celebrating violence?” pic.twitter.com/WQSu3n6vJP

— Alex Christy (@alexchristy17) December 14, 2024

“We saw Daniel Penny, his acquittal, and at the same time in a very, very, very different situation, but Luigi Mangione, the man who’s now accused of the murder of the United Healthcare CEO,” Ruhle said on Friday. “Two very different situations, but in both situations there’s a person dead, and reactions that we are seeing are hugely celebratory in some circles, right?”

“What we’ve seen in the last few years, right, we see the media divide us, we see that, you know, sex sells, but anger and hate sells even more,” she continued. “How concerned should we be, though, that the American people, groups of the American people, are celebrating violence? Like, ‘Violence, that’s the solution, that’s what everyone should be doing these days.’ How concerned are you that this is where we are in this celebratory moment?”

Ruhle posed the biased question to liberal actor and musician Stevie Van Zandt, a member of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band who starred in The Sopranos as Silvio Dante.

“Very concerned. And of course, our hearts go out to the family, the Neely family,” Van Zandt replied. “Nobody should die in these situations. But I hope it starts to emphasize the trouble we’re having with the mental health, ignoring the mental health problems, not only in our city, but which is considerable, but in our country.”

The irony here is that the MSNBC star speaks of a good Samaritan in the same breath as an alleged assassin who shoots a man in the back.

Here’s a quick sampling of responses to the story, as seen on Elon Musk’s free speech platform X:

Penny didn’t wake up that morning thinking he’d end up taking a life.

Mangione did.

If they really cannot see the difference, I cannot think of a way to make more clear.

— Temporary Handle (@LariviereChad) December 14, 2024

Well, if protecting those who are weaker than you, or unable to defend themselves from a dangerous, threatening drug-crazed lunatic is “violence”… Then, yeah, I guess I AM celebrating violence

— Mike Moss (@_MikeMoss) December 14, 2024

@SRuhle is worried that people will celebrate a good Samaritans that try to protect others? What penny did is very different than shooting an unarmed man in the back for walking down the street and working for the wrong company . These people have lost the plot.

— commonsense (@commonsense258) December 14, 2024

@SRuhle no. It celebrates men’s protective instincts and heroism. You are toxic, lady.

— Sailor Chick ’95 (@strinam) December 15, 2024

“It is truly troubling that we’re celebrating violence. And when we come back for our next segment, we will look at how Mangione’s assassination of a CEO has made a positive impact against corporate greed.”

— GabrielSyme (@SymeisThursday) December 16, 2024

The fake media specializes in making false equivalences in an attempt to normalize their crazies.

— Rhetoric Facer (@John_Monahan) December 14, 2024

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