MAGAworld pounced on Kaitlan Collins again—this time, she hit back.
Days after President Donald Trump mocked CNN’s chief White House correspondent to her face, conservatives blasted Collins over an X post that linked to a website for Luigi Mangione, the suspected shooter of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
“Luigi Mangione’s legal defense team has launched a new website today,” Collins wrote, followed by a link to the website. While the site includes updates about Mangione’s legal saga, it also provides a link to donate to his defense fund.
The CNN host later deleted the post after social media users accused her of promoting Mangione’s legal defense fund.
Right-wing influencer Ian Miles Cheong wrote that Collins “promoted a fundraising website for Luigi Mangione.”
“Why is a CNN journalist promoting a murderer?” he said.
“Real bottom of the barrel stuff. Even for Kaitlan Collins,” conservative commentator Stephen L. Miller added.
After the New York Post published a story under the headline “CNN’s Kaitlan Collins deletes post about Luigi Mangione’s defense fund after backlash,” the reporter cleared the air.
“This is not true,” Collins wrote on X. “I posted that his attorneys created a website, which is newsworthy and other outlets have also reported on. In no way did I share a fundraising link for him.”
Her statement only incensed MAGA even further.
Right-wing account Libs of Tiktok posted a screenshot of Collins’s deleted post and asked, “This you? Why did you delete it? The internet is forever.”
Conservative activist Robby Starbuck had the same question: “Why’d you delete the post if it wasn’t you sharing a fundraising link (which it was).”
Sean Davis, CEO and co-founder of conservative media outlet The Federalist, said, “You know we all saw your tweet, right?”
Collins has not responded to the fresh wave of criticism, however, speaking to AL.com on Sunday, CNN said, “This is a deceptive story without any merit that was written in bad faith. This was nothing more than a social post reporting news surrounding the trial.”
Speaking about the Ukraine war at the Oval Office on Thursday, Trump mocked Collins as a “friend” of former President Joe Biden as reporters laughed in the background.
“This should have never been allowed to happen,” the president said, adding pointedly to Collins, “I know he’s a friend of yours.”
