Andrew Witty of UnitedHealthcare, sent this message to the major insurer's employees in the hours after his co-CEO Brian Thompson was shot dead outside a Manhattan hotel on Dec. 4.
A socialist apparel brand called Comrade Workwear is planning to release a set of «most wanted CEOs» playing cards soon, following the recent murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Comrade Workwear founder James Harr announced the plans in a TikTok video on Saturday. Crediting a follower for the idea, Harr explained that the playing cards would be a pastiche of the «most-wanted Iraqi playing cards» that U.S. intelligence officials developed in 2003.
«This is what I'm thinking for the back of the cards….basically, each suit is going to be, like, certain types of industries,» Harr explained in the video. «So clubs are going to be, like, pharmaceuticals and chemical companies. The heart is going to be, like, retail and real estate. Things that you need to survive.»
«Diamonds are going to be for tech and finance and media and the spades are for oil and war.»
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Comrade Workwear is planning to launch «most-wanted CEO playing cards» in the wake of Brian Thompson's murder. (@comradeworkwear via TikTok / FOXBusiness)
Harr also developed cards for specific CEOs and encouraged feedback from TikTok users, expressing that he wanted to launch the venture soon.
«Tell me if you guys dig this because I want to put them out like ASAP,» he concluded. «So let's get some feedback.»
The business owner's reaction to Thompson's Dec. 4 death echoed that of many social media users. In a TikTok video, Harr described the New York City murder as «good news,»
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