Somewhere in America, a woman named Alison King — social media manager for UnitedHealthcare, pronouns helpfully listed in her bio — watched the news of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting unfold on Saturday night. She saw that someone had opened fire at an event attended by the President of the United States and members of his Cabinet. And her very first thought, the impulse that beat out every other neuron in her brain, was to hop on TikTok and say: “Aww, they missed?”
That’s it. That’s the whole post. Someone tried to murder the President and she was disappointed it didn’t work. On camera. With her real name attached. While employed by one of the largest healthcare companies on the planet.
Now she’s unemployed. Took about 36 hours.
UnitedHealthcare released a statement that was corporate-speak for “we cannot get rid of this person fast enough”: “Violence is never acceptable and any comments that suggest otherwise are in no way consistent with our mission and values.” Translation: “Alison is no longer employed by the company, and we’d appreciate it if you stopped calling our customer service line about this.”
You almost have to admire the speed of the self-own. Most people take years to destroy their careers. Some manage it in months. Alison King did it in one TikTok. From gainfully employed social media manager at a Fortune 500 company to unemployed internet cautionary tale in less time than it takes Amazon to deliver a package.
And look — we’ve all posted something dumb online. We’ve all fired off a tweet we regretted, said something at 11 PM we wouldn’t say at 11 AM. That’s human. But there’s a canyon of difference between a bad take and literally celebrating an assassination attempt on camera. One is a lapse in judgment. The other is a window into your soul.
This is what Trump Derangement Syndrome looks like in its terminal stage. It’s not just disagreeing with policies. It’s not just thinking the other side is wrong. It’s watching someone try to kill the President and being upset that they failed. It’s being so marinated in hatred that your reflexes betray you — your gut reaction to political violence is to root for the violence.
And she wasn’t alone. Scroll through any left-wing corner of social media in the hours after the WHCD shooting and you’ll find dozens of accounts making similar comments. The difference is most of them were anonymous. Alison King did it with her whole name, her employer’s name practically tattooed on her forehead, and a camera pointed at her face.
(Pro tip for the woketivists: if you’re going to celebrate political assassinations, at least use a burner account. Basic stuff, people.)
But here’s what really gets me. UnitedHealthcare is a healthcare company. Their whole business model is supposedly about caring for people. About health. About life. And one of their employees — someone who managed their social media presence, meaning she was literally the voice of the company online — saw an attempt on human life and cheered.
Imagine being a UnitedHealthcare customer and finding out that the person running the company’s social media was out there rooting for murder. Really inspires confidence in the “we care about your well-being” marketing campaign.
The Left keeps telling us they’re the compassionate ones. The empathetic ones. The ones who care about human life and dignity and all those nice bumper-sticker values. Then someone takes shots at a room full of people and their mask slips faster than you can say “they missed.”
We watched the same thing after the first Trump assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania. We watched it again Saturday night. Every single time political violence targets the Right, a chunk of the supposedly tolerant Left can’t contain their disappointment that it didn’t work. They say it out loud. They post it. They put it on TikTok with their real names attached because they’re so deep in the bubble that they think everyone agrees with them.
Alison King thought she was being brave. Edgy. Speaking truth to power from her TikTok account. Instead, she gave the whole country a front-row seat to what casual political dehumanization looks like, and her employer showed her the door before the video hit 10,000 views.
The company was right to fire her. Instantly. No review, no HR mediation, no sensitivity training, no second chances. You don’t get a mulligan on cheering for assassination. You get a cardboard box and a long walk to the parking lot.
So here’s to Alison King — the woman who saw an assassination attempt and thought, “This is my moment to shine on TikTok.” She found out what happens when your ideology eats your common sense, your decency, and your employment status all in one bite.
Hope the content was worth it, Alison. Really crushed that engagement metric.
