Is Luigi Mangione the Next O.J. Simpson? (ft. Donna Rotunno)

Will Cain Country

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🗓️ 9 December 2025

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Story 1: Christmas came early this year, with Congresswoman and professional code switcher Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) locking in her bid for a Texas Senate seat. Will explains why this is actually the best news of the year. Story 2: Is Luigi Mangione, alleged assassin of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson the next O.J. Simpson? Criminal Defense Attorney & FOX News Contributor Donna Rotunno breaks down the challenges in getting charges to stick in what might be the most publicized and controversial trial in recent history. Story 3: Will brings in The Crew to react to his conversation with Donna Rotunno, taking a closer look at just how many Americans believe the killing of Brian Thompson was justified. And in ‘Final Takes,’ Will and The Crew try to figure out why Gen Z is afraid of picking up the phone. Subscribe to ‘Will Cain Country’ on YouTube here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Watch Will Cain Country!⁠⁠ Follow ‘Will Cain Country’ on X (⁠⁠@willcainshow⁠⁠), Instagram (⁠⁠@willcainshow⁠⁠), TikTok (⁠⁠@willcainshow⁠⁠), and Facebook (⁠⁠@willcainnews⁠⁠) Follow Will on X: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@WillCain Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	1. Merry Christmas. Open your Christmas presents early. We've got a beautiful one under the tree, Jasmine Crockett for
0:22.7	Senate. Two, Luigi Mangione. Could this be the modern day OJ? A case decided not by the evidence,
0:34.2	not by the law, but a case decided by the culture of America.
0:39.9	Three, afraid to make a phone call, telephobia, afflicting Gen Z.
0:46.4	And tinfoil pat goes to Manhattan.
1:03.2	It is Willcane Country, streaming live with the Wilcane Country YouTube channel on this Tuesday.
1:06.3	Happy holidays, Merry Christmas.
1:11.4	We have a wonderful present, all of us, to open today under the Christmas tree.
1:16.9	We also have a fascinating discussion about whether or not Luigi Mangione is O.J. Simpson.
1:20.0	Let's get it into all of it with story number one.
1:26.8	Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett has filed the paperwork.
1:33.6	It's an early Christmas. She is running for Senator from the Lone Star State.
1:47.8	Texas Senator Jasmine Crockett. It just rolls off the tongue. You see what we've been missing quite clearly, what we have been missing at a large national platform. What we've been missing quite clearly what we have been missing at a large national platform what we've been missing in america according to jasmine crockett yesterday in her press conference announcing
1:52.9	her senatorial bid is what we have been missing is jazzy watch of. Especially in this moment.
2:03.2	There are a lot of people that said, you got to stay in the house.
2:07.5	We need our voice. We need you there.
2:11.7	And I understand. But what we need is for me to have a bigger voice.
2:17.4	What we need is not only a voice, but we need to make sure that we are going to stop all the hell.
2:27.4	What we need, you see, is me.
2:30.3	We are totally living in the age of narcissism.
2:34.5	It is perhaps even greater than attention because attention is a downstream currency from the never-ending empty bucket that is narcissism.
2:44.8	And I don't think it's just Jasmine Crockett that is screaming out into the void.
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