“Based upon perceived injustices to the people of Palestine”
The media got very excited when the Pennsylvania governor’s mansion was firebombed because they were hoping it was going to be somebody with the ‘wrong’ politics, but instead the perpetrator, Cody Balmer, was a self-proclaimed “socialist” who claimed that he did it to tell Gov. Josh Shapiro that he “will not take part in his plans for what he wants to do to the Palestinian people.”
State police said the accused arsonist targeted the Democratic governor “based upon perceived injustices to the people of Palestine” as well as his Jewish faith, the warrant states.
Balmer scaled a fence, used a hammer to break a window and hurled Molotov cocktails into the historic governor’s residence as Shapiro and his family slept around 2 a.m. Sunday, police said.
He allegedly told cops he made the Molotov cocktails out of Heineken bottles and gasoline from a lawn mower. The governor and his family were able to safely evacuate, but the homemade incendiary devices caused millions of dollars of damage to the state-owned mansion.
The sicko also allegedly said he would have beaten Shapiro with a hammer if he’d found him during the firebombing attack, according to a criminal complaint.
Now Balmer seems like a nutjob, but had he been a nutjob with the wrong politics, we’d never stop hearing about it, but now he’s likely to get a whole lot less attention because he did it for the ‘right reasons’.
And there’s a pattern to this stuff.
Hamas is the latest BLM. A mania that all sorts of loonies, grifters and people looking for some cause to glom on to and fight a war over attach themselves to.
somehistory says
An ugly picture of hate. Nasty creature. The media may claim he’s insane, but he knew how to scale a fence, break a window and throw the firebombs he had made in order to destroy and kill.
An insane person doesn’t know at the time of the crime that he is committing a *wrong.* If this terrorist had not known what he was doing was against the law, he wouldn’t have acted in secret.
James Lincoln says
Agree with your reasoning, somehistory.
The perp’s actions suggest that he is NOT insane – but just evil.-
OLD GUY says
Just a tag unto James Lincolns statement.
And cowardly, he evidently doesn’t have the brains to confront his opposition verbally, so he commits to violence.
somehistory says
Thank you, Dr. Lincoln.
The different States have written the definition of insanity for legal purposes, and he just doesn’t fit.
Jim Harmon says
Why not both insane and evil?🤔
somehistory says
There is *insane* in medical terms.
There is *insane* in legal terms.
These are not the same, as they have differing criteria.
He may be insane in the medical meaning of the word. But not in the legal.
And he is, indeed, evil.
Paul Bunting says
Demomedia in PA will exploit this and use it to propel Shapiro to re-election next year. Yea, you know, the “sympathy vote.”
Larry Estavan says
“Hamas is the latest BLM.”
࿗Infidel࿘ says
I thought that it might end up being a mohammedan, but instead, it ended up being someone from the loony Left. I hope AOC & Jasmine Crockett are very proud of themselves
I do hope that the the “mugged-by-reality” syndrome hits the governor, and he stops pandering to pet Leftist causes in his state, like DEI, LGBTQIA2S+, as well as to things like the mosque to which he donated a good deal of cash
James Lincoln says
࿗Infidel࿘ says,
“I do hope that the “mugged-by-reality” syndrome hits the governor”
Me too, but I see that as unlikely.
Michael J. Casmer Casmer says
They don’t have security guards or sprinkler systems or alarums in the Govenor’s mansion?
WPM says
I am sure they will have both of them in the near future. If Harris’s running mate Tim Tampon Waltz had a grow son he would look like that. The more the left appeases ,and give audience to deranged people with violent deranged ideas the more this is going to happen .That took some “real hard ” planning lawn mowing gas ,empty beer bottles ,bic lighter and some rag stoppers , ,are these items the democratic party will ban or have tight control over to keep democrats leaders safe in their homes at night?
Kris says
Liberal who loves Israel here. I disagree with your statement about Hamas being the new BLM. Do you know nothing about African American history?
somehistory says
Do you know nothing about Mr. Greenfield?
He is comparing the tactics of the two and showing that it’s now trendy to be a supporter of hamas as it was trendy to support the supposed Black movement to supposedly stand up for Black people and supposedly make their lives better.
American History includes Blacks; how they got here (slavery was conducted by mozlums and other Blacks in Africa), how they were treated (it wasn’t all bad) and that in being slaves, they were not alone as many Whites also lived the lives of slaves.
blm was out to force the way of the organizers….putting money in their pockets and power in their mouths and having everyone meet their demands as they rioted and caused destruction and death..
Just as hamas works for the money and the power, doing the same things. They are alike..
Winston 101 says
I’m struck by this totalitarian’s choice of political action – he went straight for burning Jews.
Shapiro, are you paying attention?
martin Leonard walden says
He’ll get off with a slap on the wrist by using the “Free Palestine from the river to the sea” card.