"Governor Shapiro must tone down his message"

[Freddie]

Republican Dan Meuser (US House, Pennsylvania's 9th district) Says Arson On Shapiro's House Should Make Him 'Tone It Down' On Trump

…Meuser also compared the attack on Shapiro, whom Trump has slammed as a “highly overrated Jewish Governor,” during a religious holiday to the recent attacks on Tesla properties.
“The whole thing with the governor’s office yesterday being attacked ― and on Passover, which was horrible, absolutely awful, needs to be condemned. But, you know, it just kills me, and I hate to have to go back to this, but there’s been so many Tesla dealerships firebombed,” Meuser said on The Bob Cordaro Show on WILK Newsradio.
“Meanwhile you got those on the left continuing to make kind of, you know, violent type of hostile commentary,” he continued….

What was she wearing?

20 years ago this kind of comment would have been unthinkable. Now it’s just everyday Republican hate.

[link:https://www.huffpost.com/entry/josh-shapiro-dan-meuser-arson

[gab13by13]

1. Sorry,

I'm not a fan of posting right wing talking points and then saying, this is terrible.

[Omnipresent]

2. Jewish Governor?

Why is his religion being brought into this?

[SocialDemocrat61]

5. Because that's what bigots do

It's never acceptable to drag in someone religion or race or ethnicity or sexual preference.

[dsc]

18. His house was firebombed after a seder

and the suspect specifically mentioned Gaza so I think it might well be relevant here.

[Omnipresent]

20. So this "Jewish Governor" is responsible for what has happened in Gaza?

[paleotn]

33. Guilt by ethnicity, religion, etc?

[Lovie777]

3. Keep speaking..............

it's a right.

[spanone]

4. Fuck Dan Meuser.

[rurallib]

6. so, Musser says it was ok. The ends justify the means.

[SammyWinstonJack]

13. Thats my take away. Disgusting.

[Kid Berwyn]

7. Fascists must lie and use violence.

What makes it so surreal is seeing so many Americans I thought “conservative” go along with it.

[allegorical oracle]

8. More faulty comparisons. The fire occurred at the Governor's home, not merely "the

governor's office." And it takes some gall for right-wingers to condemn violent or hostile commentary. Their POTUS practically invented violent and hostile political speech from his first cruise down the "golden" escalator 10 years ago.

[NNadir]

9. What a piece of shit.

[tanyev]

10. Did Gov. Shapiro express support for firebombing Tesla dealerships? I think not.

Meanwhile you got those on the right continuing to do things like, you know, send pizzas to federal judges in the name of another judge's murdered son. That sounds like pretty hostile commentary to me.

[chouchou]

11. "Make Him 'Tone It Down' On Trump" Make Him 'Tone It Down' On Trump???

There's hundreds of intelligent scientists that have searched for any attribute that would apply for Donald Trump as a decent human being. They've even tried looking through the gigantic Webb Telescope but only found one description>> Trump is a piece-of-shit.

[no_hypocrisy]

12. But . . . But . . .

But what what about Donald Trump protecting Jews from antisemitism? Wouldn’t firebombing the Jewish governor’s residence qualify?

[Grins]

44. "Jews. Will not. Replace us!" See? "Good people!"

American and Israeli Jews - those people are REPUBLICANS! ALL of them.

Add that to your “Never forget” file.

[muriel_volestrangler]

14. Link doesn't work; article doesn't mention that the arsonist said it was about Gaza

working link: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/josh-shapiro-dan-meuser-arson_n_67fff3d1e4b0485a7732ab8a

The man suspected of setting fire to Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro's residence over the weekend while Shapiro and his family were asleep inside expressed anger over the ongoing Gaza War, authorities say.

According to several search warrant applications filed by the Pennsylvania State Police, Cody Balmer called 911 at 2:50 a.m. Sunday morning — about 50 minutes after the fire — and said Shapiro should know that Balmer "will not take part in his plans for what he wants to do to the Palestinian people."

Balmer said he'd had friends killed, according to police, and that "our people have been put through too much by that monster." It was unclear what connection he has to the Palestinian territories, if any. Balmer added that "all he has is a banquet hall to clean up." Both the dining room and piano room suffered significant damage from the fire.

Shapiro, a Democrat, is Jewish and has said he supports a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict. He faced criticism last year for an opinion piece he wrote as a University of Rochester student arguing that peace would never come to the Middle East and that Palestinians were "too battle-minded," WHYY reported.

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/16/nx-s1-5366857/governors-mansion-arson-gaza-war-shapiro-pennsylvania

Meuser is not one to let any opportunity to show his own bigotry and hatred of free speech and democracy go to waste, clearly. The arsonist mentioned the issue on which Shapiro holds a pretty centrist view, and instead Meuser blames the victim and tells him to shut up about other issues.

[DENVERPOPS]

38. The arsonist

was just trying to "One Up" Putin, who sent a ballistic missle directed at a church in Ukraine on a Christian Religious Holiday....

[alarimer]

15. No, he should actually speak out more

Call out that fascist at every opportunity, as well all the sycophants in Congress. Also this sounds like a threat as well as victim-blaming.

[William769]

16. Antisemitism is antisemitism is antisemitism.

[EnergizedLib]

17. This sounds like victim blaming

[PCIntern]

19. Hey folks:

Do I have to still wait for more evidence to claim that there is a huge amount of antisemitism involved in this process? I was told I had to wait for the facts to come out before I could make any assumption that a Jewish home was firebombed on Passover. Are the facts out yet, or do I need to have a signed affidavit from the perpetrator?

Enquiring minds want to know.

[RVN VET71]

30. Signed affidavit wouldn't be enough

If he came out publicly and proclaimed himself a hater of jews and thinks the Nazis may have been right -- the Trumpies and their media allies (which is nearly all of them) would caution us to withhold judgment until more evidence was found.

[Jean Genie]

34. BS

No need to wait, my friend. Absolute BS that Shapiro needs to "tone down his rhetoric." When, exactly, is Trump - or the "Trump flappers" going to tone down their rhetoric?!

[et tu]

21. more- the perp

was angry about the gubmint taking his property
for auction- he didn't pay his taxes- go figure

[Botany]

22. Fox was doing "It is both sides fault" on the arson attack on Shapiro and his family on Tuesday

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220239230

[Ol Janx Spirit]

23. So let's make sure we get this straight: If someone climbs on a rooftop and takes a shot...

...at Pumpkinhead it is because his cause is so righteous and just that bad people just can't stand it, but if someone firebombs a Democrat's home while they are there sleeping it is because the Democrat was being too critical of a Republican. Got it....

[patphil]

24. Rep. Dan Meuser just identified himself as an anti-semetic terrorist.

[ananda]

25. Boy these Reptiles are vile. So, hell no!

No!

[dchill]

26. Get the message?

[bucolic_frolic]

27. "Never fight uphill, me boys, never fight uphill."

Stretched arguments are so worthless.

[intheflow]

28. No, m-fer! It's time to get louder.

Fucking bully Nazis.

[sop]

29. Did this Pennsylvania Republican advise Trump to "tone down his message" after being (allegedly) shot in the ear?

[malthaussen]

31. "tu quoque," one of the right's favorite logical fallacies.

Mind you, just about every politician uses it sometimes. But with the RW, it is their first option, apparently.

-- Mal

[Freddie]

40. Is that the same thing as "whataboutism" ?

They’re so good at that. How many times did we condemn the 1/6 insurrection only to hear “but BLM! riots!” Like one had something to do with the other?

[get the red out]

32. Turn that around on him

And he would want the arsonist sent to a gulag for life.

[badhair77]

35. Meuser is a smarmy piece of work.

He made his money off a mobility company, selling scooters and wheelchairs. One would think he’d support Medicare since those payments seem to have helped make him a millionaire, along with his brother and father. He left the company to run for office but seems to still be associated with it. There was some trouble with hiring several undocumented workers. Oh, and he voted to invalidate PA’s 2020 election results. And then there was some trouble with stock trades with his wife and children. Details and more are on his wiki page. He’s a sleeze.

[badhair77]

36. Every Monday some of his constituents in Lebanon gather

for a Mondays with Meuser rally. Their original purpose was to get him to hold a town hall. He finally did a phone call which featured softball questions from supporters. There’s a protester who faithfully shows up with a spine in case Dan would like to borrow it.

[EnergizedLib]

37. Another fun fact about Dan Meuser

Rep. Dan Meuser on Abrego Garcia: "Maybe he's not a terrorist. But he's a potential terrorist. He's a terrorist watchlist person."

Rep. Dan Meuser on Abrego Garcia: "Maybe he's not a terrorist. But he's a potential terrorist. He's a terrorist watchlist person."

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025-04-17T13:23:48.950Z

[Owens]

39. He's more worried about Tesla than a MAGA attacking a family

Do I have that right? Maybe Trump and Elon should tone down their rhetoric and maybe "firebombing" Teslas won't happen? WTH? What a brown noser!

[Sogo]

41. There have not been "so many" Tesla dealerships firebombed.

That's Trumpspeak for "there was one."

If there had been "so many," it would have been all over the news continuously.

There have been dozens of peaceful demonstrations outside of Tesla showrooms, however....

[Owens]

42. He's more worried about a Tesla than a family?

Do I have that right? Maybe Trump and Elon should tone down their rhetoric and maybe "firebombing" Teslas won't happen? WTH? What a brown noser!

[Basso8vb]

43. Meuser can eat shit.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

45. No, Governor Shapiro is doing his job

[Behind the Aegis]

46. Simply put: "Know your place, Jew!"

We hear it often.