"Governor Shapiro must tone down his message"

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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.