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What happened to the story of the two murdered NJ councilmen? . ( both Republicans )
Hot Air ^ | February 17, 2023 | David Strom

Posted on 02/18/2023 8:10:05 AM PST by george76

We are being told it is a coincidence, and that there don’t appear to be any political motivations behind the murders. Perhaps that is true. I have no reason one way or another to believe otherwise.

But it sure is odd that not one, but two Republican councilmen in New Jersey were murdered in a week, and both had been elected since 2020.

The first murder was of Councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour of Sayreville; the second of Milford Borough Councilman Russell Heller. The second murder may have been work-related, as his killer shared the same employer. However, nobody is saying “boo” about what happened and it isn’t even clear that the killer and the councilman knew each other.

On a whim, I searched the Googles and found a distinct dearth of stories about the killings, neither of which has an apparent motive. The police indicated that each was a targeted killing, but the reasons behind the murders are unknown.

It has been two weeks since the first murder and a week since the second. Both briefly made national news, and then the story was memory-holed. A brief update was covered locally when the 911 call for the first was released. But the initial flurry of stories died out almost immediately.

Everybody has chalked it up to coincidence and…that’s it.

Maybe. But it sure seems weird that we haven’t been given much of an explanation about what happened in either case, and the coincidence is rather striking.

One thing is certain: if these were two Democrats we would be enduring endless lectures about insurrections, political violence, violent rhetoric, and gun control.

But it was two Republicans, so the interest in the story died away as quickly as a mayfly.

So far my cynicism meter is pegged–how could it not be, given the constant lectures we endure any time a Democrat gets a hangnail or somebody mistakes a garage pull for a noose–but my conspiracy theory tin foil hat has yet to warm up from CIA directed microwaves. Weird coincidences do happen, after all, and in a country of 330 million people, they happen often enough.

Yet I still can’t shake the feeling that the story is way too weird to ignore. And it is very odd that they have no idea what the motives for the killings are, but they are certain that the unknown motives had nothing to do with politics. Not a thing.

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If they don’t know why the killings happened, how can they be sure that it had nothing to do with politics? It honestly can’t be both.

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Roman also said Heller’s shooting is not connected to the recent killing of another council member in New Jersey.

Just last week, councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour of Sayreville was also shot and killed, Middlesex County officials said.

It’s a “dreadful coincidence” that two public servants were recently gunned down, the mayor of Milford Borough said.

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Perhaps they know more than they are saying. That is common enough. Yet why is nobody in the media pressing them for answers? Again, one could be certain the pressure would be on if these were Democrats. One could be pretty certain the White House would have put out a statement or two by now, blaming MAGA extremists.

Even if there were a political motive, it would be on the perpetrators and not the overheated rhetoric of other politicians. Nobody has been inciting violence. So I wouldn’t blame Joe Biden or Maxine Waters, however nasty they can be.

I do blame the media for not following up, though. We deserve to know.

Because the coincidence is just too striking to ignore.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: newjersey; republican; republicans
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1 posted on 02/18/2023 8:10:05 AM PST by george76
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To: george76

Two are unconnected.

I will admit...for 30-odd years...not a single city council person in the state was murdered/executed.

Second one...cops have arrested and charged up some guy. First one, far as I know...still unsolved.


2 posted on 02/18/2023 8:14:26 AM PST by pepsionice
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Second one, the shooter killed himself at another location, so actually no arrest.


3 posted on 02/18/2023 8:22:20 AM PST by Steven Scharf
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To: pepsionice

Good question. Maybe that is the new Democrat Plan. Just shoot all Republican lawmakers? I hate to think that way but we are devolving fast into Banana Republic Government. That’s what happens there—what’s next Revolutions round the clock? Guerrillas in the hills?


4 posted on 02/18/2023 8:22:49 AM PST by Forward the Light Brigade ( Ride to the sound of the Guns!)
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To: george76

Is murdering a republican illegal?


5 posted on 02/18/2023 8:23:46 AM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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“What happened to the story of the two murdered NJ councilmen?”


Duh:

Same thing that happened to the story of the Biden administration poisoning 2 states - and millions of mostly white Republicans - with Dioxin.


6 posted on 02/18/2023 8:25:09 AM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: george76

Obviously does not fit in to the Leftist Alternative Reality narrative.


7 posted on 02/18/2023 8:29:13 AM PST by Nateman (If Mohammad was not the Anti Christ Mad Moe definitely comes in as a Strong second..)
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8 posted on 02/18/2023 8:38:55 AM PST by Alas Babylon! (Gov't declaring misinformation is tyranny: “Who determines what false information is?” )
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Who?

They were Republicans.

If they were demonicrats, we’d have a national holiday named for them by now.


9 posted on 02/18/2023 8:44:19 AM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…)
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To: Steven Scharf

Shooter killed himself....

Analyze That about witness....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbkaxE0I7GQ


10 posted on 02/18/2023 8:45:01 AM PST by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: george76

Well, since they are both still dead and they were Republicans in a Democrat country, why at this point in time would you want to bring up the past?


11 posted on 02/18/2023 8:48:01 AM PST by Tupelo (A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand)
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We aren’t supposed to remember them and if we do we aren’t supposed to say anything or the Media-Dem Party will get upset and call us bad names.


12 posted on 02/18/2023 8:55:28 AM PST by euram (allALL)
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To: Forward the Light Brigade

One odd part of the first lady killed....she’d only been an elected official for a couple of months...zero time to get on someone’s target list.

I’d be more likely to believe she was dating a new guy, and his old GF didn’t appreciate the situation created. Whoever shot her....fired off a dozen rounds...close range.


13 posted on 02/18/2023 8:57:41 AM PST by pepsionice
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14 posted on 02/18/2023 9:16:23 AM PST by one guy in new jersey
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To: Organic Panic

What, like with a cloth?


15 posted on 02/18/2023 9:16:57 AM PST by one guy in new jersey
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To: george76

The PBA recently complained in writing that Ms. Dwumfour was anti-police.


16 posted on 02/18/2023 9:35:40 AM PST by nbenyo
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To: george76
 
 
 
Don' look at us, we don' know nuttin'
 
 

17 posted on 02/18/2023 10:19:26 AM PST by lapsus calami (What's that stink? Code Pink ! ! And their buddy Murtha, too!)
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To: george76

Shhhh, its a secret, we’re at war, a real war but it’s a secret.


18 posted on 02/18/2023 11:52:56 AM PST by stockpirate (Where Justice Ends Tyranny Begins...Repression Breeds Violence)
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To: george76

There’s a war on.


19 posted on 02/18/2023 12:03:04 PM PST by Noumenon (You're not voting your way out of this. KTF)
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To: lapsus calami

Kearny, NJ my old hometown. Named after Union General Phil Kearny.


20 posted on 02/18/2023 3:17:59 PM PST by jmacusa (Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots. )
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