Arsonist faced little resistance as Gov. Josh Shapiro and his family slept

AP via WHYY(PBS Philly) ^ | 04/18//2025 | Maryclaire Dale, Mark Scolforo

[Kid Shelleen]

The arsonist who broke into the Pennsylvania governor’s residence while Gov. Josh Shapiro and his extended family slept upstairs on the first night of Passover encountered little resistance as he scaled a security fence, smashed windows with a hammer, ignited two Molotov cocktails and crawled inside before slipping off into the night minutes later.

That suggests multiple security failures, according to a former FBI agent who wondered why burglar alarms, motion detectors and other devices did not thwart the intruder sooner.

[Kid Shelleen]

Its official; Walls dont work !!! /S

[SpaceBar]

AP detailing how easy it was.

[Steve_Seattle]

Paragraphs 9 and 10 of the article:

"The Pennsylvania suspect, an unemployed mechanic from Harrisburg, told police he felt hatred toward Shapiro, and referenced Palestinians in a 911 call that day, according to court documents.

Still, Cody Balmer’s specific motive remains unclear, and both his family and lawyers have said he has struggled with serious mental health issues. Balmer, 38, remains in custody without bail while his lawyers seek a competency evaluation."

Notice the motive doesn't appear until deep in the article, and even then they cast doubt on it and mention the perp's alleged mental issues. I think the emphasis would be WAY different if a right-winger had perpetrated this attack. Motive would be front and center, and blame would be cast far and wide.

[SaveFerris]

I don’t care for Democrat Josh Shapiro
and all of his Democrat agendas
but terrorism is completely unacceptable

[Jane Long]

... and both his family and lawyers have said he has struggled with serious mental health issues ...

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Thanks, liberals.

Sounds like Cody should’ve been institutionalized long ago.

[Lizavetta]

Little coverage in the press of a pro Pali loon attacking Shapiro, just as there was little in the press on the Scalise shooting and the Rand Paul assault.

Can't be drawing attention to the violence from the Left because it's only the FAR RIGHT white supremacist MAGA types who do things like this. /s

[GOPJ]

Has the AP mentioned the sleazebag arsonist is a socialist? Didn’t think so...

[GOPJ]

The firebug was a socialist - so of course the MSM won’t print that - or the AP - so he’s labeled ‘mentally ill’.. If he had been MAGA it would have been mentioned in every story about him and most likely in the headlines too.

[Cobra64]

Ditto.

[cnsmom]

It’s getting harder to find good arsonists these days. The media needs content filler.

[Bonemaker]

“Arsonist faced little resistance as Gov. Josh Shapiro and his family slept”

And his security detail also slept. Nice going team.

[Bonemaker]

“Has the AP mentioned the sleazebag arsonist is a socialist?”

Ironic....a socialist attacking another socialist. They are on the same team.

[Ditto]

Ironic....a socialist attacking another socialist.

Just like the Stalinists killing the Trotskyite’s 100 years ago. Socialists always wipe out the internal opposition before they go after others.

[Tallguy]

“Still, Cody Balmer’s specific motive remains unclear...”

Translation: The media has yet to find any indication of the suspect’s support for Donald Trump, nor have they been able to fabricate one.

[rfp1234]

DEI security team?

[MikelTackNailer]

I was thinking the wrong people all along...

...and that Candice had really fallen off the deep end fer sure.

[dadgum]

Should have fully ventilated that terrorist POS.