The man suspected of setting the Pennsylvania governor’s mansion on fire while Gov. Josh Shapiro and his family were sleeping was motivated by his hatred for Israel, a 911 call reveals.
After 38-year-old Cody Balmer set fire to the mansion in the early hours of Sunday morning, he called the police to tell them he would not take part in [Shapiro’s] plans for what he wants to do to the Palestinian people,” <a href="https://www.pennlive.com/crime/2025/04/arson-suspect-targeted-pa-gov-shapiro-for-what-he-wants-to-do-to-palestinian-people-search-warrant.html?outputType=amp">Penn Live</a> reported.
Balmer added that he wanted to “stop having my friends killed” and that “our people have been put through too much by that monster.” Police reportedly say Balmer appeared to be reading from a script, based on his intonation and cadence.
“You all know where to find me. I’m not hiding, and I will confess to everything that I had done,” Balmer said.
Balmer targeted Shapiro “based upon perceived injustices to the people of Palestine” and because of Shapiro’s faith, according to a warrant for his devices signed Tuesday by Corporal Benjamin Forsythe of the Pennsylvania State Police, Penn Live reported. The warrant reportedly does not cite the evidence that Shapiro was targeted for being Jewish.
Balmer’s storage unit in Swatara Township reportedly had stickers of South American Marxist revolutionary Ernesto “Che” Guevara inside a toolbox.
Police <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25896483-balmer-criminal-complaint-and-affidavit-mdj-klein/">documents</a> reveal that Balmer admitted to harboring “hatred towards” Shapiro and planned on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/arson-suspect-planned-on-beating-josh-shapiro-with-hammer-police?author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Arson+Suspect+Planned+On+Beating+Josh+Shapiro+With+Hammer%3A+Police">beating him with a hammer</a> if he encountered the governor during the attack, where he allegedly threw two Molotov cocktails into the Harrisburg home.
The attack, which did significant damage to the governor’s mansion, led to police waking and escorting Shapiro’s family from the home. The attack took place hours after the Shapiro family finished their Passover Seder meal.
Balmer has been charged with eight crimes, including attempted homicide, aggravated arson, burglary, reckless endangerment, terrorism, and multiple counts of aggravated assault. He faces over 100 years in prison.
Balmer turned himself in to the police shortly after his ex-girlfriend alerted authorities that he was responsible. Balmer admitted to the attack and told police that he knew people could be harmed, according to a police affidavit.
“He advised on the date in question he removed gasoline from a lawn mower and poured it into Heineken Bottles he found at his residence,” the police affidavit says. “Balmer advised he walked for approximately one hour from his residence to the Governor’s Residence to throw his homemade Molotov cocktails into the residence.” 
Balmer’s mother <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/josh-shapiro-governors-residence-harrisburg-fire/">told</a> the media that her son was “mentally ill and he went off his medication.”
Police were dispatched to Balmer’s home in January 2023 to respond to a report of domestic violence. When police arrived, Balmer told them he attempted suicide with a “bottle full of pills” and got into a fight with his wife and 13-year-old son, according to an affidavit from the Penbrook police department.
Balmer’s wife said he hit the boy and punched her in the face and bit her hand, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/14/politics/cody-balmer-shapiro-arson-suspect-invs/index.html">CNN reported</a>. His wife added that another 10-year-old son was elbowed in the chest multiple times, and had his already-broken leg stepped on. 
Balmer was reportedly charged with three counts of simple assault at the time, but it is unclear whether he entered a plea. The case is ongoing.

Pennsylvania Governor Shapiro’s Residence Set On Fire In Suspected Arson Attack

Arsonist Arrested For Attack On Josh Shapiro Hated Israel, 911 Call Reveals

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The man suspected of setting the Pennsylvania governor&#8217;s mansion on fire over the weekend planned on attacking Democratic Governor Josh Shapiro, according to police.
Police <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25896483-balmer-criminal-complaint-and-affidavit-mdj-klein/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">documents</a> reveal that 38-year-old Cody Balmer admitted that he harbored &#8220;hatred towards&#8221; Shapiro and planned on beating him with a hammer if he encountered the governor as he allegedly threw two Molotov cocktails into Shapiro&#8217;s residence. Balmer has been charged with attempted homicide, aggravated arson, burglary, reckless endangerment, terrorism, and multiple counts of aggravated assault.
Shapiro and his family were inside the home during the attack, which did significant damage. They were awoken by Pennsylvania State Police around 2:00 a.m. on Sunday and were escorted out of the residence.
Balmer turned himself in to the police shortly after he called an &#8220;ex-paramour&#8221; to confess to her and ask her to alert law enforcement, according to a police affidavit. The same affidavit says that Balmer admitted to the attack and told police that he knew people could be harmed because of his actions.
“He advised on the date in question he removed gasoline from a lawn mower and poured it into Heineken Bottles he found at his residence,&#8221; the police affidavit says. &#8220;Balmer advised he walked for approximately one hour from his residence to the Governor’s Residence with the intention of throwing his homemade Molotov cocktails into the residence.” 
He reportedly told police that he climbed the perimeter fence of the governor&#8217;s mansion, broke two windows with a hammer, and then threw the Molotov cocktails into the home. 
&#8220;Balmer was asked specifically what he would have done if Governor Shapiro found him inside of his residence, to which he advised he would have beaten him with his hammer,&#8221; the affidavit says.
When police searched Balmer&#8217;s residence, they found clothing that matched the outfit worn by the individual seen on surveillance video and a small sledgehammer.
Balmer&#8217;s mother <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/josh-shapiro-governors-residence-harrisburg-fire/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> CBS News that he was &#8220;mentally ill and he went off his medication&#8221; when the attack occurred.
Speaking on Sunday, Shapiro said that police knew that the attack was targeted but didn&#8217;t specifically know why.
&#8220;We don’t know the person’s specific motive yet, but we do know a few truths,&#8221; he said. &#8220;First, this type of violence is not okay. This kind of violence is becoming far too common in our society, and I don’t give a damn if it’s coming from one particular side or the other, directed at one particular party or another, or one particular person or another, it is not okay, and it has to stop.”

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Arson Suspect Planned On Beating Josh Shapiro With Hammer: Police

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An arrest has been made in the arson attack on the home of Governor Josh Shapiro (D-PA), less than 24 hours after the suspect allegedly jumped a fence and then set fire to the residence late Saturday night.
Pennsylvania State Police stated on Sunday that they had arrested Cody Balmer, 38, of Harrisburg — and plan to charge him with multiple crimes including &#8220;attempted murder, terrorism, aggravated arson, and aggravated assault against an enumerated person,&#8221; The New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/04/13/us-news/pennsylvania-gov-josh-shapiro-arson-suspect-arrested/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Photos from inside the residence showed the some of the damages:
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Photos from inside Pennsylvania Governor&#39;s mansion after police say an arsonist set fire to the house while Governor Shapiro and his family slept inside around 2am. Cody Balmer of Harrisburg was arrested &#8212; planned charges include attempted murder and terrorism. <a href="https://t.co/GWEfC3B8qH">pic.twitter.com/GWEfC3B8qH</a>
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Shapiro, standing in front of the damaged portion of his residence, gave an update on the situation on Sunday afternoon. He specifically thanked the Pennsylvania State Police, the FBI, and the Harrisburg Fire Department for their efforts in making sure that the scene was secured and his family was safe.
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I’m about to speak to Pennsylvanians about the arson attack on the Governor’s Residence.
Watch: <a href="https://t.co/mGz79YWu8x">https://t.co/mGz79YWu8x</a>
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&#8220;Gloria and I are overwhelmed by the prayers and the messages of support that we&#8217;ve received from all across Pennsylvania and all across the United States,&#8221; Shapiro said, choking up a bit as he spoke. &#8220;We&#8217;ve heard from our fellow governors and first spouses. We&#8217;ve heard from several of the former governors of Pennsylvania. We&#8217;ve heard from so many friends and loved ones, and we&#8217;ve heard from so many caring citizens of this great commonwealth.&#8221;
&#8220;I want you all to know that your prayers lift us up,&#8221; Shapiro continued. &#8220;And in this moment of darkness, we are choosing to see light. We appreciate the light that you have shined upon us.&#8221;
Shapiro said that he would leave it up to law enforcement to give the details of what had taken place, saying only, &#8220;We do know that this attack was targeted. We don&#8217;t know the person&#8217;s specific motive yet, but we do know a few truths. First, this type of violence is not okay. This kind of violence is becoming far too common in our society, and I don&#8217;t give a damn if it&#8217;s coming from one particular side or the other, directed at one particular party or another, or one particular person or another, it is not okay, and it has to stop.&#8221;
&#8220;If he was trying to terrorize our family, our friends, the Jewish community, who joined us for a Passover Seder in that room last night, hear me on this: we celebrated our faith last night, proudly and in a few hours, we will celebrate our second Seder of Passover,&#8221; Shapiro added.

Suspect In Custody, To Be Charged With Terrorism After Arson Attack On Josh Shapiro’s Home

Suspect Detained In Arson Attack On Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro's Home

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Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, a rising star in the Democratic Party, and his family were evacuated from the Governor&#8217;s Residence early Sunday morning due to a fire suspected to be arson, according to officials.
At roughly 2:00 a.m., members of the Harrisburg Bureau of Fire responded to the Governor’s Residence in Harrisburg following reports of a fire, the Pennsylvania State Police said in a <a href="https://www.pa.gov/agencies/psp/newsroom/state-police-investigating-fire-at-governor-s-residence.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>. Firefighters successfully extinguished the blaze, but not before it caused significant damage to a portion of the residence, police said. Shapiro and his family were in a different part of the building at the time and were evacuated safely.
&#8220;My family and I woke up to bangs on the door from the Pennsylvania State Police after an arsonist set fire to the Governor’s Residence in Harrisburg,&#8221; Shapiro said in a <a href="https://x.com/GovernorShapiro/status/1911426722257314092" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post</a> on X.
&#8220;The Harrisburg Bureau of Fire was on the scene and while they worked to put out the fire, we were evacuated from the Residence safely by Pennsylvania State Police and assisted by Capitol Police,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Thank God no one was injured and the fire was extinguished.&#8221;
A multi-agency investigation is underway, but the Pennsylvania State Police said on Sunday that it was already prepared to attribute the fire to arson.
Shapiro is a former attorney general of Pennsylvania who was first elected governor in 2022. He is widely seen as a potential contender for the White House race in 2028. Vice President Kamala Harris even <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/josh-shapiro-and-other-vp-contenders-react-to-harris-walz-ticket" target="_blank" rel="noopener">considered</a> Shapiro to be her running mate in her failed 2024 presidential run before she settled on Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.
According to a biography on the governor&#8217;s <a href="https://www.pa.gov/governor/meet-governor-josh-shapiro.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a>, Shapiro and his wife, Lori, have four children, ranging in age from their early 20s to early teens. The fire occurred several hours after Shapiro, who is Jewish, <a href="https://x.com/GovernorShapiro/status/1911179332258607449" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shared</a> on X a photo of his family&#8217;s Seder table for the first night of Passover.
&#8220;Every day, we stand with the law enforcement and first responders who run towards danger to protect our communities,&#8221; Shapiro said. &#8220;Last night, they did so for our family – and Lori and I are eternally grateful to them for keeping us safe.&#8221;
Pennsylvania Lt. Governor Austin Davis was among those who expressed relief upon learning that Shapiro and his family made it out unscathed.
&#8220;Blayre and I are relieved to know the Shapiro family is safe and unharmed, and I&#8217;m confident the State Police will get to the bottom of who perpetrated this crime. I won&#8217;t speculate on motivations, but I will say that targeting elected officials and their family members with violence is never acceptable,&#8221; Davis <a href="https://x.com/LGAustinDavis/status/1911429699722531178" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on X. &#8220;These sorts of acts deter good people from pursuing public service at a time when we desperately need more Americans to participate in our democracy.&#8221;
Authorities are offering a reward of up to $10,000 through PSP Tips for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible. Anyone with information was urged to contact 1-800-4PA-TIPS (1-800-472-8477).

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Pennsylvania Governor Evacuates Home With Family After Suspected Arson

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Democrat <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/pennsylvania" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pennsylvania</a> election official Diane Ellis-Marseglia admitted that she was wrong to defy the state Supreme Court’s ruling to count faulty ballots in the 2024 election ahead of a recount in the state’s Senate race.
On Wednesday during a heated county meeting, the Bucks County commissioner pleaded with the voters to forgive her &#8212; though <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/people-violate-laws-any-time-they-want-dem-election-officials-state-willingness-to-defy-law-ahead-of-recount">Ellis-Marseglia</a> said last week that “we all know that precedent by a court doesn’t matter anymore in this country, and people violate laws any time they want” as she called for others to join her in violating the law, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/20/politics/pennsylvania-democratic-official-apologizes-for-comments-about-ignoring-election-laws/index.html">CNN</a> reported.
“The passion in my heart got the best of me and I apologize again for that,” the county commissioner <a href="https://x.com/Eddies_X/status/1859322671676142034">told</a> the crowd.
“I made a mistake, and because I am an elected official, I am held to a far higher standard than everybody else,” she added. “So, to the citizens I serve, I apologize, and I will continue to work hard for you and endeavor to not make such a mistake again.”
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Diane Ellis-Marseglia, Bucks County, PA, who said she will violate the law and count illegal ballots, now, nearly in tears, says she made a mistake.
Sen Steve Daines: &#8220;She didn&#8217;t just make a mistake, she broke the law, they have to go in and arrest her for breaking the law.” 🎯 <a href="https://t.co/NR44h26moG">pic.twitter.com/NR44h26moG</a>
— Eddie (@Eddies_X) <a href="https://twitter.com/Eddies_X/status/1859322671676142034?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 20, 2024</a></blockquote>
The race for the Senate seat in the swing state is close enough that it has triggered an automatic recount as Senator Bob Casey refuses to concede to Republican Dave McCormick, after multiple outlets, including the Associated Press and Decision Desk HQ, called the race for McCormick.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court previously <a href="https://penncapital-star.com/election-2024/pennsylvania-election-chief-asks-state-supreme-court-to-end-mail-ballot-uncertainty-before-election-day/">blocked</a> an effort to count mail-in ballots with incorrect or missing dates on the outer envelopes &#8212; but that didn’t stop Democrats in the Bucks County Office of Commissioners from pushing for exactly that.
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Last week, Gene DiGirolamo, the sole Republican on the three-person panel, introduced a motion to reject the attempt to count what the GOP <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/mccormick-campaign-sues-bucks-county-165814957.html">called</a> “noncompliant” ballots. In response, Marseglia dismissed the proposal out of hand.
“Not going to second that, mostly because I think we all know that precedent by a court doesn’t matter in this country and people violate laws any time they want,” she said. “So for me, if I violate this law, it’s because I want the court to pay attention to it.”
Marseglia and the second Democrat on the commission, Robert Harvie, voted to count the disqualified ballots.
Pennsylvania Democrat Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/josh-shapiro-condemns-election-officials-breaking-law-but-only-after-court-rules-against-them">Josh Shapiro</a>, considered one of the favorites for the 2028 Democrat presidential nomination, took the side of the court that ruled against Democratic officials who defied state law — but condemned such actions by officials after the court’s ruling.
On Monday, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled once again that counties must reject undated and misdated ballots after Democrat election officials openly defied the order.
Following the court’s decision, Shapiro wrote, “As we move forward, I want to be clear: any insinuation that our laws can be ignored or do not matter is irresponsible and does damage to faith in our electoral process. The rule of law matters in this Commonwealth, and as I have always said, it is critical for counties and officials in both parties to respect it with both their rhetoric and their actions.”
Hank Berrien contributed to this piece.

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‘I Made A Mistake’: Dem PA Election Official Admits She Was Wrong To Defy Court’s Ballot Order

'I Made A Mistake': Dem PA Election Official Admits She Was Wrong To Defy Court's Ballot Order

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Pennsylvania Democrat Governor Josh Shapiro, considered one of the favorites for the 2028 Democrat presidential nomination, took the side of a court that ruled against Democratic officials who defied state law — but condemned such actions by officials after the court’s ruling.
On Monday, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that counties must reject undated and misdated ballots after Democrat election officials openly defied the order last week. The officials’ actions came as the recount of the race between Democratic Sen. Bob Casey and Republican Dave McCormick began. Casey would not concede after multiple outlets, including the Associated Press and Decision Desk HQ, called the race for McCormick.
Last week, Democrats in the Bucks County Office of Commissioners <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/people-violate-laws-any-time-they-want-dem-election-officials-state-willingness-to-defy-law-ahead-of-recount" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rejected</a> their Republican colleague’s motion to stop “noncompliant” ballots from being counted. The Democrats’ move came after the commonwealth’s Supreme Court granted the GOP’s request to block the counting of mail ballots without dates.
Last Thursday, Gene DiGirolamo, the sole Republican on the three-person panel, introduced a motion to reject the attempt to count what the GOP <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/mccormick-campaign-sues-bucks-county-165814957.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">called</a> “noncompliant” ballots. In response, <a href="https://bucksdemocrats.org/who-we-are/our-elected-officials/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Democrat</a> Diane Marseglia, the chair of the commission, dismissed the proposal out of hand. “Not going to second that, mostly because I think we all know that precedent by a court doesn’t matter in this country and people violate laws any time they want,&#8221; she said. &#8220;So for me, if I violate this law it’s because I want the court to pay attention to it.”
“It is critical to the rule of law that individual counties and municipalities and their elected and appointed officials, like any other parties, obey orders of this Court,” Justice David Wecht wrote in a 4-3 decision, according to <a href="https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4996749-pennsylvania-supreme-court-undated-mail-ballots/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Hill</a>. Casey’s campaign intervened to oppose the effort to stop undated mail ballots from being counted.
Shapiro issued no statement about the Democrat officials’ actions until the court ruled against his party. He blamed a “lack of clarity” due to “certain legislative actors refusing to act on critical election reforms” for the issue having to be resolved by the courts.
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Only after the court’s decision did Shapiro write, “As we move forward, I want to be clear: any insinuation that our laws can be ignored or do not matter is irresponsible and does damage to faith in our electoral process. The rule of law matters in this Commonwealth, and as I have always said, it is critical for counties and officials in both parties to respect it with both their rhetoric and their actions.”
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— Carter Walker (@ByCarterWalker) <a href="https://twitter.com/ByCarterWalker/status/1858627895247421802?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 18, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Zach Jewell contributed to this article. 
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pennsylvania-supreme-court-reiterates-that-undated-ballots-cannot-be-counted-after-dems-defy-order">Pennsylvania Supreme Court Rules Against Dems Who Defied Law, Won’t Allow Undated Ballots</a>
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/people-violate-laws-any-time-they-want-dem-election-officials-state-willingness-to-defy-law-ahead-of-recount">&#8216;People Violate Laws Any Time They Want&#8217;: Dem Election Officials State Willingness To Defy Law Ahead Of Recount</a>

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Josh Shapiro Condemns Election Officials Breaking Law — But Only After Court Rules Against Them

2024 Election

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Voting

While Vice President Kamala Harris was giving her closing campaign speech in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, President Joe Biden called former President Donald Trump’s supporters “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-declares-trump-supporters-are-garbage" target="_blank" rel="noopener">garbage</a>.”
Following Biden’s comments, CNN anchor Kaitlin Collins <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/30/politics/video/josh-shapiro-biden-trump-supporters-remark-digvid" target="_blank" rel="noopener">asked</a> Pennsylvania Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro, who was passed over for Harris’ VP candidate, for his response to Biden’s remarks.
&#8220;I had not heard that until now, Kaitlin, so I&#8217;m kind of giving you my fresh reaction to it,&#8221; Shapiro said after Collins played the clip. &#8220;I would never insult the good people of Pennsylvania or any Americans even if they chose to support a candidate that I didn’t support.&#8221;
Collins then asked if Biden needed to clarify his comment, to which Shapiro replied: &#8220;Well, I think President Biden will decide what he wants to say. It&#8217;s certainly not words that I would choose, and I think it&#8217;s important that we remain focused on the contrast between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump and not attacking supporters of either candidate.&#8221;
Biden did <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-lies-to-explain-why-he-called-trump-supporters-garbage" target="_blank" rel="noopener">attempt to clarify</a> his comments, claiming he was only referring to an insult comedian who made a joke at a Trump rally in New York.
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“Earlier today I referred to the hateful rhetoric about Puerto Rico spewed by Trump’s supporter at his Madison Square Garden rally as garbage—which is the only word I can think of to describe it,” Biden <a href="https://x.com/JoeBiden/status/1851436643498037614">said</a> on X. “His demonization of Latinos is unconscionable.”
“That’s all I meant to say,” he continued. “The comments at that rally don’t reflect who we are as a nation.”
Biden’s original statement, however, clearly referred to Trump supporters in the plural. Biden made his comments during a campaign call Tuesday night, saying, “Donald Trump has no character” and “He doesn’t give a damn about the Latino community.”
“Just the other day, a speaker at his rally called Puerto Rico a floating island of garbage,” Biden continued, referring to a joke made by a comedian at Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally over the weekend.
“The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters,” Biden said. “His demonization of Latinos is unconscionable, and it’s un-American. It’s totally contrary to everything we’ve done, everything we’ve been.”
After Biden made the remarks, leftist media outlets immediately began to insist that Biden did not say what everyone heard him say. The White House even released a <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2024/10/29/remarks-by-president-biden-on-a-campaign-call/">transcript</a> that added an apostrophe to Biden’s comments in an attempt to change the meaning of Biden’s statement.
&#8220;And just the other day, a speaker at his rally called Puerto Rico a ‘floating island of garbage,’” Biden said, according to the official White House transcript. “Well, let me tell you something. I don&#8217;t — I — I don&#8217;t know the Puerto Rican that — that I know — or a Puerto Rico, where I&#8217;m fr— in my home state of Delaware, they&#8217;re good, decent, honorable people. The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporter&#8217;s — his — his demonization of Latinos is unconscionable, and it&#8217;s un-American. It&#8217;s totally contrary to everything we&#8217;ve done, everything we&#8217;ve been.&#8221;
Yet, watching the video, viewers can clearly see that Biden began a new thought after saying “supporters,” despite what the transcript claims.
Media outlets also attempted to downplay the significance of Biden&#8217;s remarks, with some saying they didn&#8217;t matter because Biden isn&#8217;t running for president. This comes after the media has spent three days complaining about a comedian&#8217;s remarks at a Trump rally.

Snubbed Dem VP Candidate Josh Shapiro Denounces Biden’s Attack On Trump Supporters: ‘I Would Never’

Snubbed Dem VP Candidate Josh Shapiro Denounces Biden’s Attack On Trump Supporters

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Pennsylvania Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/josh-shapiro" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Josh Shapiro</a> (D) suggested on Sunday that &#8220;law enforcement&#8221; should investigate <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/elon-musk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Elon Musk</a> after the billionaire tech executive announced an offer to give $1 million each day to a randomly-selected person who signs a petition from his super PAC.
Kristen Welker, moderator of NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Meet The Press,&#8221; asked Shapiro if such an offer is legal after Musk <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-musk-hands-man-1-million-check-at-town-hall-says-it-will-happen-every-day-until-election" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> the idea during a town hall in Harrisburg, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/pennsylvania" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pennsylvania</a>, on Saturday night. Musk has been holding events in the swing state to rally support for former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a>&#8216;s White House campaign.
&#8220;I think there are real questions with how he is spending money in this race, how the dark money is flowing, not just into Pennsylvania, but apparently now into the pockets of Pennsylvanians. That is deeply concerning,&#8221; Shapiro said.
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WATCH: Every day until Election Day, Elon Musk says he’ll give $1M to a voter who has signed his super PAC’s petition “in favor of free speech and the right to bear arms.”<a href="https://twitter.com/JoshShapiroPA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JoshShapiroPA</a>: “That is deeply concerning. &#8230; It&#39;s something that law enforcement could take a look at.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/2mZY1b5YaL">pic.twitter.com/2mZY1b5YaL</a>
&mdash; Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) <a href="https://twitter.com/MeetThePress/status/1848001403584725506?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 20, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Look, Musk obviously has a right to be able to express his views,&#8221; he added. &#8220;He&#8217;s made it very, very clear that he supports Donald Trump. I don&#8217;t – obviously, we have a difference of opinion. I don&#8217;t deny him that right. But when you start flowing this kind of money into politics, I think it raises serious questions that folks may want to take a look at.&#8221;
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Welker pressed Shapiro again on whether he thinks the offer was legal or not, to which the governor replied: &#8220;I think it&#8217;s something that law enforcement could take a look at. I&#8217;m not the attorney general anymore of Pennsylvania. I&#8217;m the governor, but it does raise some serious questions.&#8221;
Shapiro served as attorney general of Pennsylvania from 2017 to 2023 before becoming governor. Vice President Kamala Harris <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/josh-shapiro-and-other-vp-contenders-react-to-harris-walz-ticket" target="_blank" rel="noopener">considered</a> Shapiro as a running mate, among others, before she settled on Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. Shapiro has since hit the campaign trail for the Harris-Walz ticket.
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Musk, who owns X and other companies such as <a href="https://fortune.com/2023/11/27/tesla-sweden-lawsuit-labor-unions-postal-workers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tesla</a> and <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/16/amazon-and-spacex-are-quietly-trying-to-demolish-national-labor-law/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">SpaceX,</a> said at his event on Saturday that he would be giving $1 million every day until Election Day to a random person who signed the America PAC petition that pledges support for the First and Second Amendments. He noted the offer was meant to help get the word out about the petition as &#8220;the legacy media won&#8217;t report on it.&#8221; Musk then revealed a man named John Dreher was the first winner and handed off a giant check.
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Elon Musk announces that he will randomly award $1 million to one registered Pennsylvania who signs America PAC’s petition every day until Election Day. <a href="https://t.co/zDGS7zoH22">pic.twitter.com/zDGS7zoH22</a>
&mdash; The American Conservative (@amconmag) <a href="https://twitter.com/amconmag/status/1847800191333638577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 20, 2024</a></blockquote>
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The America PAC website <a href="https://petition.theamericapac.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">says</a> one petition signer will earn $1 million in Pittsburgh on Sunday and a signer will get the same amount in Pennsylvania on Monday. Then, each day from Tuesday until November 5 — Election Day — one petition signer from the battleground states of Pennsylvania, Georgia, Nevada, Arizona, Michigan, Wisconsin, or North Carolina will earn $1 million. America PAC is also offering $47 to anyone who refers a registered swing state voter to sign the petition, and for Pennsylvania in particular, $100 for signers and those who refer another petition signer.

Elon Musk Holds Town Hall With Pennslyvania Voters

Pennsylvania’s Shapiro Says ‘Law Enforcement’ Should Look At Elon Musk

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Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro (D) struggled to defend Vice President Kamala Harris late last week when asked why she has flipped-flopped on her stances on energy.
The moment came during an interview with Margaret Hoover on PBS News&#8217; &#8220;Firing Line&#8221; when asked about why she has changed on everything from banning fracking to mandating electric vehicles.
&#8220;What I’d like to ask you, governor, is has she told you why she changed her position?&#8221; Hoover asked.
&#8220;We need to produce more energy in this country for our economy, for national security,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We’re producing more energy right now than ever before, and that’s something we should be proud of. I’m certainly proud of that as the governor of Pennsylvania, where we are a net energy exporter.&#8221;
While it is true that the U.S. is producing more energy now than ever before, the rate of new energy production has slowed under the Biden-Harris administration and has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bidens-war-on-oil-and-gas-has-cost-the-u-s-250-billion-in-lost-gdp-study">cost</a> the U.S. hundreds of billions of dollars in lost GDP.
&#8220;I think Kamala Harris’s views on this issue have changed and as I have said and you cited, I think it’s a sign of strength,&#8221; he claimed. &#8220;She listened to people. She evolved on the issue.&#8221;
Hoover pressed Shapiro to give a specific reason to explain why she was changing.
&#8220;We have not had a direct conversation about this issue in particular,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I think what is clear to me, this is my interpretation, is that she’s listened and she has seen the power that natural gas, the power that our energy sources domestically here in the United States have in strengthening our economy, in strengthening our national security, just as Joe Biden in ‘87 talked about.&#8221;
Hoover noted that the worry and concern from voters is that &#8220;she’s just changed for political reasons.&#8221;
&#8220;Whereas if there was a real clear national security rationale or reason that felt believable, that that would make it more believable,&#8221; she said.
Shapiro responded by saying: &#8220;Well look, I think that’s on the vice president to explain her rationale on this.&#8221;
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PA Gov Josh Shapiro is asked why Kamala Harris flipped her energy positions
He tries to invent reasons why she changed her views, but when asked if there&#8217;s a &#8220;believable&#8221; reason she changed other than political expediency, he says that Harris has to explain herself<a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ElonMusk</a> <a href="https://t.co/SezKBUAlkT">pic.twitter.com/SezKBUAlkT</a>
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) <a href="https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1848053564150784491?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 20, 2024</a></blockquote>

Day Three Of The 2024 Democratic National Convention

Josh Shapiro: Kamala Must ‘Explain’ Why She Flip-Flopped On Issues

Kamala Harris

North Carolina State Attorney General Democrat Josh Stein — now running for Governor — was torched for schmoozing with Dem. Gov. of Pennsylvania Josh Shapiro while his state suffers after Hurricane Helene ravaged large portions of the area.
In a post shared on <a href="https://x.com/KathyManningNC/status/1840497242035396814">X</a> on Sunday, Dem. Representative Kathy Manning posed for a picture with Stein and Josh Shapiro at a campaign event in Greensboro, NC, after parts of North and South Carolina were completely destroyed due to the hurricane that hit the area on Friday night.
Manning’s post read, “There’s no joshin’ around in<a href="https://x.com/hashtag/NC06?src=hashtag_click"> #NC06</a> when it comes to protecting democracy.”
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There’s no joshin’ around in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NC06?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NC06</a> when it comes to protecting democracy.
Thanks to <a href="https://twitter.com/JoshShapiroPA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JoshShapiroPA</a> for coming to Greensboro to join me in supporting <a href="https://twitter.com/JoshStein_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JoshStein_</a> and Democrats up and down the ticket 🇺🇸 <a href="https://t.co/ZJmaDhMo52">pic.twitter.com/ZJmaDhMo52</a>
— Kathy Manning (@KathyManningNC) <a href="https://twitter.com/KathyManningNC/status/1840497242035396814?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2024</a></blockquote>
“Thanks to<a href="https://x.com/JoshShapiroPA"> @JoshShapiroPA</a> for coming to Greensboro to join me in supporting<a href="https://x.com/JoshStein_"> @JoshStein_</a> and Democrats up and down the ticket,” she added.
As of mid-day Monday, the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/hurricane-helene-north-carolina-asheville-f02869c7d01e68f2d7f0553abb82252f">Associated Press reported</a> at least 130 deaths across multiple states, including <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/devastating-flooding-from-helene-besets-north-carolinas-asheville-local-death-toll-reaches-30">30 people killed</a> in the county where Asheville, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/north-carolina">NC</a>, is located, and efforts to provide relief to flooded areas were ongoing.
Reading through the comments, many people called the image of the three smiling at the event “disgusting” and “tone deaf.”
“You have to be kidding me,” one person <a href="https://x.com/wendyp4545/status/1840573972938666260">wrote</a>. “The Western part of the state has thousands of people missing.  More than 30 dead and you had a party here today? None of you deserve your jobs.”
Another <a href="https://x.com/BasedSavannah/status/1840555730849415491">added</a>, “The perfect picture of EVERYTHING wrong with our country. Democrats fundraising in NC while many in our state are devastated right now and have lost EVERYTHING. Vile, evil and disgusting,  ALL of you.<a href="https://x.com/hashtag/ncpol?src=hashtag_click"> #ncpol</a>.”
While a third <a href="https://x.com/Itsjoeco/status/1840563279950660044">wrote</a>, “Hope the fundraising went well please don&#8217;t look a few miles to the west or you might find a national tragedy that the administration is ignoring.”
Others <a href="https://x.com/jedi_medic217/status/1840557748108296239">pointed</a> out that campaigning while people were “literally dying in the mountains” was disgraceful. “What the hell is wrong with you people?”
“<a href="https://x.com/joshstein">@JoshStein</a>, you have got thousands of people missing in western Carolina, total destruction and deaths and you are fundraising and posting it on Twitter,” another person wrote. “You just lost the election.”
While a third person <a href="https://x.com/BonnieBlueTK/status/1840570188174864887">added</a>, “You money grubbing ****. You could not reschedule a cash grab and social event to go to work for the people of your state who are dying, or who have lost everything. You aren&#8217;t just a disgrace to your state, you are a disgrace to humanity.”
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On Wednesday night, after Pennsylvania Democrat Governor Josh Shapiro spoke at the Democratic National Convention, former President Donald Trump took aim at not only Shapiro but also Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris, correctly pointing out the Democrats’ abandonment of the Jewish state and his own unmatched record of support for Israel.
Shapiro, who is Jewish, was passed over for Harris’ vice-presidential slot in a move that was widely considered to be Harris’ fear of the anti-Semites and anti-Israel members of the Democratic Party. In his speech, he never mentioned Israel once or anything regarding foreign policy, instead claiming Harris and the Democrats are the party of “freedom.”
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Trump wasted no time in targeting Shapiro and Harris for their lack of support for the Jewish state, writing on <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/113003710039708925">Truth Social</a>, “The highly overrated Jewish Governor of the Great Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Josh Shapiro, made a really bad and poorly delivered speech talking about freedom and fighting for Comrade Kamala Harris for President, yet she hates Israel and will do nothing but make its journey through the complexities of survival as difficult as possible, hoping in the end that it will fail. Judge only by her actions!”
Trump’s point regarding Harris making Israel’s journey for survival as difficult as possible has been borne out by her administration’s insistence on slow-walking military aid to Israel, and their pressure on Israel to make concessions to the terrorist group Hamas. Harris’ own remarks after meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cotton-blasts-dangerous-liberal-harris-over-comments-after-netanyahu-meeting">considered</a> to be <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-calls-harris-disrespectful-to-israel-after-netanyahu-meeting">undermining</a> the Jewish state.
“Yet Shapiro, for strictly political reasons, refused to acknowledge that I am the best friend that Israel, and the Jewish people, ever had,” Trump continued. “I have done more for Israel than any President, and frankly, I have done more for Israel than any person, and it’s not even close. Shapiro has done nothing for Israel, and never will. Comrade Kamala Harris, the Radical Left Marxist who stole the nomination from Crooked Joe, will do even less. Israel is in BIG trouble!”
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Trump’s claim of his unmatched support for Israel is accurate. In 1995, Congress passed the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995, which recognized Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Israel and called for Jerusalem to remain an undivided city. It called for setting aside funds to relocate the American Embassy to Jerusalem by 1999. The law allowed the President to invoke a six-month waiver of the application of the law and reissue the waiver every six months on &#8220;national security&#8221; grounds. The waiver was repeatedly renewed by Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama.
But Trump made the move happen in 2018. On February 23, 2018, Trump announced that the US Embassy in Israel would reopen in Jerusalem on May 14, 2018, to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the Israeli Declaration of Independence. In addition, Trump recognized Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, an area that was vital to Israel’s national security interests, as its enemies would fire down at Israelis in every previous war.
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Presidential Candidate Kamala Harris has selected Mostly Peaceful Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate. Mostly Peaceful Walz won the spot after Kamala rejected Pennsylvania Governor Joshua Shapiro. The rejection of Shapiro was not due to anti-Semitism according to DNC Spokesman Mohammed Akhbar Jihad Mohammed Jihad Akhbar. Akhbar said Kamala was just worried Shapiro might be mistaken for a Jew by Democrats and other people who don’t like Jews.
Shapiro had tried to circumvent the issue by changing his name to O’Connor and publicly eating a ham and cheese sandwich but his efforts failed when Democrat operatives discovered an op-ed he had written in college in which he said a Palestine-Israel two state solution might be difficult since everyone in Palestine has sworn to murder everyone in Israel. Between bites of his ham and cheese sandwich, Governor O’Connor apologized for the op-ed, saying he had written it when he was young and still believed honesty was the best policy. He also apologized for serving in the Israeli Defense Forces under the mistaken impression IDF stood for International Disney Funhouse, and he apologized for praying in Hebrew saying he could have sworn it was Latin. But after much thoughtful deliberation, Democrats still felt there was just something a little Jewy about the guy, and sent him home, saying his integrity would be returned to him at a later date, if they could find it.
So the position fell to Mostly Peaceful Tim Walz, who earned his nickname after allowing Minneapolis to burn to the ground during the mostly peaceful George Floyd riots. Governor Mostly said he would have sent the National Guard into Minneapolis sooner, but his wife was enjoying the smell of America in flames and he just loves that woman so, so much.
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Journalists and other Democrats immediately went to work trying to frame Governor Mostly as a moderate, describing him with words like “folksy,” “Mid-Western” and “not-entirely-Stalinist.” An editorial in the New York Times, a former newspaper, said, “Progressivism is great, but Governor Mostly Peaceful is not progressive, but if he were it would be great, but he’s absolutely not, though it’s totally great he is, if he were, which we assure you he isn’t, but it’s a great thing to be, though he’s not.”
Still there are some signs that the Mostly Peaceful folksy Midwesterner might be just a tad to the left of, say, the people he allowed to burn down Minneapolis. For instance, Governor Mostly once said, “One man’s socialism is another man’s neighborliness,” — which, of course, is true if another man’s neighbor steals all his money at gunpoint and distributes it among his political allies.
Governor Mostly also signed a bill allowing Minnesota doctors to cut off a child’s sexual organs if the child believes he’s the opposite sex. Kids who believe they’re pirates can also have one eye removed and one of their legs replaced with a wooden peg. And if they believe they’re Superman, doctors are allowed to throw them off the top of a building. The law — called the Fantasy Affirming Care Act — was largely written by Richard Levine on the walls of his cell in Arkham Asylum, before he escaped to resume his reign of terror as supervillain Admiral Rachel.
Some Minnesotans protested the Fantasy Affirming Care Act, saying it robbed parents of their rights, but those protestors fell silent after Mostly Peaceful Governor Tim Walz passed a new abortion law, allowing a child to be aborted right up until the moment he learned not to criticize Mostly Peaceful Governor Tim Walz. Governor Mostly said the law, called the Cat Lady Affirming Care Act, was meant to ensure Minnesota women would have no stake in the future, and would therefore feel perfectly comfortable with socialism.
Governor Mostly made his first appearance as a VP candidate at a huge rally of Democrats who were absolutely thrilled to be voting for animate, sentient human beings whoever the hell they were. As the governor spoke, one enthusiastic voter told reporters, “I am so happy we have candidates who will continue the policies that have left America weak and broke on the verge of World War III. And now, if you’ll excuse me, I have to go join my husband onstage.”
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Andrew Klavan is the host of “The Andrew Klavan Show” at The Daily Wire. He is the bestselling author of the Cameron Winter Mystery series. The third installment, “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/House-Death-Cameron-Winter-Mysteries-ebook/dp/B0BW1ZTVP9?ref_=ast_author_dp" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The House of Love and Death</a>,” is now available. Follow him on X: @andrewklavan
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