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At 2 AM whereas his household was inside, Gov. Josh Shapiro’s residence in Pennsylvania was set on hearth over Passover.
The Pittsburgh Publish-Gazette reported, “An arsonist set hearth to the Pennsylvania Governor’s Residence in Harrisburg final night time as Gov. Josh Shapiro and his household slept inside, State Police mentioned Sunday.”
Gov. Shapiro posted on X:
Final night time at about 2AM, my household and I woke as much as bangs on the door from the Pennsylvania State Police after an arsonist set hearth to the Governor’s Residence in Harrisburg.
The Harrisburg Bureau of Hearth was on the scene and whereas they labored to place out the fireplace, we had been evacuated from the Residence safely by Pennsylvania State Police and assisted by Capitol Police. Thank God nobody was injured and the fireplace was extinguished.
Daily, we stand with the regulation enforcement and first responders who run in the direction of hazard to guard our communities. Final night time, they did so for our household – and Lori and I are eternally grateful to them for retaining us secure.
PAStatePolice is on the scene main this investigation and can maintain the general public up to date.
Shapiro is Jewish, and it doesn’t appear to be a coincidence that any individual tried to burn down the governor’s mansion with the governor and his household inside.
This looks like the form of potential hate crime towards a Jewish household that deserves a response from a president and administration who declare to care a lot about anti-semitism and home terrorism, however as an alternative, the president has mentioned nothing.
One thing tells me the White Home response can be completely different if the governor had been a Republican or a Tesla.
