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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 Submit-Gazette reported, “An arsonist set hearth to the Pennsylvania Governor’s Residence in Harrisburg final evening as Gov. Josh Shapiro and his household slept inside, State Police mentioned Sunday.”
Gov. Shapiro posted on X:
Final evening 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 Fireplace 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.
Each day, we stand with the regulation enforcement and first responders who run in the direction of hazard to guard our communities. Final evening, they did so for our household – and Lori and I are eternally grateful to them for conserving us protected.
PAStatePolice is on the scene main this investigation and can preserve the general public up to date.
Shapiro is Jewish, and it doesn’t seem to be a coincidence that someone tried to burn down the governor’s mansion with the governor and his household inside.
This looks as if the kind of potential hate crime in opposition to 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 could be totally different if the governor had been a Republican or a Tesla.
