Pennsylvania
April 16, 2025 — Scott Johnson
Jewish Insider returns to the story of Cody Balmer’s arson and attempted murder of Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro in its Daily Roundup. JI links to PennLive’s story on the familiar motive that may have driven Balmer’s attack. Based on one of the search warrants executed in the case, Juliette Rihl reports: The suspect in the arson attack at the Governor’s Residence targeted Josh Shapiro due to his perceived stance on
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April 14, 2025 — Scott Johnson
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro and his family were the subject of arson set on the governor’s mansion in Harrisburg by one Cody Balmer over the weekend. Governor Shapiro gave a statement and held a press conference with Pennsylvania law enforcement authorities late yesterday afternoon. I have posted the video below. Governor Shapiro acknowledged his conversation with FBI Director Kash Patel near the top of his statement. I’m about to speak
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November 22, 2024 — Scott Johnson
We have followed the post-election theater in Pennsylvania’s Senate race. As the AP recognized three weeks ago, GOP challenger Dave McCormick defeated incumbent Democrat nullity Bob Casey. Yesterday Casey finally conceded the race, but not before the recount began. This is how it stood when Casey pulled the plug: The concession comes days into a pricey recount that Casey could have waived. He gained just four votes from the first
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November 19, 2024 — Scott Johnson
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro has a good reputation and may be going places if the Democratic Party ever rids itself of the anti-Semitism that has burrowed into its heart. I think he would have sold out Israel in a heartbeat if he had run with Harris, but he’s Jewish. Following the Harris line wouldn’t have been enough to appeal to the crowd Harris sought to appease. Yesterday afternoon the Pennsylvanian
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November 18, 2024 — Scott Johnson
Republican Dave McCormick won the Pennsylvania Senate contest in which he challenged incumbent Democrat nullity Bob Casey. The AP has called the contest for McCormick, but the narrow margin of McCormick’s victory has triggered a mandatory recount that Casey stands no chance of winning honestly. Casey has the Russia hoaxer cutout Marc Elias on board to help him steal the election via illegal ballots. Four counties signed up for the
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November 15, 2024 — Scott Johnson
According to the current tabulation posted by the Associated Press, Republican Dave McCormick defeated incumbent Democrat Bob Casey by more than 24,000 votes in Pennsylvania’s Senate contest. The AP called the race for McCormick last week. However, the margin falls just under 0.5 percent of the total and thus triggers a recount under Pennsylvania law. It shouldn’t be possible to pick up 24,000 votes in a recount and Casey could
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November 7, 2024 — Scott Johnson
The Republicans fielded an impressive slate of candidates to run in competitive Senate races in this cycle. I thought Dave McCormick was perhaps the most impressive of these candidates. His campaign bio is posted here. McCormick ran against three-term incumbent Bob Casey. Casey is a party-line nullity, but it’s not easy to knock off an entrenched incumbent and Casey added a respected name to the mix. When I saw McCormick
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October 25, 2024 — Scott Johnson
Mark Halperin commissioned his own poll of Pennsylvania with what I believe is the largest sample size you will find in a public poll and devoted two hours to Pennsylvania on his 2WAY platform yesterday. He called this episode of his 2WAY election coverage “It’s All About Pennsylvania.” For this episode he interviewed Republican Senate candidate Dave McCormick at about 7:30 of the video below. McCormick is a great American
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