New York Times reporting on Cody Balmer, a male police suspect sparked a fire at the official home of Josh Shapiro, the Pennsylvania government.
According to the complaint, Ballmer relied on authorities on Sunday after “deploying the agitator” at Shapiro’s home while the governor and his family were inside. He was arrested Monday and charged with attempted murder, terrorism, aggravated arson and robbery. According to to criminal charges.
Balmer’s Facebook profile reportedly includes posts and comments that praise Black Lives Matter’s move and claim he is a “registered socialist,” but the New York Times Highlighted His post criticising former President Joe Biden and ignoring anyone who recognizes left-leaning politics.
Cody Ballmer, a Harrisburg man who was accused of trying to burn the PA Governor’s mansion, was, according to him, a “registered socialist.”
He was a Republican and Democrat, and frequently shared links from his Facebook anarchist account.
Social media posts also show… pic.twitter.com/xqjoxqmlcz
– Bad hombre (@joma_gc) April 14, 2025
“Balmer’s social media has suggested that in several posts in favour of the bent libertarians adjacent to anarchism, other posts praise the violence are not as specific ideology as deep cynicism.
The New York Times notes that Balmer showed “a small sign of loyalty to every party,” but omits coverage of his post, which praised BLM and acknowledged socialism.
Some social media users speculate that Balmer’s obviously self-rated socialism is simply ironic. One example of such a tongue is a post in which Ballmer claimed he received 27 email-in votes.
“Posts that say he’s a socialist are clearly ironic if you actually read it,” Facebook user “Mary Pratt.” post He emphasizes his obvious confession.
However, there are other indications pointing to Balmer’s obvious left-leaning radicalism, such as the propaganda Post the Molotov cocktail, a sedition device that allegedly set the fire on Shapiro’s house. The post showed a photo of a fiery bottle with the caption, “Become the light you want to see in the world.”
Molotov cocktails have been used by agitators and protesters, which are linked to both political wings, but in recent years it has Calling Card For the radical left linked to Antifa.
Other left-leaning media figures also exclude important context surrounding Ballmer’s apparently left-linked political post.
“The person who was charged with attempted murder and Governor Shapiro’s aggravated one is Cody Ballmer. He has an anti-corruption post on social media. Another right-wing extremist? Magazine?
The man accused of attempted murder and exacerbated Governor Shapiro’s arson is Cody Barmer. He posts anti-Biden on social media.
Another right-wing extremist? Magazine?
Hopefully he will live in prison. pic.twitter.com/eilmmwi5z5
– Ed Krassenstein (@edkrassen) April 13, 2025
President Donald Trump condemned the attack on Monday. “The attackers were basically no one’s fans, perhaps just a job,” he said. “And certainly nothing like that can happen.”
