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If all you have is a hammer ... [1]
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Date: 2025-04-14
Balmer was charged with attempted homicide, aggravated arson, burglary, reckless endangerment, terrorism, loitering and two counts of aggravated assault.”
You might think that would dampen the enthusiasm a bit. But no. Again, from the WAPO article:
“ He told police that he hated Shapiro and said he would have beaten him with a hammer if the governor had found him on the property, the affidavit said.”
I am sure the Republicans — in waves emanating from an epicenter in Harrisburg — would have been just as happy to joke about that as they were about the assault on Paul Pelosi. If all you have is hate, all you see is The Enemy. If all you have is violence, every tool becomes a weapon. If all you have is wrapped up in your own little world, anything beyond must be dangerous territory, filled with subhumans who must be destroyed.
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