There are monsters among us.

Some might object to that as a dehumanizing term for the perpetrator of Sunday’s act of terror. But what other word so accurately describes a man who shows up to a march of Americans — marching to call on Hamas to release the remaining hostages — and who starts hurling Molotov cocktails to burn them to death? How else to label someone who looks at a crowd of senior citizens and concludes, “They must burn”?

How do you survive the Holocaust and live to see old age, only to have some monster try to incinerate you a second time — this time on the streets of the United States? An attempt to incinerate you a second time for being a Jew, right here in America?

You have probably noticed a recurring pattern here.

Less than two months ago, a man attempted to burn down the governor’s mansion in Harrisburg, Pa. The Dauphin County district attorney’s office released audio of the indicted arsonist calling 911 and declaring, “Governor Josh Shapiro needs to know that Cody Balmer will not take part in his plans for what he wants to do to the Palestinian people.” As governor of Pennsylvania, Shapiro has no formal role in U.S. foreign policy. He has standard pro-Israel views.

The criminal complaint against Balmer notes:

Prior to interviewing BALMER, he was advised of Miranda Warnings. BALMER advised that he understood his rights and agreed to speak with Troopers. During this interview, BALMER admitted to harboring hatred towards Governor SHAPIRO. . . . BALMER also advised that prior to committing these acts, he was aware his actions would result in negative consequences. When asked if he was aware that Governor SHAPIRO and others were home at the time of this act, BALMER advised that he was aware this was a possibility. BALMER also admitted that he knew it was a possibility people could be injured by his actions. BALMER was asked specifically what he would have done if Governor SHAPIRO found him inside of his residence to which he advised he would have beaten him with his hammer.

(Speaking of hateful nutjobs who want to beat political figures with a hammer, do you feel like you’ve heard a lot more about the guy who attacked Paul Pelosi than this guy?)

The search warrant for Balmer’s residence declared police were looking for “any and all cell phones, laptops, tablets, or any electronic device that could store or transmit data. Any writings or notes that contain any of the following: the name of Josh Shapiro; reference to Palestine, Gaza, Israel or the current conflict in Gaza.”

It was just a week and a half ago that an ideologue consumed by hate gunned down Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim in cold blood as they left the Young Diplomats Reception of the American Jewish Committee in Washington, D.C.

From the criminal complaint against Elias Rodriguez:

RODRIGUEZ spontaneously stated on scene to MPD, “I did it for Palestine, I did it for Gaza, I am unarmed.” RODRIGUEZ was holding a red scarf identified by one witness as a “Kaffiyeh.” As MPD officers were escorting RODRIQUEZ from the Museum, he shouted “Free Palestine.”

RODRIGUEZ is captured on the video extending both his arms in the direction of the decedents and firing several times, as indicated by the muzzle flashes. Once the decedents fell to the ground, RODRIGUEZ is captured on the video advancing closer to the decedents, leaning over with them with his arm extended, and firing several more times. As Decedent-1 attempted to crawl away from RODRIGUEZ, he followed behind her and fired again. After a brief moment, RODRIGUEZ appeared to reload his firearm. At the same time, Decedent-1 sat up. Once he reloaded, RODRIGUEZ fired several times at Decedent-1.

And now yesterday’s horror, where yet another “anti-Zionist” activist for Palestine decided that a bunch of Jews had to die for the outrageous provocation of marching in support of hostages, who have now been held for 603 days.

The ugly truth is that Hamas’s war against the Jews has come to America. Sure, the perpetrators of these attacks may not have Hamas membership cards, but their worldview, agenda, and increasingly, their methods are indistinguishable from that of the terrorist group.

And this is why no one believes, or should believe, anyone who says, “I’m not antisemitic, I’m just anti-Zionist.”

You may say you’re anti-Zionist, but your political allies keep trying to kill random Jews. They also keep tearing down public menorahs, making threats to Hillels on college campuses, spray-painting hateful messages on synagogues. This crowd insists it is only objecting to the policies of the Israeli government and, entirely coincidentally, that rage just keeps accidentally hitting random American Jews.

The governor’s mansion is not an IDF base. A young couple are not IDF soldiers. A parade of elderly Americans calling for the hostages to be released is not an IDF commando unit.

One of the core tenets of Hamas and every other virulently antisemitic terrorist group is that there is no such thing as an innocent civilian, that every Jew everywhere in the world is a legitimate target. We’re seeing that same worldview at work on our own soil. These people don’t hate Israel; they just hate Jews and don’t want to admit it.

On May 27, the “DSA Liberation Caucus” — a self-described “Marxist-Leninist-Maoist caucus” within the Democratic Socialists of America — declared, “Free Elias Rodriguez and all political prisoners.”

Remember, Rodriguez shot and executed Milgrim as she attempted to crawl away. But in the minds of these people, he’s a “political prisoner.” You see, murder is part of their political agenda.

Excerpted from:
https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/the-ideology-and-violence-of-hamas-take-root-here-in-america/

Some of those monsters are illegal immigrants. Not all are looking to find work and a better way of life. They are looking for easy pickings in which to commit their heinous crimes.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/six-migrants-charged-sc-moms-murder-detailed-crime-eerie-messages-just-beginning