Cody Balmer, 38, was subsequently arrested in the case and charged with attempted murder, among other criminal offenses. A 911 recording purported to be from Balmer himself refers to the governor as a “monster” who was “doing serious, serious harm.”

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) repeatedly declined to label the arson attack on his house a hate crime, saying in a new interview that such a designation would be up to prosecutors to make. ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos pressed the governor about whether the attack was a hate crime,