A US man plead guilty on Tuesday to attempted murder for firebombing the home of Pennsylvania governor and prominent Democrat Josh Shapiro, and now faces between 25 and 50 years imprisonment under a plea agreement, prosecutors said.

Cody Balmer, 38, told police he harbored "hatred" towards Governor Shapiro. In April, he threw a Molotov cocktail at the Democrat's official residence as Shapiro marked the first night of the Passover holiday with friends and family.

Asked what he would have done had he encountered Shapiro in the residence during the attack, Balmer told investigators he would "have beaten him with his hammer."

"Balmer pleaded guilty to attempted murder of Governor Josh Shapiro, aggravated arson, 22 counts of arson, one for each of the 22 victims within the residence endanger

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