In a weeks time , 2 New Jersey Repub lawmakers were gunned down . Eunice Dwumfour from Sayreville was shot execution style February 1 . Russell Heller ,a Milford Borough Councilman was gunned down one week later by
a disgruntled employee .
There are plenty of local wire copy ,and the news may have made local broadcasts . But if they had been Dems the compliant press would've led with the story with accompanying stories about past incidents where Dem lawmakers were shot . The follow up stories would've gone on for days .