NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin, the Republican candidate for New York governor, was attacked by man with knife at an upstate event Thursday but was uninjured, his campaign said.
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Zeldin was giving a speech when a man climbed onstage and appeared to begin wrestling with the congressman, said Katie Vincentz, a spokesperson for Zeldin’s campaign.
A video of the event in Perinton posted on Twitter showed the man appearing to grab Zeldin’s arm and the two fell to the ground as other people tried to intervene.
“Thanks to the swift action of several brave eventgoers, the perpetrator was subdued,” New York GOP Chair Nick Langworthy said in a statement.
Zeldin, an Army Reserve lieutenant colonel who has represented eastern Long Island in Congress since 2015, is a staunch ally of former President Donald Trump and was among the Republicans in Congress who voted against certifying the 2020 election results.
He is challenging incumbent Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul this November.
(Attack occurs at minute 57:50)
My team has informed me about the incident at Lee Zeldin’s campaign event tonight. Relieved to hear that Congressman Zeldin was not injured and that the suspect is in custody. I condemn this violent behavior in the strongest terms possible — it has no place in New York.
— Kathy Hochul (@KathyHochul) July 22, 2022
Armed man who ‘tried to stab’ Republican candidate Lee Zeldin overpowered https://t.co/uWCjAseyIP
— The Independent (@Independent) July 22, 2022
thank you Mr Biden , Nancy Pelosi, Hochul and all DemocRATS – we the people will take back NEW YORK and AMERICA from the Socialists and make America SAFE AGAIN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
the attack is at 57:45
Messages seeking information from the Monroe County District Attorney’s Office were not immediately returned, and phone messages were left with the county’s emergency dispatch.
Welcome to every day life !!! You don’t like what someone say’s or how they look , you harm them !!!
Liz Cheney must subpoena him to testify at the January 6th lynching.
No information about the attacker other than he was a veteran and may have been drunk. His motives are unknown.
Anyone still remember another “lone wolf” attack on the rep congressmen?
They are at war and have been for a while. The same goes for jihadis. It could be a lone wolf, or organized antifa, BLM, or ballot fraud. It’s on all fronts and one of the reasons democrats enabled lawlessness.
Violence can only be met with violence or submission there is no middle ground anymore. Eventhough Zeldin may mean well, the democratic processes lost all meaning once the ballot box permanently failed in nov 2020 and fascism set in on jan 6th.
Odd attack. Curious to see who this guy is.
The “tolerant” left
While democratic socialist are allowed to threaten the lives of republicans or anyone that disappointed with them and get away with it. This will continue. Nancy and chuck are worrying about republican protesters but it’s their followers doing the attacking
greats
Great
What the socialist press hasn’t called this a publicity stun to get attention yet
We haven’t heard from Poupko in a while
Zeldin wasn’t in the act with his shiksa.
Look at the rhetoric of the liberals now he’ll claim mental illness. Democrats whom aguda loves equal anarchy
Gotta love that “reporter” from Freedom News (?):
“He may have a gun or MAYBE EVEN A KNIFE!”