Lee Zeldin, the GOP candidate in New York’s upcoming Governor’s race was viciously attacked on stage during a campaign event on Thursday night by a man wielding a knife.
As The New York Post reports:
Zeldin, also a sitting US congressman from Long Island, was campaigning at the Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Perinton when a man jumped on stage and lunged toward the lawmaker with an unknown weapon, according to witnesses and video of the incident.
“I saw that he [was] approaching the congressman, so I jumped up on the stage,” witness Joe Chenelly told The Post.
This is video of Lee Zeldin being attacked and almost stabbed on stage at a Fire Hochul event in Fairport, NY.pic.twitter.com/xazg7G7sqb
— MAGA GANG VISH 🔫 (@VishBurra) July 22, 2022
“The congressman turned and faced him. I thought he might just be there to hug the congressman or to, you know, maybe heckle him or something along those lines.”
The suspect was identified as 43-year-old David Jakubonis of Fairport, NY.
Zeldin suffered no injuries and managed to finish his speech.
In spite of his brazen attack, it appears Jakubonis was released back out into the community by law enforcement after being arrested:
Hey @KathyHochul,
The man that attempted to assassinate @leezeldin is back out in the community.
Your policies are a dumpster fire. pic.twitter.com/hsWtQKNyn9
— Jeremy Redfern (@JeremyRedfernFL) July 22, 2022
Body armor & CCW time
Lock & Load
It was a mostly peaceful attempted murder.
No one in the Democratic party in New York would ever condone an attempt to kill a Republican political candidate , and to imply that the Democrats are responsible for this or any other kind of violence is. beneath contempt ! The individual who attacked Zeldin is obviously deranged and does not represent the Democratic party or the “left” , whatever that is, in any way, shape or form .
Can anyone say, “Red Flag”? This nutcase Jakubonis should be under the jail or in some mental facility. Maybe Hochul hopes he’ll be successful next time.
Instead, he is back on the street by the DA and judge. They should be charged with aiding and abetting criminal activity and thrown in jail themselves.
That darn knife!
it looked fake..the attacker just seemed to stand in place as if awaiting someone to notice him.
Terrible everytime I turn around the leftist are attacking the republicans
Knives are not dangerous, so just ban the gun. Knives don’t kill; guns do!
The above is the insanity stance of the liberals. The fact of the matter is that the man wielding the knife is the danger to society. Not the tool. He could just as easily had a gun to do the deed. But what did the DA and the judge do? Well, they failed to protect society by implementing the law they are sworn to uphold. THE DA AND JUDGE NEED TO BE IN JAIL FOR PROMOTING AND PROTECTING CRIME.
As the democrats cry how Trump is the problem they attack Republicans Just because, and they say trump is the terrorists that attacks freedom. The Republicans should start attacking the democrat candidates like they do the Republican candidates. But when the democrats do they cry its peaceful demonstration. Like when they burned, looted and killed in blue states. Funny tho that they still are burning, looting and killing in blue states . They even kill the police in peaceful demonstrations. Go figure !!!