Rep. Lee Zeldin, who was attacked while speaking at a campaign event on Thursday in northern New York, said he is safe. Zeldin grabbed the attacker's wrist to stop him before others came to assist, a spokeswoman said.
Video posted on social media shows a man in a baseball cap and black shorts slowly walking toward Zeldin, who was addressing a small audience while onstage in Fairport, a village near the Canadian border. The person then confronts the congressman and the two men get into a tussle. At least three bystanders attempted to get the attacker off Zeldin.AdvertisementThe attacker is now in custody, according to Zeldin. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office could not be immediately reached for comment.
Zeldin will face Gov. Kathy Hochul , who has a substantial lead in the polls, in the November general election.the attack in a statement Thursday night. “Relieved to hear that Congressman Zeldin was not injured and that the suspect is in custody,” she said. “I condemn this violent behavior in the strongest terms possible — it has no place in New York.”
Zeldin, who represents an affluent part of eastern New York, is a pro-Trump Republican who voted against certifying President Biden’s win in the 2020 presidential elections. He is a four-term Congressman and a lieutenant colonel in the Army reserve. Zedlinwith third-degree assault and menacing, both misdemeanors, as well as second-degree harassment, after he slapped Rudy Giuliani — the 78-year-old Republican former mayor of New York — on the back, and called him a “scumbag,” according to police.
Gill was initially charged with assaulting someone over the age of 65, a felony. Giuliani claimed he could have fallen and “probably cracked my skull” after the contact. Gill’s defense team said Gill had patted Giuliani. Video of the incident published by the New York Post appears to show Gill touching Giuliani more lightly than the former mayor asserted.
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