BREAKING New York Republican gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin was attacked onstage by a man with a weapon as he was giving a speech to supporters in Upstate New York, according to his campaign
The chair of the New York GOP said that Zeldin had “just a little scrape” but it wasn't what anyone would consider an injury; the attacker was immediately brought into custodyNew York Republican gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin was attacked onstage by a man with a weapon as he was giving a speech to supporters in Upstate New York, according to his campaign, but he managed to escape uninjured.
Zeldin, a U.S. Representative for Long Island, was at an even in Monroe County Thursday evening when a man climbed onstage and appeared to begin wrestling with the congressman, a campaign spokesperson said. A video of the event in Fairport 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. Zeldin's campaign said that the man tried to stab the candidate, but was unable to after Zeldin grabbed his wrist to stop him. Several other individuals could be seen coming to assist in subduing the man.
"Thanks to the swift action of several brave eventgoers, the perpetrator was subdued," New York GOP Chair Nick Langworthy said in a statement.
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