{"id":1566096,"date":"2022-07-22T09:20:16","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T13:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1566096"},"modified":"2022-07-22T09:20:19","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T13:20:19","slug":"new-york-gop-gubernatorial-candidate-lee-zeldin-attacked-by-man-who-tried-to-stab-him-during-campaign-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-gop-gubernatorial-candidate-lee-zeldin-attacked-by-man-who-tried-to-stab-him-during-campaign-stop\/","title":{"rendered":"New York GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Lee Zeldin Attacked by Man Who \u2018Tried to Stab\u2019 Him During Campaign Stop"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-york-gop-gubernatorial-candidate-lee-zeldin-attacked-by-man-who-tried-to-stab-him-during-campaign-stop%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1566096&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.), who is running against\u00a0Democratic incumbent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-kathy-hochul\">Kathy Hochul<\/a> in the race for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-nyc\">New York<\/a> governor, was attacked by an unnamed man who allegedly tried to stab him during a campaign stop on July 21.<\/p>\n<p>The congressman was on stage at an event in\u00a0Perinton, New York, and talking to campaign supporters when the attacker pulled a knife out on him, according to a spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p>Zeldin, a staunch ally of former President Donald Trump, was able to escape injury and stop the man by grabbing his wrist until others assisted in taking the attacker to the ground, Zeldin\u2019s campaign said.<\/p>\n<p>He then returned to the stage to finish his remarks after the alleged attacker was apprehended by law enforcement officials, his team said.<\/p>\n<p>Former New York Police Department Deputy Inspector Alison Esposito,\u00a0Zeldin\u2019s running mate, was among those who helped stop the attacker, state <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-gop\">GOP<\/a> Chair Nick Langworthy <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/2022-midterm-elections-new-york-donald-trump-campaigns-lee-zeldin-bd211ad3c9b05a5456221300e8c7da99\">told<\/a> the Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you to everyone who reached out following tonight\u2019s attack in Fairport. Someone tried to stab me on stage during this evening\u2019s rally, but fortunately, I was able to grab his wrist and stop him for a few moments until others tackled him,\u201d\u00a0Zeldin <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/leezeldin\/status\/1550313386700849154\">wrote<\/a> on Twitter on Thursday night following the incident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m ok, and @EspositoforNY [Alison Esposito] and all other attendees are safe. The attacker is in custody. Grateful for the attendees who stepped up quickly to assist and the law enforcement officers who quickly responded. I\u2019m as resolute as ever to do my part to make N.Y. safe again,\u201d Zeldin said.<\/p>\n<p> \u2018More Must Be Done to Make NY Safe Again\u2019 <\/p>\n<p>Zeldin spokesperson Katie Vincentz posted a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/katievincentz\/status\/1550301617802600449\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweet<\/a>\u00a0Thursday that both the Congressman and\u00a0Esposito as well as all members of his team are safe, adding that Zeldin returned to the stage to continue his final remarks after officers apprehended the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.), who is running against\u00a0Democratic incumbent Kathy Hochul in the race for New York governor, was attacked by an unnamed man who allegedly tried to stab him during a campaign stop on July 21. The congressman was on stage at an event in\u00a0Perinton, New York, and talking to campaign supporters when the [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1566096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1566096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/69"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1566096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1566096\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1566096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1566096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1566096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}