{"id":1566155,"date":"2022-07-22T10:16:20","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T14:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1566155"},"modified":"2022-07-22T10:19:21","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T14:19:21","slug":"ny-gop-demands-dem-governor-apologize-for-fanning-the-flames-of-hate-ahead-of-attempt-on-lee-zeldins-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-gop-demands-dem-governor-apologize-for-fanning-the-flames-of-hate-ahead-of-attempt-on-lee-zeldins-life\/","title":{"rendered":"NY GOP Demands Dem Governor Apologize For Fanning \u2018The Flames Of Hate\u2019 Ahead Of Attempt On Lee Zeldin\u2019s Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/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%2Fny-gop-demands-dem-governor-apologize-for-fanning-the-flames-of-hate-ahead-of-attempt-on-lee-zeldins-life%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=1566155&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-06-30T030029Z_13268659_RC222V9XI7TN_RTRMADP_3_NEW-YORK-GUNS-PIX-e1656712607973.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The chairman of the New York State Republican Party demanded Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul apologize for fanning \u201cthe flames of hate\u201d in the wake of a Thursday attack on New York Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin.<\/p>\n<p>A man reportedly tried to <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/21\/suspect-attempts-stab-lee-zeldin-campaign-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">stab<\/a> Rep. Zeldin during a campaign event Thursday before being restrained by attendees at the event. Hochul\u2019s campaign had sent out an email earlier Thursday that described the date and time of some of Zeldin\u2019s events, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZackFinkNews\/status\/1550236964821127173\">according<\/a> to NY1 reporter Zack Fink, saying that the events would feature \u201ctop anti-abortion activists, NRA enthusiasts and a cast of extremist groups.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Very unusual advisory from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KathyHochul?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KathyHochul<\/a> \u2b07\ufe0f just now, basically making fun of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/leezeldin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@leezeldin<\/a> by mocking his campaign schedule this weekend and replacing his events with Democratic talking points about Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Usually the targeted attacks come from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nydems?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@nydems<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JayJacobs28?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JayJacobs28<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1SaOrbaOX4\">pic.twitter.com\/1SaOrbaOX4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Zack Fink (@ZackFinkNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZackFinkNews\/status\/1550236964821127173?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2022<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not a coincidence that just hours earlier, Kathy Hochul fanned the flames of hate by directing her supporters to his rally schedule,\u201d New York GOP Chairman Nick Langworthy said in a statement released hours after the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/21\/suspect-attempts-stab-lee-zeldin-campaign-speech\/\">attack<\/a>. \u201cThis is unacceptable conduct for anyone, let alone a sitting governor. It\u2019s not enough to condemn the attack, she must apologize and tone down her hateful rhetoric immediately.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/01\/31\/rep-lee-zeldin-democratic-election-plan-republicans-white-supremacists-extremists-nazis\/\">(RELATED: \u2018Props, Politics And Power\u2019: Rep. Zeldin Says Democratic Election Plan Is To Call Republicans \u2018White Supremacists, Extremists, Nazis\u2019 Every Two Years)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Statement from NYGOP Chair <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NickLangworthy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NickLangworthy<\/a> on the Attack Against Gubernatorial Nominee Congressman <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/leezeldin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@leezeldin<\/a>\u2b07\ufe0f<br \/>\u201cIt\u2019s not a coincidence that just hours earlier, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KathyHochul?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KathyHochul<\/a> fanned the flames of hate by directing her supporters to his rally schedule. This is unacceptable\u2026\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xcIGx4aqLd\">pic.twitter.com\/xcIGx4aqLd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 New York GOP (@NewYorkGOP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NewYorkGOP\/status\/1550304255495512064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 22, 2022<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Hochul later condemned the attack in a post on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy team has informed me about the incident at Lee Zeldin\u2019s campaign event tonight,\u201d Hochul <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KathyHochul\/status\/1550295647865257984\">said<\/a> in the wake of the attack. \u201cRelieved 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 \u2014 it has no place in New York.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">My team has informed me about the incident at Lee Zeldin\u2019s 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 \u2014 it has no place in New York.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kathy Hochul (@KathyHochul) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KathyHochul\/status\/1550295647865257984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 22, 2022<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cGovernor, you seemed to suggest there should have been vigilante violence by inaccurately describing that campaign event as filled with \u2018far-right extremists,\u2019\u201d journalist Andy Ngo <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrAndyNgo\/status\/1550313443688849416\">posted<\/a> on Twitter. \u201cThat is the same language and dog whistle used by Antifa militants to urge comrades to injure or kill targets.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Governor, you seemed to suggest there should have been vigilante violence by inaccurately describing that campaign event as filled with \u201cfar-right extremists.\u201d That is the same language and dog whistle used by Antifa militants to urge comrades to injure or kill targets. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OXhXh5J73c\">pic.twitter.com\/OXhXh5J73c<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andy Ng\u00f4 \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08 (@MrAndyNgo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrAndyNgo\/status\/1550313443688849416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 22, 2022<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The suspect in the attack on Zeldin was <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/22\/man-who-allegedly-tried-to-stab-gop-rep-let-out-of-jail\/\">released<\/a> from jail Friday morning. Conservatives reacted harshly to the attack on social media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou emailed a schedule to your lunatic supporters of where he\u2019d be,\u201d Robby Starbuck, a candidate for the Republican nomination for Tennessee\u2019s Fifth Congressional District, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/robbystarbuck\/status\/1550312123473039367\">tweeted<\/a>. \u201cDon\u2019t you pretend to care about @leezeldin now!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">You emailed a schedule to your lunatic supporters of where he\u2019d be. Don\u2019t you pretend to care about <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/leezeldin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@leezeldin<\/a> now! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KFvvPPNs62\">https:\/\/t.co\/KFvvPPNs62<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/robbystarbuck\/status\/1550312123473039367?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 22, 2022<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cDoes @KathyHochul bear any responsibility for the attack on @LeeZeldin?\u201d Stefan Mychajliw <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StefanMychajliw\/status\/1550313024216395777\">asked<\/a> in a Twitter post. \u201cLunatic tried to stab the @NewYorkGOP gubernatorial candidate. Hochul released his schedule. Then he\u2019s attacked. If a Republican did the same media would blame them for the bloodshed and demand they drop out.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Does <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KathyHochul?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KathyHochul<\/a> bear any responsibility for the attack on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/leezeldin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LeeZeldin<\/a>? Lunatic tried to stab the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NewYorkGOP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NewYorkGOP<\/a> gubernatorial candidate. Hochul released his schedule. Then he\u2019s attacked. If a Republican did the same media would blame them for the bloodshed and demand they drop out. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QjRUdFQS1J\">pic.twitter.com\/QjRUdFQS1J<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stefan Mychajliw (@StefanMychajliw) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StefanMychajliw\/status\/1550313024216395777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 22, 2022<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Hochul, Zeldin and the New York State Republican Party did not immediately respond to requests for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. 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