{"id":1566369,"date":"2022-07-22T12:03:53","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T16:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1566369"},"modified":"2022-07-22T12:04:19","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T16:04:19","slug":"zeldin-campaign-staffer-says-hochuls-press-release-was-a-motivating-factor-in-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zeldin-campaign-staffer-says-hochuls-press-release-was-a-motivating-factor-in-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Zeldin Campaign Staffer Says Hochul\u2019s Press Release Was A \u2018Motivating Factor\u2019 In Attack"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fzeldin-campaign-staffer-says-hochuls-press-release-was-a-motivating-factor-in-attack%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=1566369&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\/GettyImages-1333618069-scaled-e1658504852107.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A staffer for Republican New York gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin claimed Friday that a press release from Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul\u2019s office was a \u201cmotivating factor\u201d in the attack on the congressman.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Corlett, a senior staffer and field director for Zeldin, sent the Daily Caller a Thursday press release by <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/06\/23\/muskets-new-york-gov-hochul-scotus-overturning-concealed-carry-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hochul\u2019s<\/a> office that posted the dates and times of the campaign events. The press release accused the Zeldin\u2019s bus tour of spreading \u201cdangerous lies, misinformation and his far-right agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Corlett said the bus tour schedule had not previously been made public by Zeldin\u2019s campaign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRSVP to hear about Zeldin\u2019s \u2018Election Integrity Task Force,\u2019 and his recent election fraud scandal in which his campaign photocopied over 11,000 duplicate petition signatures,\u201d the release said.<\/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>Police identified the alleged attacker as 43-year-old David Jakubonis, who climbed onstage and <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/21\/suspect-attempts-stab-lee-zeldin-campaign-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">attempted to stab<\/a> Zeldin in the neck with a sharp blade during his speech on bail reform in Perinton, New York, late Thursday. The gubernatorial candidate, currently serving in Congress, grabbed the suspect\u2019s wrist to prevent the knife from stabbing him. A group of people, including Republican Lt. gubernatorial candidate Alison Esposito and American Veterans director Joe Chenelly, reportedly detained Jakubonis until police arrived.<\/p>\n<p>The Monroe County Sheriff\u2019s office arrived at the scene in less than five minutes and arrested the alleged suspect, they announced in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monroecounty.gov\/files\/sheriff\/Press%20Releases\/2022\/Rep.%20Zeldin%20Attack.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">press release<\/a>. Jakubonis is charged with second-degree attempted assault, then released from jail \u201con his own recognizance.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">His words as he tried to stab me a few hours ago were \u201cyou\u2019re done\u201d, but several attendees, including <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EspositoforNY?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EspositoforNY<\/a>, quickly jumped into action &#038; tackled the guy.<\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement was on the scene within minutes.<\/p>\n<p>The attacker will likely be instantly released under NY\u2019s laws. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wZEyIyrjFe\">pic.twitter.com\/wZEyIyrjFe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lee Zeldin (@leezeldin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/leezeldin\/status\/1550352498078130176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 22, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Corlett claimed Hochul\u2019s press release was a \u201cmotivating factor\u201d in the attack, given that it publicly shared the date, locations and times of the events. Jakubonis likely learned of the campaign event, \u201cUnite To Fire Hochul,\u201d from the release and RSVP\u2019d, Corlett told the Daily Caller. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/22\/ny-gop-hochul-zeldin-assassination-attempt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: NY GOP Demands Dem Governor Apologize For Fanning \u2018The Flames Of Hate\u2019 Ahead Of Attempt On Lee Zeldin\u2019s Life)\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The chairman of the New York State Republican Party, Nick Langworthy, also suggested the press release contributed to the attack and demanded Hochul apologize for \u201cfanning the flames of hate.\u201d<\/p>\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 Langworthy claimed. \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<\/p>\n<p>Hochul condemned the attack Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy team has informed me about the incident at Lee Zeldin\u2019s campaign event tonight,\u201d the governor said. \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>Corlett further told the Daily Caller that Zeldin is in \u201cgood spirits\u201d and is \u201ceven more motivated\u201d to combat the rampant violence that has erupted in the state of New York.<\/p>\n<p>Hochul\u2019s office declined to comment on the accusation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Motivating factor&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":198,"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-1566369","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\/1566369","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\/198"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1566369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1566369\/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=1566369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1566369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1566369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}