{"id":1566703,"date":"2022-07-22T14:25:55","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T18:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1566703"},"modified":"2022-07-22T14:34:37","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T18:34:37","slug":"biden-speaks-out-on-zeldins-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-speaks-out-on-zeldins-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Speaks Out On Zeldin\u2019s 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\">12<\/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%2Fbiden-speaks-out-on-zeldins-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=1566703&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\/2022-07-22T042419Z_436281773_RC2RGV9UAGNB_RTRMADP_3_NEW-YORK-CONGRESSMAN-ATTACK-scaled-e1658513020658.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\">\n<p>President Joe Biden condemned the attack on Republican New York Rep. Lee Zeldin in a statement Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Zeldin was nearly stabbed during a campaign event Thursday night in upstate New York after a man armed with a blade jumped on stage while Zeldin spoke about bail reform.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI condemn the attack on Congressman Zeldin in the strongest terms. As I\u2019ve said before, violence has absolutely no place in our society or our politics. I am especially grateful for the courage of those who immediately intervened, and that he is unharmed and was able to continue his speech,\u201d Biden said. \u201cI also want to thank law enforcement officers who quickly took action and are investigating this attack that defies our fundamental democratic values.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul also condemned the attack in a tweet Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy team has informed me about the incident at Lee Zeldin\u2019s campaign event tonight,\u201d Hochul tweeted. \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 \u2013 it has no place in New York.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/22\/zeldin-staffer-kathy-hochul-press-release\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Zeldin Campaign Staffer Says Hochul\u2019s Press Release Was A \u2018Motivating Factor\u2019 In Attack)<\/a><\/strong><\/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>The suspect, David Jakubonis, climbed on stage and allegedly <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/21\/suspect-attempts-stab-lee-zeldin-campaign-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">attempted to stab Zeldin<\/a>, saying \u201cyou\u2019re done\u201d while Zeldin rallied in Perinton, New York, the Monroe County Sheriff\u2019s Office said 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 was arrested and charged with second-degree attempted assault but later <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/22\/man-who-allegedly-tried-to-stab-gop-rep-let-out-of-jail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">released from jail<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Lt. gubernatorial candidate Alison Esposito and American Veterans director Joe Chenelly, among others, are credited with successfully taking down Jakubonis until authorities could detain him.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Violence has absolutely no place in our society&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":1888678,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1566703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1566703","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\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1566703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1566703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1888678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1566703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1566703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1566703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}