{"id":1567100,"date":"2022-07-22T19:57:02","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T23:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1567100"},"modified":"2022-07-22T20:04:51","modified_gmt":"2022-07-23T00:04:51","slug":"flashback-hochul-branded-zeldin-dangerous-and-an-extremist-weeks-before-man-tried-to-stab-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flashback-hochul-branded-zeldin-dangerous-and-an-extremist-weeks-before-man-tried-to-stab-him\/","title":{"rendered":"FLASHBACK: Hochul Branded Zeldin \u2018Dangerous\u2019 And An \u2018Extremist\u2019 Weeks Before Man Tried To Stab Him"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fflashback-hochul-branded-zeldin-dangerous-and-an-extremist-weeks-before-man-tried-to-stab-him%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=1567100&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-1405729566-e1658531967538-scaled.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul branded Republican gubernatorial nominee and sitting Congressman Lee Zeldin as \u201cdangerous\u201d and a \u201cfar-right extremist\u201d in a campaign ad just weeks before a man tried to stab Zeldin at a campaign event.<\/p>\n<p>The ad, released in June, said Zeldin isn\u2019t \u201cjust any Republican\u201d but rather an \u201cextreme\u201d candidate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMeet Lee Zeldin, the far-right extremist that the Republicans just nominated for governor,\u201d Hochul\u2019s tweet read. \u201cDespite what he might try to sell you, the facts speak for themselves: he is dangerous for New York.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Meet Lee Zeldin, the far-right extremist that the Republicans just nominated for governor. Despite what he might try to sell you, the facts speak for themselves: he is dangerous for New York. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ta4q4xaVwc\">pic.twitter.com\/Ta4q4xaVwc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kathy Hochul (@KathyHochul) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KathyHochul\/status\/1542236371477307392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cHe didn\u2019t just cheer the overturning of Roe. He\u2019s voted for abortion bans even when the mother\u2019s health is at risk,\u201d the ad says. \u201cHe says he\u2019d undo our common sense gun laws and voted to override our voices and overturn the 2020 election: because New Yorkers are the last thing Lee Zeldin is fighting for, and he\u2019s too extreme for New York.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zeldin was <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/21\/suspect-attempts-stab-lee-zeldin-campaign-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">attacked<\/a> Thursday night during a campaign speech about bail reform in upstate New York. The suspect, David Jakubonis, climbed on stage and allegedly attempted to stab Zeldin, saying \u201cyou\u2019re done\u201d while the congressman rallied, 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 was 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>. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/22\/daily-caller-brianna-lyman-lee-zeldin-kathy-hochul-new-york-governor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Lee Zeldin\u2019s Life Put On The Line After \u2018Dog Whistle\u2019 From Hochul, Daily Caller Reporter Says)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the day, Hochul released a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZackFinkNews\/status\/1550236964821127173?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1550236964821127173%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fdailycaller.com%2F2022%2F07%2F22%2Fzeldin-staffer-kathy-hochul-press-release%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">press statement<\/a> that posted the dates and times of Zeldin\u2019s campaign events. The release accused Zeldin of spreading \u201cdangerous lies, misinformation and his far-right agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A field director for Zeldin told the Daily Caller that the bus tour schedule had not been made public by Zeldin\u2019s campaign, though a Hochul spokesperson said a reporter publicly shared Zeldin\u2019s schedule before the release went out.<\/p>\n<p>The staffer <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/22\/zeldin-staffer-kathy-hochul-press-release\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">claimed<\/a> Hochul\u2019s press release could have been a \u201cmotivating factor\u201d in the attack. The chairman of the state\u2019s Republican Party has <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/22\/ny-gop-hochul-zeldin-assassination-attempt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">demanded<\/a> Hochul apologize for allegedly fanning \u201cthe flames of hate\u201d after the attack.<\/p>\n<p>Hochul took to Twitter on Thursday evening to condemn the attack.<\/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>\u201cRelieved to hear that Congressman Zeldin was not injured and that the suspect is in custody,\u201d she wrote. \u201cI condemn this violent behavior in the strongest terms possible \u2014 it has no place in New York.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;He is dangerous for New York&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"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-1567100","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\/1567100","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=1567100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1567100\/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=1567100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1567100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1567100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}