A CONGRESSMAN was attacked with a knife while giving a speech at a campaign event in New York on Thursday night.
Photos show the chaos that ensued when someone jumped on stage, started yelling, and then pulled a blade out on Rep Lee Zeldin.
TWITTER/ @bornawinner92Police are seen at Congressman Lee Zeldin’s campaign event after he was attacked on stage
TWITTER/ @bornawinner92The attack took place at the Veterans of Foreign Wars center in Perinton, New York
Michael Henry, who’s running for New York State Attorney General, confirmed the attack in a Tweet.
“Tonight a criminal jumped tried to stab my ticket-mate gubernatorial candidate, @leezeldin as he spoke about disastrous bail reform,” Henry wrote.
Zeldin, a republican candidate for New York State Governor, was giving a speech on Thursday before the attack.
Witnesses told Pix11 that the alleged attacker “wrestled with him a bit, and pulled a blade out.”
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The Congressman then grabbed the attacker’s wrist to hold him off until others rushed to help, according to Zeldin’s campaign team.
Police then took the alleged attacker into custody and Zeldin finished his remarks and thanked authorities who responded.
Spokesperson for Zeldin, Katie Vincentz, said: “Congressman Zeldin, Alison Esposito and all members of Team Zeldin are safe following tonight’s attack.
“Far more must be done to make New York safe again. This is very much getting out of hand in this state.”
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Kathy Hochul, current Governor of New York and Zeldin’s opponent, said on Twitter: “My team has informed me about the incident at Lee Zeldin’s 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 — it has no place in New York.”
The Sun reached out to the police, but has not received a comment by the time of publication.
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Vincentz had more to say on crime control: “Unfortunately, Congressman Zeldin is just the latest New Yorker whose life has been affected by the out of control crime and violence in New York.”
“This needs to stop! Thankfully, we still have exceptional men and women in law enforcement answering the call to protect our streets.”
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