New York gubernatorial hopeful Rep. Lee Zeldin was nearly stabbed at a campaign rally in Fairport, New York, a small town just outside of Rochester.
The Republican was in the midst of a speech about bail reform when he was confronted.
A group of Zeldin supporters subdued the attacker.
The man who took down Zeldin’s would-be assailant was named as AMVETS national director Joe Chenelly, reports Rochester First.
Zeldin appears during New York’s Republican gubernatorial debate at the studios of Spectrum News NY1 on June 20, 2022, in New York
Zeldin, a staunch ally of ex-President Donald Trump, is the Republican nominee to replace current New York governor Kathy Hochul.
Since 2015, Zeldin has represented New York’s first district in Congress, representing Long Island’s affluent Hamptons-area.
He has been an opponent of New York’s bail reform laws, eliminating cash bail for nonviolent and misdemeanor charges.
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