Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY), New York’s GOP gubernatorial nominee, was attacked by a man who allegedly tried to stab the candidate as he was holding a campaign event on Thursday.
Not to worry, once he’s on pretrial release I’m sure he’ll have no inclination at all to buy a legal handgun with no waiting period and legally concealed carry it to Zeldens next campaign event where he could legally brandish the weapon while looking for rioters and then valiantly engage in self defense after several bystanders attempts to disarm him.
If only there was someway to have foreseen and prevented this horrible tragedy.
Imagine how different the outcome would have been if the attacker had had a gun.
Hey, mess around, support treason and find out. This pos voted against certification of the presidential election even after the mob of insurrectionists attempted to overthrow our government.
Yes I’ve been waiting for the ads on his vote. He has no chance in a November.
“Released on his own recognizance” = He is WHITE.
As I recall, only sleeveless shirts and military grade firearms are protected by the constitution. These knife wielders have no constitutional protections what-so-ever. Especially if they’re attacking patriots like Zeldin.
Is this now a thing among republicans? Keep spare zipties handy, never know when you’re gonna need them?
Interesting detail—the weapon was a kind of brass knuckles shaped like a cat face, where you put two fingers through the eye holes and the ears stick out to mess up a person you punch. I guess it’s more dangerous than a toy gun that pops out a flag that says “Bang!” but it’s not so terribly fearsome of a weapon in the scheme of things. 
What did Greitens use to restrain his lover so that he could take blackmail pics???
Just wrong behavior.
Violence is wrong.
I wondered the same thing. Seemed kind of convenient that someone in the crowd had zip ties. Maybe it was his security detail?
Oh jeez…not that I condone violence, but that is not what I imagined from the story.
Republicans are very delicate.
Wasn’t all that violent. The dude just kind of stood there saying “You’re done” and Zeldin grabbed his wrist and that was pretty much that.
I think the dude has issues. He was right there in Zeldin’s face and if he’d meant to hurt him he could have. I mean, with some sort of real weapon like a rock. Sometimes people seem to instinctively know they should be in the system, and these halfhearted non-attacks are their rather misguided way to start the process. I’ve seen it happen. Betcha twenty bucks he ends up with probation and counseling.
Fox antifa at fault/gun control makes no difference/ murder the liberals before they murder us hype in 4…3…2…
Unemployed Iraq War vet. Some reports say he was drunk.
Yeah. Saw the hat. He’s 43, drunk in the day, wandering up and threatening people with something that’s barely a weapon. Would seem to need help mostly. 
OMG. It just gets worse and worse. That poor guy.
