The radical leftist governor of New York tacitly suggested in an email that supporters show up at GOP gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin’s campaign events, a missive that might have led to the attack on Zeldin last night.
A man who wore an Iraq War veteran hat approached Zeldin, who represents New York’s 1st congressional district in Congress, with a deadly weapon. Thanks to the Empire State’s bail-reform law, authorities freed him minutes after he was booked for the assault.
Hochul’s hate-Zeldin messaging isn’t always cryptic, however. In June, she called Zeldin a “far-right extremist.” That false narrative, along with the invitation to disrupt Zeldin’s campaign appearance, might have led to the attack.
The Attack
Shocking video of Zeldin’s campaign even in Perinton, New York, showed David Jakubonis approach Zeldin with a spiked weapon and say, “you’re done, you’re done, you’re done.”
Zeldin defended himself, then supporters tackled the would-be political terrorist. And, again, the authorities released Jakubonis after charging him with second-degree assault, as Zeldin predicted after the harrowing attack.
The obvious question is where the 43-year-old attacker, who appeared to have used a “My Kitty Plastic Self Defense Keychain Weapon,” got the idea to attack Zeldin. Answer: possibly from Hochul, who took over as governor after disgraced sex assaulter Andrew Cuomo was forced from office.
Before the event, Fox News reported, Hochul’s campaign torpedoes tried to sabotage Zeldin’s events with a media advisory titled “‘Big Lie’ Lee kicks off statewide ‘MAGA Republican’ bus tour.”
“That email, according to NY1 reporter Zack Fink, contained information pertaining to Zeldin’s upcoming campaign events, including the dates and times the events were scheduled to begin,” Fox reported:
“On Thursday, July 21, 2022, ‘Big Lie’ Lee and his entourage of extremists kick off the statewide ‘MAGA Republican’ Bus Tour, which will make stops across the state peddling dangerous lies, misinformation, and his far-right agenda,” the campaign email stated. “At stops during the tour, Zeldin will be joined by top anti-abortion advocates, NRA enthusiasts, and a cast of extremist groups.”
The email, which was a spoof to an original email sent by the Zeldin campaign about the upcoming events, was only sent to members of the press, according to a Hochul campaign source.
Highlighting Thursday’s event held by Zeldin in Perinton, New York, Hochul’s campaign wrote in the email: “RSVP to hear about Zeldin’s ‘Election Integrity Task Force,’ and his recent election fraud scandal in which his campaign photocopied over 11,000 duplicate petition signatures.”
Also listed in the email were details of Zeldin’s upcoming weekend events across the state.
In other words, Hochul political button men gave permission for supporters to invade and possibly disrupt Zeldin’s events, and might well have planted the idea for the attack in Jakubonis’ head.
Hochul’s Other Statements
Though far-left Hochul condemned the attack on Zeldin, she has tweeted falsehoods about the candidate to paint him as a dangerous extremist.
“Meet Lee Zeldin, the far-right extremist that the Republicans just nominated for governor,” she tweeted on June 29:
Despite what he might try to sell you, the facts speak for themselves: he is dangerous for New York.
The leftist governor’s most recent lie said Zeldin voted to make birth control illegal by voting against the ridiculous “Right To Contraception Act.”
“BREAKING: Lee Zeldin just voted against keeping birth control legal in the United States,” she tweeted:
As long as I’m governor, I’ll always protect your right to reproductive care in New York. We can’t afford to go backward.
The bill in question was a Democrat attempt to suggest that Republicans will outlaw birth control because of the recent decision from the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn 1973’s wrongly-decided Roe V. Wade decision.
By forcing a vote on the measure, Democrats hoped to show that Republicans, including Zeldin, are extremists who will take away “women’s rights.”
Far-left Hochul supporters who stupidly believe the lie might well show up at more Zeldin campaign events and do more violence.
