New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) despatched out a press launch urging her supporters to “RSVP” to her Republican challenger Rep. Lee Zeldin’s (R) upcoming marketing campaign cease, simply hours earlier than a person rushed the stage at one in every of Zeldin’s occasions in a failed assault.
Whereas Zeldin spoke at a marketing campaign occasion in Fairport, New York, a person reportedly rushed the stage with a weapon in an obvious try and stab him on Thursday night. Luckily, Zeldin grabbed the attacker’s wrist lengthy sufficient for different occasion attendees to step in and subdue the attacker.
Nonetheless, as folks like GOP strategist Arthur Schwartz and New York GOP Chairman Nick Langworthy pointed out, Hochul’s marketing campaign despatched out a press launch simply hours earlier than the failed assault on Zeldin that blasted out the time and site of a number of of Zeldin marketing campaign’s upcoming stops.
Hochul claimed that Zeldin and his staff would unfold “harmful lies, misinformation, and his far-right agenda at these marketing campaign occasions.”
“‘Massive Lie’ Lee and his entourage of extremists kick off the statewide ‘MAGA Republican’ Bus Tour, which is able to make stops throughout the state peddling harmful lies, misinformation, and his far-right agenda,” Hochul’s launch learn.
The New York governor additionally claimed that Zeldin “shall be joined by high anti-abortion advocates, NRA lovers, and a forged of extremist teams.”
Hochul urged her supporters to “RSVP to listen to about Zeldin’s ‘Election Integrity Job Power,’ and his latest election fraud scandal wherein his marketing campaign photocopied over 11,000 duplicate petition signatures.”
“You despatched your supporters after him. They usually got here,” Schwartz tweeted.
You despatched your supporters after him. They usually got here. https://t.co/hoTKsqcPxe pic.twitter.com/K7Z1VptMTk
— Arthur Schwartz (@ArthurSchwartz) July 22, 2022
“Governor, you appeared to counsel there ought to have been vigilante violence by inaccurately describing that marketing campaign occasion as crammed with ‘far-right extremists,’” Andy Ngo tweeted. “That’s the similar language and canine whistle utilized by Antifa militants to induce comrades to injure or kill targets.”
Governor, you appeared to counsel there ought to have been vigilante violence by inaccurately describing that marketing campaign occasion as crammed with “far-right extremists.” That’s the similar language and canine whistle utilized by Antifa militants to induce comrades to injure or kill targets. pic.twitter.com/OXhXh5J73c
— Andy Ngô 🏳️🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) July 22, 2022
