Update: President Biden has released a statement condemning the attempted assault on Rep. Lee Zeldin.
CBS2's political reporter Marcia Kramer says the assailant was released without bail, handing Zeldin a gold-plated issue to attackUnbowed, unhurt and loaded for bear, Zeldin was back on the campaign trail, trying to spin an unexpected attack by an apparently unhinged man into political gold, slamming Hochul for being soft on crime and supporting cashless bail.
Zeldin, accompanied by his running mate former NYPD Inspector Alison Esposito, and Andrew Giuliani, tartly pointed out thatPolitical pundits from both parties say the incident provided an unexpected boost to Zeldin's campaign to unseat Hochul. 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.Hochul was in Santa Monica at a Democratic governor's retreat. She condemned the attack on Twitter, saying"it has no place in New York.
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