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Congressman and governor candidate Lee Zeldin attacked, nearly stabbed during upstate stump speech

By Robert Pozarycki Posted on July 21, 2022
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Long Island Congressman and Republican nominee for governor Lee Zeldin was nearly stabbed by a would-be attacker who ran up and confronted him during a campaign stop in Rochester Thursday, it was reported.

According to WROC-TV, the knife-wielding suspect confronted Zeldin as he addressed a crowd at a VFW event in the town of Fairport. 

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Congressman and governor candidate Lee Zeldin attacked, nearly stabbed during upstate stump speech

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