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ZELDIN'S PROMISE: GOP Candidate Puts Woke DAs on Notice, 'First Thing I Will Do Is Remove You'

posted by Hannity Staff - 7.22.22

Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY), who is running for New York governor, was attacked by a man at a campaign stop Thursday; the attacker was arrested, then released hours later on his own reconnaissance.

“The suspect, identified as David G. Jakubonis, 43, was charged with attempted assault in the second degree. Jakubonis was released from police custody within hours of his arrest under New York’s crime laws,” the New York Post reports.

Jakubonis’ release was due, in large part, to New York’s woke, soft-on-crime policies.

“The first thing that I will do after I’m sworn into office is to do my constitutional duty — it’s not just constitutional authority — but to do my constitutional duty to remove the district attorney who refuses to enforce the law,” Zeldin said Friday afternoon.

“If the [district attorney] refuses to enforce the law, the governor has the duty to remove that DA,” Zeldin added.

From Fox News:

In a tweet early Friday, Zeldin, the Republican nominee for governor recalled Jakubonis saying “you’re done” just before the attack. Zeldin then predicted the suspect would be immediately released.

Zeldin’s guess was proven correct after Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg released Jakubonis within 24 hours of his arrest. He was additionally released without bail on his own recognizance.

Witness Cody Crippen said he had decided to check out Zeldin’s campaign stop on Thursday near where he lives after he heard about it online.

He was filming Zeldin’s speech in Perinton, New York, when a man walked onto the stage and allegedly attempted to attack the gubernatorial candidate.

“It was actually kinda crazy,” Crippen told Fox News Digital. “I was just watching and this guy, it looked like he was a veteran, he kinda just started walking up on stage, and he started talking to Mr. Lee Zeldin and saying, ‘Oh, you’re done, buddy’ and all this, and then he ended up pulling out — it was like a little brass knuckle keychain.”