GOP nominee for NY governor assaulted at rally

The man accused of attacking U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin, the Republican candidate for New York governor, at an upstate event Thursday is out of jail this morning. Meanwhile, the congressman says he’s doing OK after only suffering minor injuries.

Photos show what appears to be a two-bladed weapon clenched in the suspect’s fist as he approached Zeldin.

Zeldin’s campaign said the attacker was taken into custody and the congressman continued his speech.

“I’m OK,” Zeldin said in a statement. “Fortunately, I was able to grab his wrist and stop him for a few moments until others tackled him.”

NewsNation reporter Dray Clark has heard from sources this morning that the suspect may be an Iraq War veteran, and was heard to say, “You’re done” before the fracas began. Clark said he learned the suspect may also have been intoxicated.