Update [11:38 p.m. EDT]: There is now allegedly an image of the weapon on social media, from YWN reporter Moshe Schwartz, who believes it was a set of brass knuckles: 

Weapon which appears to be brass knuckles used in attack on Lee Zeldin. pic.twitter.com/f4XndDylMJ

— Moshe Schwartz (@YWNReporter) July 22, 2022

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As we reported earlier, Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY), the Republican nominee in the New York gubernatorial race was attacked by an assailant on stage as Zeldin was delivering a campaign speech at a VFW post in Perinton, NY, which is near Rochester.

Zeldin was right in the middle of talking about how many were leaving New York for other states because they are feeling safer and freer in those other states. But as he spoke, a man approached him from his right side on the stage. You can see the man waving something, which may have been a knife, and Zeldin put his arm out to keep him away.

Here is video of the attack involving Rep. Zeldin from witness Cody Crippen pic.twitter.com/Ur1CfpkdsS

— Nick Reisman (@NickReisman) July 22, 2022

Then, more people rush onto the stage and take both of them down. Zeldin is then pulled away from the scrum by someone. Among the people who helped Zeldin was reportedly AMVETS Director Joe Chenelly, who is a local state assembly candidate, according to reporting by the NY Post.

It’s very scary when you realize that the guy got that close and could have taken him out, if he raced at him. Fortunately, Zeldin was able to put him off.

But it says something about Zeldin’s fortitude that he then went on to continue his speech right after the attack.

Zeldin went back on stage once everything calmed down and finished his speech. pic.twitter.com/cxdEmlqdFX

— Ian Bradley (@bornawinner92) July 22, 2022