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Zeldin: If I Was a Democrat, Attack on Me ‘Would Be the Number One Story for an Entire Cycle’ — But It ‘Doesn’t Fit the Narrative’
breitbart ^ | IAN HANCHETT23 Jul 2022

Posted on 07/23/2022 5:58:04 PM PDT by MarvinStinson

Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY) stated that if he was a Democrat, the attack on him “would be the number one story. And it wouldn’t just be the number one story for a day, it would be the number one story for an entire cycle.” And every single House Republican would be called on to condemn the attack.

Zeldin said, “Well, this keeps happening over and over again, and you could find other stations that should be covering it and aren’t. I’ve been in Congress now — this is my fourth term, and over the course of these years, when you look at the Steve Scalise shooting, you look at Maxine Waters calling from — for confrontation from supporters [of] Trump administration officials at restaurants and movie theaters, or the Supreme Court justices who were being attacked at their homes, this doesn’t fit the narrative. If the fact pattern flips on its head and everything that I’ve just told you resulted in the victim being on the left side of the aisle, being Democrats, you would then see a completely different story. It would be the number one story. And not just for a day, it would be the number one story for an entire cycle.”

He continued, “And they would actually be also calling every House Republican asking for us to comment and condemn what happened, demanding it. … ) One piece is whether or not you cover the story, and some have been covering this story that took place just a couple of nights ago. But the next level is then trying to assign blame. I’m not trying to blame all Democrats for what happened to me two nights ago, that’s just not how we’re wired.”

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1 posted on 07/23/2022 5:58:04 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
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To: Levy78

can this guy win?


3 posted on 07/23/2022 6:01:11 PM PDT by RummyChick
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To: MarvinStinson

The worse part is that they have already released the attacker.


4 posted on 07/23/2022 6:01:50 PM PDT by fhayek
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To: MarvinStinson

I’d like to know the story about GI Joe with the Kung Fu grip. I’ll bet he didn’t spend one tour in Iraq. The boy was a lab assistant.


5 posted on 07/23/2022 6:02:51 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Congress No Longer Works for the American People. It Works for the Federal Government.)
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To: RummyChick

Probably not, but Hochul is just a placeholder. She’s not from New York City, and is a bit of a moron. Who knows?


6 posted on 07/23/2022 6:04:22 PM PDT by fhayek
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To: fhayek

The attacker was arrested again on Federal charges. But yeah, the state let him go.


7 posted on 07/23/2022 6:05:32 PM PDT by Fai Mao
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To: fhayek

He was rearrested today


8 posted on 07/23/2022 6:06:56 PM PDT by Guenevere (“If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?”)
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To: fhayek

The Feds arrested him right after.


9 posted on 07/23/2022 6:07:13 PM PDT by jmacusa (Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots. )
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To: Guenevere

Yes. You are right. My point is that the state said “no problem “.


10 posted on 07/23/2022 6:09:00 PM PDT by fhayek
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To: MarvinStinson

All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others.


11 posted on 07/23/2022 6:11:10 PM PDT by cockroach_magoo (“Sure we’ll have Fascism here, but it will come as an anti-Fascism movement.”  - Huey Long)
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Absolutely, but we deserve blame. All Breitbart and Newsbusters do is talk about the liberal media. They’re not covering things.


12 posted on 07/23/2022 6:16:00 PM PDT by TakebackGOP
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To: MarvinStinson

Don’t they travel with security details?


13 posted on 07/23/2022 6:22:56 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: MarvinStinson

And his attacker would be a white supremist and a Trump supporter. Automatically.


14 posted on 07/23/2022 6:41:05 PM PDT by Spok (Don’t pee down my leg and tell me it’s raining.)
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To: jmacusa


The Feds arrested him right after.

just to make sure he got his congressional medal of honor


15 posted on 07/23/2022 6:58:35 PM PDT by 867V309 (Lock Her Up)
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To: MarvinStinson

He’s right, you know!


16 posted on 07/23/2022 6:59:40 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

Do you really think NY voters give a s—t?


17 posted on 07/23/2022 7:04:38 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Judging by who they vote for, no.


18 posted on 07/23/2022 7:05:40 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: MarvinStinson

Yes, he’s absolutely right about this. It would be the story of the entire election cycle not just in New York, but nationwide.


19 posted on 07/23/2022 7:30:25 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: MarvinStinson

Assassinating conservatives and assassination attempts have been going on so long it looks normal.... world-wide.


20 posted on 07/23/2022 7:38:25 PM PDT by Chickensoup ( Leftists totalitarian fascists are eradicating conservatives. Leftists are genocidal. )
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