During a campaign speech yesterday, New York Republican Rep. and gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin was attacked by a man carrying a sharp object. The attacker was arrested on the spot but was released on his own recognizance after just a couple of hours in custody.
Everybody knows that the headlines about the attack would be far more sensational if a Democrat were attacked by, say, a Trump supporter. Instead we’re seeing a lot of the usual “pouncing” type spin. The New York Times actually has the Republicans doing some “assailing” in the wake of the attack on Zeldin:
“G.O.P. Assails N.Y. Bail Laws.”
I guess this is the new pouncing and seizing? pic.twitter.com/WNGbPg4TTx
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) July 22, 2022
Lee Zeldin was almost assassinated. So, naturally, the New York Times phrases the attempted murderer being released early as “Republicans pounce” pic.twitter.com/DlprTnkeAe
— Tadeusz Mrozek, UMBC ’25 (@TadeuszMrozek2) July 22, 2022
They’re so dang predictable!
There’s so much wrong with this headline.
— Bill Dumais (@BillDumaisCT) July 22, 2022
“The incident” was also a special touch from the Times:
“The incident.”
So, this wasn’t an attack on democracy?
— Jeremy Redfern (@JeremyRedfernFL) July 22, 2022
If the attack had been on a Democrat we think the Times would have found a different word than “incident.”
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‘His words as he tried to stab me were, “You’re done”‘: Rep. Lee Zeldin details attack in tweet (plus he was psychic, knew they’d release him)
CBS News is rightly getting torched for their framing of assassination attempt on Lee Zeldin
Parkland dad Fred Guttenberg uses assassination attempt on Lee Zeldin to … shame Lee Zeldin