the attack happened at the campaign rally in upstate new york. the suspect climbed onto the stage where the congressman was speaking to supporters about bail reform. he was holding a sharp object and told zeldin you re done. the whole thing caught on camera. you can watch the man approach zeldin in the video. see the thing in his hand. it has two points, actually. it holds on through finger holes so it is hard to get away from that man as he continues to go at zeldin. zeldin managed to grab his wrist. stopped him for a few moments energy others as you saw had to tackle the man to the ground. a state assembly candidate and witness described the scene. i stepped onto the stage, saw the attacker try to get into zeldin s face and swing. i could see what looked like a razor, knife of some sort at the congressman. i tackled the attacker from the back and slammed him to the ground where several of us were able to restrain him and get the weapon away from him and eventually turn hi