The man was armed with a cat-shaped, spiked self-defense tool.
Rep. Lee Zeldin was accosted Thursday by a man allegedly armed with a cat-shaped, spiked self-defense tool during a speech for his gubernatorial campaign.
Footage showed Zeldin speaking on an outdoor stage to members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars when a man suddenly approached from his right and appeared to brandish an object.
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