NEW YORK >> A man has been charged with attempted assault after brandishing a sharp object and attacking U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin as the Republican candidate for New York governor delivered a speech in western New York. He suffered a minor scrape.

The incident happened Thursday as Zeldin, who is challenging incumbent Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul this November, was addressing a Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Perinton. Zeldin said at a news conference in the Syracuse area Friday that he saw the man in his periphery on stage. “The first thing I saw was that he was wearing a hat that said he was a veteran,” he said. “And my guard couldn’t possibly be more dropped. But at the same exact time, I noticed that he had a weapon in his hand.”

He said the man was saying, “You’re done,” to him.

People at the gathering held down the attacker, identified as David Jakubonis, 43, and he was arrested.

— The Associated Press