ALBANY, N.Y. — A new ad from a union-backed super PAC ties Lee Zeldin to the Jan. 6 insurrection and accuses the Republican gubernatorial candidate of putting “politics before the police.”
The 30-second spot features the brother of Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, who died from a stroke a day after defending the seat of U.S. government from violent rioters.
“Lee Zeldin refused to support an investigation into violence against the police,” Ken Sicknick says as video images from the attack flash across the screen. “He didn’t stand behind our injured police officers, and he didn’t stand behind my brother Brian, a hero.”
