Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y., sounded off on ‘The Ingraham Angle,’ along with guest host and Long Islander Brian Kilmeade about Democratic politicians’ overtures toward the Diller family.
After New York Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul was rebuffed at memorial services for slain NYPD Ofc. Jonathan Diller in Massapequa Park, former Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y. and others called out her appearance as disrespectful and self-serving.
Images captured outside the funeral home showed Hochul being confronted by mourners, after which time she left the venue.
Fox News host Brian Kilmeade, who lives in Massapequa, also reported that Hochul was denied a request to speak at a Saturday funeral for Diller, and that sources told him New York State Attorney General Letitia James had requested to pay her respects to the fallen officer.
«How completely out of touch and disrespectful – it’s about them when you make that kind of request. It really should be about the family,» said Zeldin, who represented eastern Long Island in Congress and, by New York standards, narrowly lost to Hochul in the 2022 governor’s race.
«They can have speak whoever they want to have speak. And if you aren’t invited to provide remarks, then you don’t try to push your way into it,» he said.
Kilmeade reported further details about Hochul and other New York officials being given a particularly icy reception at the wake:
«I’m told the family members let [Hochul] have it when she got there saying, quote, ‘his blood is on your hands’ — When Hochul got outside, that’s when another family member confronted her, telling … the governor laws need to change because that’s the reason why Officer Diller is dead tonight,» Kilmeade said.
