Full documentation of Zeldin’s Support for Medical Freedom
by Michael Kane
Lee Zeldin has 100% committed to a Medical Freedom platform in his run for New York Governor. He has made multiple on-the-record statements that prove this and I have included many of them in this report.
Since at least December of 2021 Zeldin has repeatedly made comments publicly in interviews, on social media, in press releases as Congressman, on the campaign trail and on his campaign website showing he is firmly committed to a platform of Medical Freedom. Below is a sampling of his documented commitment to Medical Freedom:
October 25, 2022: Zeldin on Spectrum TV Debate against Kathy Hochul: Lee Zeldin reiterates once again he is 100% opposed to all covid mandates, wants all fired workers rehired with backpay, and feels the government must recognize natural immunity.
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October 21, 2022: Zeldin on the Tucker Carlson Show: States he opposes all covid vaccine mandates for anyone for any reason and calls for workers fired for not getting the covid shot to be rehired with backpay.
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October 19, 2022: Tweet from Zeldin states: As Governor, I will oppose mandating the COVID vaccine for grade school, college, employment or otherwise. Kathy Hochul needs to let the public immediately know exactly where she stands on this issue that is extremely important for so many New Yorkers.
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October 7, 2022: Moms 4 Zeldin Rally, Upper West Side, Manhattan: Lee Zeldin reiterates yet again that the covid shot should not be mandatory for anyone for any reason at any time:
September 23, 2022: Tweet from Zeldin States: A judge just ruled that NYPD officers can’t be fired for refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine and ordered those fired officers to be reinstated. A big victory! All COVID vaccine mandates in New York need to go. Everyone fired should be offered their jobs back with backpay.
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September 18, 2022: Tweet from Zeldin states: NONE of these teachers should be fired for their personal decision whether or not to get the COVID vaccine. ALL should instantly be offered their jobs back. NOBODY in ANY occupation should be fired for this personal decision.
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September 15, 2022: Tweet from Zeldin states: NOBODY should be fired for their personal decision whether to get the COVID vaccine. The judge in this case made the correct decision. ALL COVID mandates should end!
September 2, 2022: Tweet from Zeldin states: Society would be far better off if government was instead encouraging parents to be involved in their child’s education and upbringing to the max!
August 29, 2022: Fired teachers ask Zeldin if NYC workers should get their jobs back or will get their jobs back. Zeldin responds when he is Governor “out of the gate” he will offer fired & banned workers any vacant state positions that are applicable, and that he will apply pressure on NYC to rehire fired workers. The exchange was captured on video and posted on Instagram:
August 27, 2022, Tweet from Zeldin states: NOBODY should lose their job due to their personal decision not to get the COVID vaccine.
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August 3, 2022: Public appearance in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn; Lee Zeldin states on day one as Governor he will end the covid emergency and all state covid mandates. Says all fired workers should be rehired with backpay.
Video footage posted on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg0KVdBKhjU/
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July 28, 2022, Tweet from Zeldin states: Under no circumstances, would I as Governor ever mandate the COVID vaccine on anyone of any age for any purpose. If you want to get it, then get it. If you don’t want to get it, then don’t get it. This is a personal decision and I respect medical freedom.
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July 24, 2022: Public appearance in Whitestone, Queens; Lee Zeldin states on day one as Governor he will end the covid emergency and all state covid mandates. Says all fired workers should be rehired with backpay.
Video posted on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CgafZfdqZMy/
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July 9, 2022, Tweet from Zeldin states, Once again, Kathy Hochul tried doing one of her infamous end runs around the constitution & required a court to deliver her yet another reality check. A judge just correctly ruled her Health Dept’s absurd isolation & quarantine reg is unconstitutional.
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June 12, 2022, Tweet from Zeldin states: No COVID vaccine mandate at all should exist in any way, shape, or form on anyone.
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June 8, 2022: In an interview with Breitbart broadcast on Sirius radio Zeldin shows firm support for Medical Freedom. Zeldin states, “All COVID mandates need to end, day one,” Zeldin stated. “They should be gone already.” Zeldin highlighted mask mandates imposed on schoolchildren as examples of government-decreed “child abuse” that obstruct natural human communication and associated learning. He also noted that the state doesn’t recognize natural immunity.
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May 14, 2022, Tweet from Zeldin states: Great Q&A w/@teacher_choice. ALL COVID mandates must END, our toddlers should be unmasked, our fired workers should be rehired with back pay, the religious exemption should be restored, & remote learning should never replace in person learning. We covered all this & much more!
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May 12, 2022: Teachers for Choice summarizes the over one hour Q&A Zeldin had with over 300 Medical Freedom supporters via Zoom: https://teachersforchoice.org/2022/05/12/lee-zeldin-addresses-300-educators-workers-and-medical-freedom-fighters/
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February 10, 2022: Campaign website:
Speaking out against Hochul’s Quarantine Camps Regulation
January 7, 2022: Press Release from Congressman Zeldin’s Office: https://zeldin.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-zeldin-reacts-governor-hochul-s-announcement-covid-booster-shot
Press release states: “Our state’s hospitals and other medical facilities are already understaffed. Governor Hochul’s last vaccine mandate for healthcare workers and resulting firings made this crisis worse. Now, she’s announced her intention to exacerbate the problem by requiring COVID booster shots. Enough with the threats, mandates, fines and firings! It’s time to respect medical freedom, follow ALL of the science, return to normal, and let New Yorkers go on with their lives.”
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December 10, 2021: Press Release from Congressman Zeldin’s Office: https://zeldin.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-zeldin-statement-new-york-statewide-mask-mandate
Press release states: “I strongly oppose the Governor’s unilateral decision to impose a statewide mask mandate. I also oppose her threatening rhetoric and firing of essential workers and her recent order to end elective procedures at hospitals across the state.
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December 6, 2021: Press Release from Congressman Zeldin’s Office: https://zeldin.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-zeldin-statement-new-york-statewide-mask-mandate
Press release states: “When you dangerously combine a far-left, lame duck politician, who is anti-business, one-dimensional, unaccountable, not bright and has a perpetual ‘I always know best’ attitude, you get Bill de Blasio, the Worst Mayor in America. There is no way this job killing, small business suppressing mandate is legal!”
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November 21, 2021: Op Ed from Congressman Lee Zeldin: https://zeldin.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/parents-should-be-encouraged-get-more-involved-their-child-s-education
Parents Should Be Encouraged to Get MORE Involved in Their Child’s Education, Not Less
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Lee Zeldin calls for restoration of religious exemption to vaccination in his Students First educational platform: https://teachersforchoice.org/2022/09/08/lee-zeldin-and-alison-espositos-student-first-plan/
Teachers For Choice 
Good God deliver us! Zeldin for Governor.
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Lee Zeldin uses mostly standard GOP talking points. He doesn’t lead on medical freedom. In his interview on WINS last week he didn’t mention that Hochul and James are appealing the quarantine camp decision. He whispers about medical freedom. He should be shouting!
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I disagree
He doesn’t whisper, he is firm and clear. Look at the nearly 20 documented examples in this piece. To act like that is a “whisper ” is disingenuous
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Glad these comments are now on record. This makes me open to what he has to say. It also makes me keep his comments in mind when I go to the polls this November.
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Mr. Bobrick, above, & his fringe group (ie Medical Freedom Party), will wind up shooting themselves in the foot by insisting Zeldin and other candidates lead with this issue or talk to the exclusion of all other issues in the campaign. You would have to be blind to not see that Zeldin has taken a principled stand on the issue of medical freedom. There’s too much riding on this election to throw away our vote. Zeldin is not the lesser of two evils. Zeldin is a clear and honest choice for all those concerned with restoring liberty to our medical choices, banning mandates, lockdowns, and other infringements upon our rights. Our group, (regimechangeforny@gmail.com), is dedicated to electing viable NYC candidates to the NY state legislature who will go to Albany and fight for our rights. Five such candidates: Sam Pirozzolo in Staten Island and Vito LaBella, Dmitriy Kugel, Alec Brook-Krasny and Michael Novakhov in Brooklyn can win on Election Day and guarantee that Zeldin’s agenda will not be overridden by Democrats in the state legislature.
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There is NO choice in 2022 — EVERYONE —- VOTE LEE ZELDIN!!!!!
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