Democratic Minnesota tell Sen. John Hoffman talked about Friday that Discover. Angie Craig, D-Minn., sought his endorsement for her U.S. Senate campaign while he was as soon as in intensive care following the June 2025 strive on his life.
Hoffman talked about in a assertion to NBC News on Sunday that a “expensive and depended on finest friend” approached him for an endorsement twice — as soon as while he was as soon as within the intensive care unit and the 2d time while he was as soon as convalescing at dwelling — and that the ally “confirmed that the endorsement requests got right here from Congresswoman Craig.”
Hoffman’s remarks got right here at a campaign tournament for Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, who is moreover attempting for the Democratic Senate nomination.
“When [Craig] talked about she wanted my endorsement, she was as soon as doing that one day of moments when our family’s story had high visibility, and that’s all you must to know that the adaptation is between the opponent that Peggy has and Peggy Flanagan. On myth of Peggy Flanagan, she checked on us out of her worship for how we were doing and if we were OK,” Hoffman talked about at a rally Friday in St. Paul, at which Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., was as soon as moreover fresh.
Requested about the allegations, a spokesperson for Flanagan talked about, “That’s a matter between Congresswoman Craig and the Hoffmans.”
A spokesperson for Craig talked about in a assertion that “the reveal is categorically unsuitable.”
“The Congresswoman reached out to Senator Hoffman handiest expressing deep sympathy from her and her companion, Cheryl, after their horrific taking pictures while he was as soon as within the ICU and did not reach out all but again unless August 5, after he started making political endorsements in numerous races all but again,” the spokesperson talked about. “The Congresswoman continues to hope and retains John, Yvette and Hope Hoffman in her suggestions and is grateful for their continued restoration.”
Craig denied Hoffman’s claims in an interview with KMSP-TV of Minneapolis, to which Hoffman answered in his assertion.
“Let me be equally clear: I educated the real fact about what Yvette and I experienced,” Hoffman talked about about himself and his companion, who was as soon as moreover shot one day of the assassination strive.
