{"id":1842687,"date":"2023-02-10T17:50:12","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T22:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1842687"},"modified":"2023-02-10T17:50:37","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T22:50:37","slug":"democrat-congresswoman-angie-craig-releases-statement-following-violent-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-congresswoman-angie-craig-releases-statement-following-violent-assault\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat Congresswoman Angie Craig Releases Statement Following Violent Assault"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrat-congresswoman-angie-craig-releases-statement-following-violent-assault%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1842687&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>Rep. Angie Craig (D\u2013MN) issued a statement Friday afternoon after the brutal assault she suffered this week in a Minnesota hotel. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/washington-d-c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Washington, D.C.<\/a>, elevator.<\/p>\n<p>Metropolitan Police Department of Washington <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/police-release-photo-of-suspect-in-assault-of-house-democrat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a> Thursday night saw Kendrick Hamlin (26 years old) arrested for simple assault.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy morning coffee really saved the day yesterday, but not exactly how I expected it to,\u201d Craig stated. \u201cOn a serious note, I will also say that I was very, very lucky that I was not more injured \u2014 and I\u2019ll have more to say about that soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted to let everyone know that the outpouring of support from friends, constituents and colleagues has been overwhelming,\u201d She continued.\u00a0\u201cI remain deeply grateful to the law enforcement officers for their quick response and subsequent arrest of a suspect last night.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Craig stated that she was currently recovering in Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>The congresswoman\u2019s office <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/house-democrat-assaulted-in-elevator-of-dc-apartment-building\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a> Craig dialled 911, and the assailant fled. \u201cThere is no evidence that the incident was politically motivated,\u201d The statement was added.<\/p>\n<p>Craig claimed that the suspect was seen in the lobby of her apartment building. \u201cacting erratic\u201d According to the report, he behaved as if he were under the influence of some unknown substance.<\/p>\n<p>Craig claimed that Craig told police she had spoken to the suspect. \u201cgood morning,\u201d The suspect followed her to the elevator \u201cand began to randomly do push ups.\u201d Craig described the suspect to police at that time. \u201cwith a closed fist,\u201d She punched her on her forehead, then grabbed her neck.<\/p>\n<p>Craig was reported to have been shot by police \u201cdefended herself by tossing her hot coffee\u201d at the suspect. According to the report, the suspect fled before officers arrived. According to the report, officers conducted a search of the basement parking lot. The results were negative.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire received confirmation from the Metropolitan Police Department, that the case is under active investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Craig was back at work just hours after the alleged assault. With fellow Democrats and Republicans, she voted to unanimously pass a resolution to formally condemn China for a spy balloon that flew above the United States last week.<\/p>\n<p>After losing a congressional bid in 2016, Craig was first elected to represent Minnesota\u2019s Second Congressional District in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Craig is married to her wife, Cheryl Greene, and they have four sons, according to the congresswoman\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<p><em>Daniel Chaitin contributed to the report.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Angie Craig (D-MN) released a statement Friday afternoon following the violent assault that she experienced this week while in a Washington, D.C., elevator. The D.C. Metropolitan Police Department said Thursday night that they had arrested 26-year-old Kendrick Hamlin on a charge of simple assault. \u201cMy morning coffee really saved the day yesterday, but not &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":134,"featured_media":1842690,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[18202,4767,6200,18201,4912,6171,6317,3947],"class_list":["post-1842687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-angie","tag-assault","tag-congresswoman","tag-craig","tag-democrat","tag-releases","tag-statement","tag-violent"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1842687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/134"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1842687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1842687\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1842690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1842687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1842687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1842687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}