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Democratic representative Angie Craig assaulted in the elevator of her apartment in Washington DC: the legislator defends herself from the attacker who hit her on the chin by throwing coffee in her face
- Representative Angie Craig was mugged in an elevator Thursday morning.
- She fought off the assailant by throwing hot coffee in his face.
- The 50-year-old woman suffered bruising but is otherwise physically fine, her staff said.
In a horrifying attack, Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minnesota, was mugged in the elevator of her Washington, DC apartment building on Thursday around 7:15 a.m.
He defended himself by throwing hot coffee in the attacker’s face, according to his police report, and called 911 when the attacker fled.
His chief of staff, Nick Coe, said he sustained some bruises but is otherwise physically fine.
“There is no evidence that the incident was politically motivated,” he said.
‘Rep. Craig thanks the DC Metropolitan Police Department for their quick response and asks for privacy at this time.
Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minnesota, was assaulted in the elevator of her Washington, DC apartment building on Thursday around 7:15 a.m.
The 50-year-old congresswoman was elected to a third term in last year’s midterm elections.
The police report of the incident describes how he saw the suspect in the lobby of his building in the Mount Vernon Triangle area of the city, acting erratically, as if he were high.
‘C1 reported that at some point he said “good morning” to S1 and then got into the elevator to go to his apartment,’ the report, which has a lot of police jargon, reads.
‘C1 further states that S1 entered the same elevator he was in and started randomly doing push-ups.
‘C1 stated that S1 with a clenched fist punched her in the chin area of the face and then grabbed her by the neck.
‘C1 defended himself by throwing his hot coffee at S1.’
The assailant fled before the police arrived at the scene.
Craig (center) talks with Matt Gaetz (left) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (right) in January