Rep. Angie Craig (D-MN) was assaulted inside the elevator of her apartment building in Washington, DC, on Thursday morning at around 7:15 a.m., according to her office.
A 26-year-old man was arrested Thursday evening in connection with incident. Charges have not been filed.
The representative defended herself from the attacker and has suffered minor injuries from the incident but is said to be okay.
“Rep. Craig called 9-1-1 and the assailant fled the scene of the assault,” Craig’s Chief of Staff shared in a statement.
The statement noted that “no evidence” suggests the attacker had political motivations in assaulting the congresswoman.
“Rep. Craig is grateful to the DC Metropolitan Police Department for their quick response and asks for privacy at this time,” the statement shared.
News Talk 830 WCCO has reached out to Craig's office, which declined to comment further on the situation.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) shared on Twitter that Craig went straight to Capitol Hill this morning to attend a meeting in the Senate after the attack.
"No one messes with Angie," Klobuchar tweeted.
The attack followed an assault on the husband of then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in their San Francisco home in October by a man who told police his motive was political and that his intended target was the speaker.
Members of Congress have faced a sharp rise in threats since the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol. Capitol Police investigated nearly 10,000 threats to members last year, more than twice the number from four years earlier.
Craig won a third term in November in the suburban-to-rural 2nd District south of Minneapolis and St. Paul in one of the most expensive House races in the country, frustrating the GOP’s best hope of flipping a Minnesota seat in an election that gave Republicans a narrow House majority.
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