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An ethics complaint was filed Friday against Sen. Gretchen Hoffman, R-Vergas, over something she wrote about a DFL colleague on Twitter.

 about Sen. Barb Goodwin, DFL-Columbia Heights earlier this week:

"Sen Goodwin just called people with mental illness- idiots and imbeciles- while debating HHS bill #offensive #mndfl #mnsrc #mnleg"

But it's not what Goodwin said. Goodwin was talking about the history of developmental disabilities and mental illness in Minnesota during a debate over the Health and Human Services budget bill.

Sen. Ann Rest, DFL-New Hope, officially filed the ethics complaint today. Here's the complaint:

During the floor debate this week, Goodwin stood up to demand an apology from Hoffman.

Hoffman later released a statement through a spokeswoman, and Republicans released video of the comments they say Hoffman was concerned about.

After the ethics complaint was filed, Hoffman issued this statement this afternoon:

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An ethics complaint was filed Friday against Sen. Gretchen Hoffman, R-Vergas, over something she wrote about a DFL colleague on Twitter. Hoffman wrote this about Sen. Barb Goodwin, DFL-Columbia Heights earlier this week: “Sen Goodwin just called people with mental illness- idiots and imbeciles- while debating HHS bill #offensive #mndfl #mnsrc #mnleg” But it’s not…

Ethics complaint filed against Sen. Gretchen Hoffman

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