Campaign Operative
Hoffman is a former spokesperson for Turning Point USA. In 2016,he was criticized for hiring teenagers to post misinformation on social media websites. He was banned from the website Twitter,known as "X" after its purchase by Elon Musk. [3]
Hoffman runs a digital marketing company,Rally Forge. The Guardian reported that Rally Forge also formed a fake left-wing front group,America Progress Now,which promoted Green Party candidates online in 2018. Rally Forge was banned from Facebook in 2020 when Hoffman was permanently suspended by Twitter. [4] [5] [6] As of October 2023,Hoffman has returned to Twitter under the leadership of Elon Musk. [7]
Elective political career
Then-Attorney General Mark Brnovich and Hoffman collaborated on issues that were rejected by mainstream legal analysts. In October 2022,Hoffman requested Brnovich to issue an opinion regarding whether migrant activity at the Arizona-Mexico border could be considered an "invasion." Brnovich then produced a controversial opinion supporting an “invasion”theory. Legal scholars dismissed the opinion as incompatible with the U.S. Constitution. [8]
In 2022,Hoffman sponsored HB2787,a bill to divide Maricopa County into three new counties. [9] Critics said his proposal was intended to punish election officials in Maricopa County for not overturning the 2020 election results based on Trump's false claims of fraud. [10] He reintroduced the legislation in 2024,citing Maricopa County's large area and population. [11]
In 2024,Hoffman sponsored SB 1279,a bill to prohibit Satanic displays on public property,while still allowing other religious symbols. [12] The bill was introduced in reaction to the Satanic Temple's displays. [12] Opponents who testified against the bill stated that it would violate multiple clauses of the First Amendment because it mandated viewpoint discrimination. The bill passed the Senate Committee on Government on a 5–1 party-line vote; [12] it was defeated on the Senate floor,with Republican Senators Ken Bennett and J. D. Mesnard voting no. [13]
During his tenure as a state Representative,Hoffman was vice-chair of the Arizona House's Committee on Government and Elections. He was also a member of the Committee on Appropriations.
As of 2024,Hoffman chairs the Arizona Senate's Committee on Government and Director Nominations. He is the vice chair of the Committee on Appropriations,and is a member of the Committee on Transportation,Technology,and Missing Children. [14]
Hoffman stood in the way of a memorial being erected to honor the memory of Don Bolles,an Arizona Republic investigative reporter who covered the legislature,and who was killed in a car bombing by gangsters. As chair of the Government Affairs Committee,Hoffman did not give a bill to erect a memorial to Bolles a hearing,citing,"lots of important business." [3]
On January 22,2025,Hoffman was pulled over by an Arizona Highway Patrol state trooper for allegedly going 89 mph in a 65 mph zone but was not issued a ticket under the legislative immunity section of the Arizona State Constitution. [15]
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