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In a public letter, Sarasota County Sheriff Kurt Hoffman explained how he took a photo with a QAnon follower on the campaign trail, and blamed the media for divisiveness. (Sarasota County Sheriff s Office)
SARASOTA COUNTY, FL A photo from new Sarasota County Sheriff Kurt Hoffman s time campaigning shows him posing with a QAnon conspiracy theory supporter at an October 2019 event.
The photo was published by the Herald-Tribune Tuesday and the newspaper s editorial board criticized the image in an editorial piece Thursday.
In the photo, Hoffman, then a colonel for the Sarasota County Sheriff s Department, is standing next to a woman wearing a We Are Q T-shirt at a booth selling similar T-shirts and other former President Donald Trump and QAnon items.