Minnesota Sen. John Hoffman, who was shot nine times in his home in a politically motivated attack earlier this summer, told his fellow Democrats to choose "governance over grievance" and implored all Americans to reject political violence in his first public appearance since the tragedy.

In Sen. John Hoffman’s first major public appearance since he and his family were the survivors of attempted political assassinations in June, Hoffman urged top Democratic officials from around the country to re-establish trust — in institutions,