Posted on 05/03/2026 12:46:52 PM PDT by Red Badger
Jim Hoft, the founder and publisher of the Gateway Pundit, is currently in the hospital awaiting a much-needed surgery on his heart. Like Jim, his beloved twin brother, Joe Hoft, is a fearless patriot who loves America and fights every day to expose the truth behind the mainstream media’s lies. Joe is an international auditor, conservative talk show host, and founder of his own conservative news site, JoeHoft.com, and continues to be a contributor at the Gateway Pundit.
Joe and Jim Hoft (right)
Last night, while making flight reservations from Florida to visit his twin brother Jim before his scheduled heart surgery this week, Joe Hoft suddenly began feeling lightheaded. He lay down, but quickly realized something far more serious was happening and called for help to get dressed.
While driving himself to the hospital, Joe’s right leg became unusable. Joe explained that his wife, who wasn’t home at the time of his incident, met him on the way to the hospital and drove the rest of the way. When he arrived at the emergency room of the hospital, the same facility where Joe had recently taken Jim for treatment of his ongoing heart condition, he was told that he had suffered a stroke. He was immediately admitted and stabilized. Unfortunately, because the twins share the same birth date and live in the same condominium (where Jim spends most of his time), the hospital initially began treating Joe using Jim’s medical information.
Joe appeared to be in surprisingly good spirits. Throughout our conversation this morning, he cracked several jokes about how he got to the hospital, driving and steering with his left side, and how he worried about being dressed properly. On a more serious note, he remarked about how surreal it felt that both he and his twin brother Jim are now hospitalized in different states at the same time — Jim awaiting heart surgery while Joe is being treated for a stroke.
Joe explained that his right arm still appears to be paralyzed, and his right leg feels at least partially paralyzed. He did not yet have any information about whether the paralysis was temporary or permanent, or how the hospital would treat his symptoms. Despite having suffered a stroke only hours ago, Joe sounded sharp as a tack on the phone, with no apparent cognitive impairment.
Please keep Joe Hoft and his twin brother Jim in your prayers. Both brothers are now hospitalized in different states at the same time after suffering serious health issues.
I spoke with Jim this morning, and he is deeply concerned about Joe while also preparing for his own heart surgery later this week. Jim misses writing for The Gateway Pundit and, like Joe, he is truly grateful for all the prayers and support from his loyal readers and friends from across the country. These two men are giants in conservative media and are critical voices whose importance cannot be overstated. God bless both of them and bring them back to good health, body, mind, and spirit.
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Thank you very much and God bless you,
Jim
Prayers up.
Praying for them both
Oh my! They are so special.
Thank you for sharing this.
I’m one of TGP’s IT guys, so this is pretty near to my heart.
Wow - the last thing you should be doing is driving to the hospital if you think you’re having a stroke.
Just pray for them both! How many strokes have you had to know how to react?
🙏
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