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GOP Senator Tim Sheehy tackles 'unhinged' protester during chaotic hearing

Sheehy said he joined Capitol Police to help remove a protester and de-escalate the confrontation.

GOP Senator Tim Sheehy tackles 'unhinged' protester during chaotic hearing
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This article1 analysis · Oct 9, 2026
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Sen. Tim Sheehy joined Capitol Police in removing protester Brian McGinnis from a Senate hearing after McGinnis objected to sending U.S. troops to war for Israel. Police said officers and McGinnis were treated for injuries; McGinnis faces multiple charges.

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Montana senator who joined Capitol Police in removing a protester from a Senate hearing

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Green Party Senate candidate in North Carolina who protested and resisted removal from a Senate hearing

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Tim Sheehy Joins Police in Removing Brian McGinnis From Hearing

Outlets agree that Tim Sheehy joined Capitol Police in removing Brian McGinnis from a Senate hearing during McGinnis’s anti-war protest. Left-leaning outlets foreground the force used and McGinnis’s reported arm injury, raising scrutiny of Sheehy’s role. Center outlets mostly recount the removal and competing accounts of the injury, with some scrutiny of a senator physically intervening. Right-leaning outlets stress Sheehy’s assistance to police and McGinnis’s resistance, often presenting the intervention as de-escalation.

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