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Meet Brian McGinnis, the Ex-Marine Ejected from Capitol Hill and Green Party Senate Candidate

McGinnis was removed from a Senate hearing after protesting U.S. and Israeli involvement in the Iran conflict.

Meet Brian McGinnis, the Ex-Marine Ejected from Capitol Hill and Green Party Senate Candidate
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This article1 analysis · Oct 9, 2026
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Green Party Senate candidate Brian McGinnis was removed from a Senate Armed Services subcommittee hearing after protesting U.S. and Israeli involvement in the Iran conflict. Police say he resisted and assaulted officers; his campaign disputes that account, while Sen. Tim Sheehy says he intervened to help remove him.

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Green Party Senate candidate from North Carolina whose protest disrupted a hearing

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Tim Sheehy
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Montana senator who helped police remove McGinnis

ALSO MENTIONED  Mark Elbourno, Green Party official managing McGinnis’s Senate campaign

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Tim Sheehy Helps Remove Brian McGinnis From Senate Hearing

Outlets agree that North Carolina Senate candidate Brian McGinnis protested at a Senate hearing and that Sen. Tim Sheehy helped Capitol Police remove him. Left-leaning outlets focus on McGinnis’s reported arm injury and scrutiny of Sheehy’s physical intervention. Center outlets mostly recount the removal, injuries and differing accounts, with some attention to Sheehy’s role. Right-leaning outlets stress McGinnis’s resistance and charges, often portraying Sheehy as helping police or de-escalating.

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