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Marine Veteran Brian McGinnis Removed From Senate Hearing After Protest Over US Policy Toward Israel

McGinnis interrupted a Senate hearing with a protest against U.S. policy toward Israel and the risk of war with Iran.

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Marine veteran and Senate candidate Brian McGinnis was arrested after interrupting a Senate hearing with an anti-war protest. Sen. Tim Sheehy helped Capitol Police remove him, drawing scrutiny over a senator’s role in the physical removal.

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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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