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GOP Sen. Tim Sheehy helps Capitol Police remove protester -- who allegedly injured 3 officers and appeared to break his own arm -- in wild scene

Sheehy said he stepped in to help officers remove a protester who was resisting them at a Senate hearing.

GOP Sen. Tim Sheehy helps Capitol Police remove protester -- who allegedly injured 3 officers and appeared to break his own arm -- in wild scene
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This article1 analysis · Oct 9, 2026
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Sen. Tim Sheehy said he helped Capitol Police remove a protester from a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing after the man resisted officers. The protester, identified as Senate candidate Brian McGinnis, faces multiple charges, and police said three officers were treated for injuries.

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Senator who helped Capitol Police remove a protester from a committee hearing

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Senate candidate identified as the protester removed from the 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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