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GOP senator joins police in ejecting anti-war protester from Capitol Hill hearing

McGinnis interrupted a Senate hearing with an anti-war protest and was removed by police and Sheehy.

GOP senator joins police in ejecting anti-war protester from Capitol Hill hearing
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Sen. Tim Sheehy helped Capitol Police remove Brian McGinnis, a North Carolina Senate candidate protesting the U.S. and Israel’s war with Iran, from a Senate hearing. McGinnis said his arm was broken; police accused him of assaulting officers.

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North Carolina Senate candidate who interrupted a hearing to protest the war with Iran

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Montana senator who helped police remove a protester from a Senate hearing

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ALSO MENTIONED  Mark Elbourno, Green Party official who manages McGinnis’ 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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