Marine veteran vows to stay in North Carolina's US Senate race after violent Capitol arrest

Marine veteran vows to stay in North Carolina's US Senate race after violent Capitol arrest

Source: Fox News

Summary

Brian McGinnis, a Marine veteran and Green Party Senate candidate, was forcibly removed from a Senate hearing after an outburst while protesting U.S. military strikes against Iran. McGinnis, who is running for a U.S. Senate seat in North Carolina, was escorted out of the hearing by police, with Sen. Tim Sheehy, R-Mont., assisting. McGinnis was charged with assaulting a police officer, resisting arrest, and crowding, obstructing and incommoding. Three officers were treated for injuries.


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Once again, the discussion returns to a familiar question.

Brian McGinnis, dressed in a Marine Corps dress blue uniform, shouts “No one wants to fight for Israel” while being pushed out of the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing room. Sen. Tim Sheehy, a former Navy SEAL, joins police by grabbing McGinnis’ legs to help carry him out. The scene is familiar: a protest, a confrontation, and a removal. The performance is predictable, the outcome expected.


Author: Evan Null