GOP Senator Helps Eject Anti-War Protester from Senate Iran Hearing

Republican Senator Tim Sheehy (R-MT), a former Navy SEAL, assisted Capitol Police in forcibly removing a protester from a Senate Armed Services subcommittee hearing on March 4. The demonstrator, Brian McGinnis — a Marine veteran and Green Party Senate candidate in North Carolina — disrupted proceedings by shouting that America does not want to send its sons and daughters to war for Israel. Three police officers were injured during the removal; McGinnis later claimed his arm was broken and faces multiple charges of assaulting an officer and resisting arrest. Sheehy posted on X that he joined officers to deescalate the situation, describing McGinnis as someone looking for a confrontation.