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Senator Tim Sheehy Helps Toss Ex-Marine Iran War Protestor Out of Hearing

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Senator Tim Sheehy Helps Toss Ex-Marine Iran War Protestor Out of Hearing

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Helps Drag Out War Protestor From Hearing

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Wild moment on Capitol Hill … GOP Senator Tim Sheehy helped police remove an anti-war protestor from a Senate hearing … and it’s all on video.

Footage from Wednesday’s Senate Armed Services Committee hearing shows a man in a Marine Corps uniform being dragged out by Capitol Police … and then Sheehy runs over to help.

The protestor is heard shouting, “No one wants to fight for Israel!!!”

The video shows Sheehy, a Senator from Montana, grabbing the protestor’s legs and trying to lift him out of the room … but the guy sticks his hand behind the door hinge and doesn’t move.

Folks in the room start yelling about Sheehy allegedly breaking the protestor’s arm … but it’s not clear if that’s what unfolded. The protestor does not appear to be in extreme pain by the time he’s booted.

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CBS News reporter Alan He says the protestor is Brian McGinnis, a Green Party candidate running for Senate in North Carolina.

On his campaign website, McGinnis says he served four years in the Marine Corps.

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Sen. Sheehy addressed the incident on social media, saying … “Capitol Police were attempting to remove an unhinged protestor from the Armed Services hearing. He was fighting back. I decided to help out and deescalate the situation. This gentleman came to the Capitol looking for a confrontation, and he got one. I hope he gets the help he needs without causing further violence.”

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