Marine veteran vows to stay in North Carolina's US Senate race after violent Capitol arrest
A Marine veteran and Green Party Senate candidate has vowed to continue his congressional campaign after he was forcibly thrown out of a Senate hearing this week by police. Sen....
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A Marine veteran and Green Party Senate candidate has vowed to continue his congressional campaign after he was forcibly thrown out of a Senate hearing this week by police. Sen. Tim Sheehy, R-Mont., had assisted law enforcement in throwing Brian McGinnis out of the hearing following an outburst. McGinnis, who is running for a U.S. Senate in North Carolina, was protesting U.S. military strikes against Iran when he was escorted out of Wednesday's hearing. He is running to replace outgoing Republican Sen. Tom Tillis. "And for the record, I’ve been running long before this, and yes, even after breaking my arm standing up for what I believe in," McGinnis wrote on X. "It’s only made me more determined. Anger is real, and so is resolve. Take care." TILLIS RIPS 'POLITICAL LAWFARE' AND PRAISES GRAND JURY AFTER DEMS AVOID CHARGES IN ‘ILLEGAL ORDERS’ CASE McGinnis is among five candidates in the race , which includes former Democratic North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper and Michael Whatley, a former chairman of the Republican National Committee, both of whom won their respective primaries on Tuesday. A video of McGinnis being forcibly thrown out of the hearing in the Hart Senate Office Building went viral. The footage shows U.S. Capitol Police grabbing the military veteran as he shouted, "No one wants to fight for Israel," while being pushed out of the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing room. McGinnis, 44, who was dressed in a Marine Corps dress blue uniform, got his arm stuck in a door in an effort to resist being kicked out of the room, authorities said. At one point, Sheehy, a former Navy SEAL, joined police by grabbing McGinnis' legs to help carry him out. "This afternoon, an unruly man who started to illegally protest during a hearing, put everyone in a dangerous position by violently resisting and fighting our officer’s attempts to remove him from the room," U.S. Capitol Police said in a statement. "Protests are not allowed inside the Congressional Buildings. There are…