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Ex-Marine forcibly removed from hearing vows to continue Senate campaign
Brian McGinnis protested U.S. military aid to Israel at a Senate hearing and vowed to continue his North Carolina Senate campaign after being forcibly removed.
- A Marine veteran and Green Party candidate of North Carolina was removed from a Senate subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill, resisting efforts to escort him out.
- Wearing his uniform to protest U.S. military assistance to Israel, McGinnis said he planned to ask lawmakers why Americans are being sent to war, prompting his presence at the hearing.
- Capitol Police intervened as Senator Tim Sheehy sought to end the disruption and remove McGinnis, who forcefully resisted while Sheehy said he tried to `deescalate` the confrontation.
- Authorities labeled the disruption unlawful while McGinnis framed his expulsion as fuel for his candidacy, saying he is only more determined after being forcibly removed.
- The disruption underscores debate over U.S. military assistance to Israel and whether Americans should be sent to war, highlighting McGinnis's prior injury and candidacy amid House and Senate leaders discussing related war policy.
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Marine veteran vows to stay in North Carolina's US Senate race after violent Capitol arrest
Marine veteran and Green Party Senate candidate Brian McGinnis vowed to stay in the U.S. Senate race after he was forcibly removed from a hearing while protesting U.S. strikes in Iran.
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