00:00A chaotic scene unfolded inside a chamber of the U.S. Senate.
00:10Security officers forcibly dragged out a former U.S. service member
00:14after he interrupted a hearing and began shouting in protest against the war with Iran.
00:21The protester was Brian McGinnis, a former U.S. Marine,
00:26who repeatedly shouted that Americans do not want to send their sons and daughters to war for Israel.
00:32No one wants to fight for Israel!
00:38McGinnis is 44 years old and from North Carolina,
00:42and he is also a U.S. Senate candidate for the Green Party.
00:47Before the hearing, the protesting veteran posted a video on X expressing his opposition to the war.
00:54Hey guys, I'm here in D.C. trying to speak out against the Senate
00:58and ask them why they're going to send our men and women to harm's way.
01:04According to U.S. media reports, the former serviceman now faces several charges,
01:09including assaulting a police officer, resisting arrest, unlawful assembly, and disrupting an official hearing.
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