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The "headlines" on Tim Sheehy BREAKING THE MARINE VET'S ARM illustrate what's wrong with 2026 mainstream media [View all]
Senator, police remove Marine veteran protesting Iran war from hearing
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/senator-joins-police-remove-marine-145103506.html
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/senator-joins-police-remove-marine-145103506.html
(It's a USA Today article via Yahoo).
FIRST OF ALL, Sheehy IS NOT AN OFFICER OF THE LAW and has NO LEGAL AUTHORITY to "remove" protesters.
FROM THE ARTICLE:
In video of the incident, several officers are seen pulling McGinnis, in his Marines uniform, from the room when Sen. Tim Sheehy, R-Montana, attempts to intervene in the scuffle.
"He was fighting back. I decided to help out and deescalate the situation," Sheehy said in a post on X. "This gentleman came to the Capitol looking for a confrontation, and he got one."
Did you catch that? He "decided" to "help out," and it WAS NOT HIS FUCKING DECISION TO MAKE.
"He came looking for a confrontation, and he got one."
REPUBLICAN TOXIC MASCULINITY, CHEST-THUMPING, COCK-WAVING. I hope the man PRESSES CHARGES.
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