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GOP lawmaker injures anti-war Marine during hearing scuffle: 'The senator broke his hand!' (www.rawstory.com)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/usnews@beehaw.org

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Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-MT) was accused of breaking the hand of Marine veteran and anti-war activist Brian McGinnis.

During a break in a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Wednesday, McGinnis put his hand through a hole in the wall to prevent Capitol Police from removing him from the room.

A video recorded by another anti-war activist showed Sheehy getting in on the melee by grabbing McGinnis and attempting to force him through the doorway.

"His hand! His hand! Oh!" one onlooker shouted.

"The senator broke his hand!" someone else exclaimed.

"A US Senator just broke the hand of a Marine," another member of the audience yelled. "A US Senator just broke the hand of a Marine; you're a coward."

Sheehy turned and walked away without successfully dislodging McGinnis.

"Yeah, go f--- yourself," someone muttered.

The video linked from the article:

https://x.com/alanhe/status/2029301477341061613/mediaViewer?currentTweet=2029301477341061613&currentTweetUser=alanhe

Genuine [WARNING] if you are squeamish, as best I can tell, at least one bone in the Marine's forearm snapped, and this can be heard, and seen.

... Right before his arm snaps, (which did not seem to affect his ability to grip the door he was clinging to) he shouted ~~"No one wants to die for Israel!"~~

(See below revision)

UPDATE:

The link to the video on X no longer works.

It worked when I made this post.

Alternate camera angle of same event:

https://www.vxinstagram.com/reel/DVexfyRAWrn/

Thanks to ZephyrXero for the link.

REVISION:

I was mistaken, he did not, immediately prior to his arm snapping, say "No one wants to die for Israel!"

He said "No one wants to fight for Israel!'

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[–] RivverRavven@beehaw.org 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The Sergeant of Marines had two bones broken in his arm yet still held on. No such thing as a former Marine.

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

https://brianmcginnis4ussenatenc.org/

Graduated from Quincy Senior High on a Saturday in early June 2000, and went to Marine boot camp the following Monday. Mama was not ready.

Did my one enlistment as a Light Armored Vehicle Crewman, an infantry MOS in the Corps, until June 2004.

Highlights:

-Six months on a Med Float on the USS Wasp in 2002, established a training ground in Djibouti, Africa.

-Deployed for the initial invasion of Iraq in 2003 and traveled extensively across the country.

-Made the All-Marine boxing team later in 2003 until the end of enlistment, tried out the year prior, but broke my hand in the tryouts.

Not his first rodeo with broken bones, evidently.