Sen. Tim Sheehy, helped U.S. Capitol Police officers arrest a man protesting the war in Iran at a Senate hearing Wednesday.

Sheehy (second slide, left) said that Capitol Police tried to remove Brian McGinnis, of North Carolina, from the Armed Services hearing. “He was fighting back,” Sheehy said. “I decided to help out and deescalate the situation.”

As the officers tried to remove him, McGinnis yelled out, “No one wants to fight for Israel.” Bystanders in the room called out, “his hand, his hand!”

With McGinnis’ hand stuck in the doorway, the officers eventually put him back down after trying to pull him out of the room. As they did, Sheehy walked away and back toward the front of the room. One bystander asked, “Is your hand OK?” To which McGinnis answered, “No, it’s not.”

McGinnis is running for the U.S. Senate in North Carolina as a Green Party candidate. He is a Marine veteran, according to his campaign website.

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