Tim Sheehy helped physically remove a protester who disrupted a Senate hearing on Wednesday, assisting officers from the United States Capitol Police after the demonstrator resisted attempts to escort him from the room.

The incident occurred during a hearing of the United States Senate Committee on Armed Services inside the Hart Senate Office Building shortly before 3 p.m., according to authorities.

The protester, identified as Brian McGinnis, 44, shouted, “No one wants to fight for Israel!” as officers attempted to remove him. McGinnis is the Green Party’s nominee for U.S. Senate in North Carolina and a Marine Corps veteran and firefighter, according to his campaign website.

Video posted online showed McGinnis resisting officers as they tried to escort him out of the hearing room. At one point, he appeared to grab onto a door while officers and Sheehy attempted to pull him away. Voices in the room could be heard shouting that his hand was caught in the door during the struggle.

McGinnis later said his hand was injured. A man in the video accused a senator of breaking the protester’s hand, though authorities have not confirmed that claim.

In a post on X responding to the video, Sheehy said he stepped in to help officers control the situation.

“Capitol Police were attempting to remove an unhinged protestor from the Armed Services hearing. He was fighting back,” Sheehy wrote. “I decided to help out and de-escalate the situation.”

The senator added that the man had come to the Capitol “looking for a confrontation.”

The Capitol Police said the protester “violently resisted and fought” officers who were attempting to remove him from the hearing room, creating a dangerous situation for those present.

Three officers were treated for injuries by D.C. Fire and EMS following the altercation, according to the police statement. McGinnis was also treated after his arm became stuck in a door as he resisted being removed.

Authorities said McGinnis is facing three counts of assault on a police officer, three counts of resisting arrest, and a charge of crowding, obstructing, and incommoding related to the unlawful demonstration.

Police noted that protests are not allowed inside congressional buildings, though demonstrations are permitted in designated outdoor areas on Capitol grounds.

Sheehy, a former Navy SEAL, was elected to the Senate in 2024 after defeating incumbent Democratic Sen. Jon Tester.