Brian McGannis shared a clear message for his opponents after being released from the hospital with a broken arm.
Taking to social media, the 44-year-old on Tuesday, March 10, posted a long video in which he addressed his critics while making serious allegations against the United States.
He began the video by thanking his supporters for backing him throughout the situation, stressing that he wanted people to know that what he did was not “political theatre, was not a stunt to serve myself. I am a big boy now.”
McGannis said, “Brian McGinnis from back in the day, and Quincy is not trying to do stuff for silly reasons. I am an adult. I have grown up. I understand the world, and I know that violence is being perpetuated by America with our might across the nation, across the world. And it's troubling. And that's what I am speaking out against.”
The 44-year-old then addressed his dissenters and added, “And for those that you know, appreciate my conviction but disagree with me on issues, I respect that and that's what America is about. And I still want to bridge the gap (pointing to his shirt with #BeTheBridge) and the gap between our understandings.”
The former Marine, in another explosive claim in the video, said that he believes that religion is a big part of the divide.
Sharing his experience with Muslims, he asserted that he is married to a Muslim, and after meeting his family, he can say, “They are good people. They are not deserving of being killed and villainised to the point where American's propagandized to think that Muslim nations are enemies and we should kill them.”
McGinnis, who is running for Senate in North Carolina, was dragged from the Senate hearing on Wednesday, March 4, and was injured after he protested against the Iran war and blamed Israel for the conflict.
