As of 9 a.m. Thursday, Brian McGinnis’s mom hadn’t yet been able to bring herself to watch the video of her son’s arm being audibly broken the previous afternoon by a sitting U.S. senator, but said she was fully aware of the details.
“I don't know where he got the idea to do it,” Mary Lou McGinnis told The Independent. “He’s married to a Palestinian woman, he talks a lot about her family and Israel. I think that probably played into his thinking… Certain subjects, I guess he’s gotten kind of riled up about. Gaza, his wife’s family and all, he has strong feelings.”
