Capitol Police arrest man accused of assaulting Rep. Nancy Mace
Capitol Police arrest a man accused of assaulting Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., over the lawmaker’s transgender bathroom stance.
Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., said she was physically accosted on Capitol grounds Tuesday night, and the suspect has since been arrested.
The U.S. Capitol Police said that just before 6 p.m. the office of a member of Congress, later identified as Mace, reported an incident in the Rayburn House Office Building.
House division officers and agents with the Threat Assessment Section of the police department tracked down the suspect, identified as 33-year-old James McIntyre of Illinois.
Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C. (AP Photo/John McDonnell/File)
Police interviewed McIntyre and ultimately arrested him on the grounds of assaulting a government official.
“I was physically accosted tonight on Capitol grounds over my fight to protect women. Capitol police have arrested him,” Mace said in a post on X. “All the violence and threats keep proving our point. Women deserve to be safe. Your threats will not stop my fight for women!”
Mace has been vocal about her opposition to transgender individuals using bathrooms not assigned to their biological gender.
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A transgender rights supporter takes part in a rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court. (Getty Images/File)
She led the charge against allowing Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, a Democrat from Delaware, to use the women’s restrooms on Capitol Hill. McBride is a biological man who identifies and presents as a woman.
Mace said last month she was receiving death threats, adding that she was being “unfairly targeted.”
Mace also drafted resolution H.R. 1579, which would prohibit members, officers and employees of the House from using facilities other than those corresponding to their biological sex.
