Republican Congresswoman Nancy Mace has claimed she was ‘physically accosted’ Tuesday by a trans rights activist at the US Capitol building.
James McIntyre, 33, was arrested inside the Rayburn House Office Building in connection with the incident, Capitol Police have said.
Mace, who has campaigned to ban trans-women from female facilities around Congress, said the alleged assault was over her ‘fight to protect women’.
She posted on X: ‘I was physically accosted tonight on Capitol grounds over my fight to protect women. Capitol police have arrested him.
‘All the violence and threats keep proving our point. Women deserve to be safe. Your threats will not stop my fight for women!’
The suspect, McIntyre, who is from Illinois, is facing a charge for assaulting a government official.
A spokesperson for Capitol Police said according to The New York Post: ‘Just before 6:00 p.m., the Member of Congress’ office reported an incident in the Rayburn House Office Building.
‘House Division officers, and agents with the Threat Assessment Section, tracked down the suspect.’
Nancy Mace, who has campaigned to ban trans-women from female facilities around Congress, said the alleged assault was over her ‘fight to protect women’
Nancy Mace departs a meeting with Tesla CEO Elon Musk and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy on December 5
‘After an investigative interview, officers arrested the suspect.’
Mace, a South Carolina Republican, has been crusading to ban transgender lawmaker Sarah McBride from using the women’s restrooms around Congress.
The Democratic representative-elect is the first openly trans politician elected to Congress, and is the highest-ranking elected trans politico in the nation’s history.
Mace has said that her PTSD from past sexual assault led her to push to ban McBride from entering women’s restrooms and changing rooms.
The 47-year-old has posted videos calling McBride a male, repeatedly speaking about their private parts and slamming transgenderism.
Last month, Mace introduced a bill that would force House members and staffers to use the bathrooms corresponding with their biological sex.
The measure would specifically mean that McBride, who was born male, would have to use the men’s facilities.
The Capitol’s top security agent, the Sergeant at Arms, would be tasked with enforcing the policy.
‘Just the idea of a man being in a dressing room with me as survivor of sexual violence, it just sends me over the edge, and I’m just not going to tolerate it,’ Mace previously said.
Mace has said that her PTSD from past sexual assault led her to push to ban McBride from entering women’s restrooms and changing rooms
Mace, a South Carolina Republican, has been crusading to ban transgender lawmaker Sarah McBride (pictured) from using the women’s restrooms around Congress
‘And I’m really proud of the women and girls who feel the courage and the bravery to stand up and to shout from the rooftops that this is this is not okay.’
‘There’s a big difference between being pro-civil liberties and then being pro-women,’ Mace continued. ‘Women have rights and we’re not going to erase them.’
Mace and her staff have been subject to a number of threats since she pushed to introduce the ban in November.
She previously said that ‘trantifa’ wanted to kill her in response to a report on X about a transperson in Portland, Oregon threatening to murder her.
‘NGL. I had to google “trantifa.” I’ve learned a lot this week,’ Mace wrote last November.
‘These people deserve a room in prison and/or a mental ward,’ she continued before calling out Oregon leaders.
‘Also, wondering out loud what @Portland_State and Oregon Governor @TinaKotek think about an alleged student threatening to kill a Congresswoman?’ she went on.
She was responding to a post that identified the person posting a series of threats against Mace and author J.K. Rowling as a 24-year-old transgender student activist based in Portland.
‘Trantifa’ is a term that refers to a rise in extremism and threats of violence from far-left transgender activists. A United Nations investigator warned about the trend last year.
