Rep. Nancy Mace Says She Was ‘Physically Accosted’ On Capitol Hill | EUROtoday

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) on Tuesday stated the Capitol Police have arrested a person who “physically accosted” her on Capitol grounds.

In a submit on her official account on X, previously Twitter, Mace stated she was attacked over her “fight to protect women.”

“All the violence and threats keep proving our point. Women deserve to be safe,” she added.

In a separate submit on her private X account, Mace gave extra particulars about her bodily situation.

“One new brace for my wrist and some ice for my arm and it’ll heal just fine,” she wrote.

The South Carolina Republican prompt the confrontation was over her place on trans points. The Capitol Police, nonetheless, didn’t point out any particulars round a doable motive in a press release showing to reference the assault on Mace.

“Tonight, the United States Capitol Police (USCP) arrested a person who is accused of assaulting a U.S. Representative,” the assertion reads.

The drive stated the unnamed member of Congress reported an incident round 6 p.m. on the Rayburn House Office Building, which was open to the general public on the time. Officers and brokers with the Threat Assessment Section discovered the suspect and took him into custody after an “investigative interview,” the assertion added.

The particular person, who went by way of a safety screening to enter the congressional constructing, was recognized as James McIntyre, 33, of Illinois, and can face one cost of assaulting a authorities official, the Capitol Police stated.

The incident passed off throughout an occasion hosted by the Foster Youth Caucus, which Mace co-chairs, Axios reported, citing two sources.

Last month, Mace launched a decision to ban transgender ladies from utilizing the ladies’s loos on the Capitol — a measure showing to focus on the girl who would be the first overtly transgender member of Congress, Rep.-elect Sarah McBride (D-Del.).