Rep. Nancy Mace Threatens Media For Reporting On Handshake She Says Was Assault | EUROtoday

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) says she was assaulted at a foster youth advocacy occasion earlier this week; witnesses say it was only a handshake.

Whatever the reality, the South Carolina Republican certain could be loads happier if the media stopped reporting on it.

Mace advised far-right influencer Benny Johnson Thursday she believes the reporting quantities to defamation, and warned that media shops protecting the story higher watch their backs.

“I have a warning for any media outlet that says I wrongly, falsely accused this guy of physically accosting me, of assaulting me,” she advised Johnson.

“That is defamation. And so I would be walking on eggshells if I were you,” she mentioned with a giggle.

The congresswoman additionally accused anybody who disputes her characterization of the interplay of “victim-shaming.”

“This guy came in for what I thought was going to be a friendly handshake, and I know the difference between a passionate handshake and a violent one, and here I sit here today with an injury from it,” she mentioned.

Mace additionally shared a photograph of herself carrying an arm sling and a brace on social media Thursday. The photograph was instantly ridiculed by Natalie Johnson, a former Mace staffer, who referred to as it “a pathetic ploy for attention.”

“This is the same woman who told staff, myself included, during Jan. 6 that she wanted to get ‘punched in the face’ by a rioter so she could get on TV,” Johnson mentioned on X, previously Twitter.

While Mace says she was “physically accosted,” witnesses speculate it’s what James McIntyre, the person who shook her hand, mentioned ― not how he acted ― that set Mace off.

McIntyre, the co-founder of a foster care advocacy group, reportedly advised Mace, “trans youth are also foster youth, and they need your support.”

Elliott Hinkle, a foster youth advocate and advisor on foster points who was on the occasion, advised The Washington Post that McIntyre reached out with each palms to shake Mace’s hand whereas delivering his message. Mace has develop into more and more fixated on anti-trans laws.

“It didn’t look like an assault or intended aggression,” Hinkle mentioned.

Capitol Police arrested the 33-year-old after the incident. McIntyre, a co-founder of the Illinois chapter of Foster Care Alumni of America who was named “Public Citizen Of The Year” in 2019 by the Illinois chapter of the National Association Of Social Workers, has pleaded not responsible.