A person was arrested Tuesday after Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) mentioned she was accosted.
“I was physically accosted tonight on Capitol grounds over my fight to protect women. Capitol police have arrested him,” Mace mentioned in a put up on X.
U.S. Capitol Police confirmed the incident, noting they arrested an individual accused of assaulting a lawmaker.
The police didn’t particularly identify Mace of their assertion however mentioned a member of Congress’s workplace reported an incident simply earlier than 6 p.m. contained in the Rayburn Home Workplace Constructing.
“House Division officers, and agents with the Threat Assessment Section, tracked down the suspect,” police mentioned in an announcement.
The suspect was recognized as 33-year-old James McIntyre of Illinois. He faces a cost of assaulting a authorities official.
Police famous that the Rayburn constructing was open to the general public on the time of the incident, and McIntyre went by safety screening earlier than coming into the Congressional constructing.
Mace, who has been on the heart of controversy after introducing a invoice that bans transgender girls from utilizing girls’s restrooms on Capitol Hill, shared the information on X.
She’s acquired sharp criticism from LGBTQ advocates on the invoice and famous her ongoing battle in her put up. Mace has argued she launched the laws as a security level for ladies.
“All the violence and threats keep proving our point. Women deserve to be safe,” she mentioned. “Your threats will not stop my fight for women!”
