Police arrest suspect accused of assaulting Nancy Mace on Capitol grounds

U.S. Capitol Police stated Tuesday that they arrested an individual accused of assaulting Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C.

The suspect, recognized as James McIntyre, 33, of Illinois, faces a cost of assaulting a authorities official.

Mace stated Tuesday night time on X that she was “bodily accosted on the Capitol tonight” by somebody who she stated was a defender of transgender rights.

“One new brace for my wrist and a few ice for my arm and it’ll heal simply effective,” Mace stated, including that “violence and threats on my life will solely make me double down.”

Reached for remark, Capitol Police didn’t present particulars concerning the suspect and didn’t reply to questions on whether or not or not the suspect was an advocate of transgender rights.

In a press release detailing the incident, police stated {that a} Home member’s workplace had reported an incident within the Rayburn Home Workplace Constructing and that officers had “tracked down the suspect.”

McIntyre was screened earlier than coming into the constructing, which was open to the general public on the time of the incident, the assertion stated.

Final month, Mace launched a measure to bar lawmakers and Home staff from “utilizing single-sex amenities aside from these comparable to their organic intercourse.” She stated she was responding to Sarah McBride’s being elected the first brazenly transgender member of Congress in November.

Final week, protesters against Mace’s measure staged a protest outdoors a Home workplace constructing.