MP Nancy Mace, RSC, said she was physically assaulted Capitol grounds in Washington, D.COn Tuesday evening, the suspect was arrested.
Shortly before 6 p.m., the office of the congressman, later identified as Mace, reported an incident at the Rayburn House office building, U.S. Capitol Police said.
Home Division officers and DPD Threat Assessment Section agents tracked down the suspect, identified as 33-year-old James McIntyre of Illinois.
Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., questions U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Chittle as she testifies before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee about the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a campaign event in Pennsylvania, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday. , July 22, 2024. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)
Police interviewed McIntyre, eventually placing him under arrest for murder Assault on a government employee.
“I was physically assaulted tonight in the Capitol building for my fight to protect women. I have been arrested by Capitol Police,” Mace said in a post on X. “All the violence and threats continue to prove our point. Women deserve to be safe. Your threats will not stop my fight for women!”
Mayes has been vocal about her opposition to transgender individuals using bathrooms not designated for their biological sex.
Mace is facing backlash over efforts to ban a transgender congressman from women's bathrooms
A transgender rights supporter marches outside the US Supreme Court. Transgender rights activists protested Thursday on Capitol Hill across from House Speaker Mike Johnson's office. (Getty Images)
She led the campaign against allowing Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, a Democrat from Delaware, to use the program. Women's restrooms on Capitol Hill. McBride is a biological man who identifies and presents himself as a woman.
Mays said last month that she had been receiving death threats, adding that she had been “unfairly targeted.”
Mace also authored H.R. 1579, which would prohibit members, officers and employees of the House of Representatives from using facilities other than those that correspond with their biological sex.
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Mace's office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
Fox News Digital's Charles Kretz contributed to this report.
