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Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., mentioned she was bodily accosted on Capitol grounds Tuesday night time, and the suspect has since been arrested.
The U.S. Capitol Police mentioned that simply earlier than 6 p.m. the workplace of a member of Congress, later recognized as Mace, reported an incident within the Rayburn Home Workplace Constructing.
Home division officers and brokers with the Risk Evaluation Part of the police division tracked down the suspect, recognized as 33-year-old James McIntyre of Illinois.
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Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C. (AP Picture/John McDonnell/File)
Police interviewed McIntyre and finally arrested him on the grounds of assaulting a authorities official.
“I used to be bodily accosted tonight on Capitol grounds over my battle to guard ladies. Capitol police have arrested him,” Mace mentioned in a submit on X. “All of the violence and threats hold proving our level. Girls need to be protected. Your threats won’t cease my battle for girls!”
Mace has been vocal about her opposition to transgender people utilizing loos not assigned to their organic gender.
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A transgender rights supporter takes half in a rally exterior the U.S. Supreme Court docket. (Getty Photographs/File)
She led the cost in opposition to permitting Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, a Democrat from Delaware, to make use of the ladies’s restrooms on Capitol Hill. McBride is a organic man who identifies and presents as a lady.
Mace mentioned final month she was receiving demise threats, including that she was being “unfairly focused.”
Mace additionally drafted decision H.R. 1579, which might prohibit members, officers and workers of the Home from utilizing amenities aside from these equivalent to their organic intercourse.
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Mace’s workplace didn’t instantly reply to Fox Information Digital’s request for remark.
Fox Information Digital’s Charles Creitz contributed to this report.
Greg Wehner is a breaking information reporter for Fox Information Digital.
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