Man Arrested After Nancy Mace ‘Physically Accosted’ on Capitol Grounds

One of the GOP’s foremost anti-trans crusaders claims to have been the victim of an assault by a pro-transgender man at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday evening.

Nancy Mace (R-SC) posted on X claiming she’d suffered minor injuries to her arm and wrist after the altercation took place at roughly 6 p.m., CNN reports.

“I was physically accosted tonight on Capitol grounds over my fight to protect women. Capitol police have arrested him,” she said, describing her alleged attacker as a “pro-tr*ns man.”

She added: “All the violence and threats keep proving our point. Women deserve to be safe. Your threats will not stop my fight for women!”

Capitol Police confirmed they’d responded to an incident in the Rayburn Office Building, and that officers had subsequently arrested a man named as 33-year-old James McIntyre of Illinois, who is “facing a charge for Assaulting a Government Official.”

Mace has made headlines lately for her attempts to get trans women banned from using female restrooms in schools funded by the federal government and federal buildings, including at the Capitol.

The move came after Sarah McBride, an incoming Democratic Party representative, made history as the first openly transgender person to be elected to Congress.

Though MAGA has made no secret of its contempt for those who identify as a different gender to the one they were assigned at birth, trans rights appear to be a relatively new bugbear for Mace.

As recently as July 2023, the South Carolina representative had in fact sought to position herself as an ally to the trans community, even suggesting children ought to be supported in exploring their gender identity.

“If they wanna take on a different pronoun or a different gender identity or grow their hair out, or wear a dress or wear pants, or do those things as a minor—those are all things I think most people would support,” she told CBS’s The Takeout in an interview last year.

“Be who you want to be, but don’t make permanent changes as a child,” she added.