Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., said she was physically accosted Capitol grounds Tuesday evening and the suspect has now been arrested.
U.S. Capitol Police said that just before 6 p.m., the office of a member of Congress, later identified as Mace, reported an incident in the Rayburn House office building.
Officers and officers from the House Division of the Police Department’s Threat Assessment Unit located the suspect, identified as 33-year-old James McIntyre of Illinois.
Rep. Nancy Mace, R.S.C. (AP Photo/John McDonnell/File)
Police interviewed McIntyre and eventually arrested him on charges attacking a government official.
“I was physically accosted on the Capitol grounds tonight for my fight to protect women. Capitol Police have arrested him,” Mace said in a post on X. “All the violence and threats continue to prove our point. Women deserve to be safe. Your threats won’t stop my fight for women!”
Mace has been vocal about her opposition to transgender people using bathrooms not assigned to their biological sex.
A transgender rights advocate takes part in a rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court. (Getty images/file)
She led the charge against allowing elected Rep. Sarah McBride, a Democrat from Delaware, to powder rooms on Capitol Hill. McBride is a biological male who identifies and presents as female.
Mace said last month that she was receiving death threats, adding that she had been “unfairly targeted.”
Mace also drafted Resolution H.R. 1579, which would prohibit House members, officers and employees from using facilities other than those that correspond to their biological sex.
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Mace’s office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
Charles Creitz of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
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