Rep. Nancy Mace says she was attacked by an advocate for transgender rights who “accosted” her at a congressional workplace constructing.
The South Carolina Republican, who has been crusading to bar transgender ladies from Capitol Hill girls rooms, advised cops that the “pro-trans man” grabbed her, hurting her wrist and arm.
“One new brace for my wrist and some ice for my arm and it’ll heal just fine,” Mace tweeted.
Capitol Hill police stated they charged James McIntyre, 33, of Illinois, of assaulting a public official Tuesday night after questioning him concerning the incident.
It wasn’t instantly clear if McIntyre, an award-winning Chicago advocate for youths in foster care, was jailed by cops.
He was apparently attending an occasion selling foster care that Mace additionally addressed on the Rayburn Workplace Constructing.
“From what I saw, it was a normal handshake and interaction that I would expect any legislator to expect from anyone as a constituent,” Elliott Hinkle, an advocate for foster children and LGBTQ youth, advised the Imprint.
Mace has launched a fierce campaign towards transgender ladies in current weeks, particularly since Rep.-elect Sarah McBride (D-Delaware) gained election because the first-ever overtly transgender member of Congress.
Mace has efficiently pushed GOP leaders to bar transgender ladies from utilizing the women room on Capitol Hill and hopes to cross a invoice barring them from utilizing bogs reserved for ladies in any federal buildings.
Republicans are searching for to take advantage of a robust backlash towards transgender rights that analysts say helped drive GOP beneficial properties within the current election.
President-elect Trump spent tens of tens of millions of {dollars} on adverts accusing Democratic rival Kamala Harris of being too strongly supportive of transgender rights.
