SOUTH CAROLINA CONGRESSWOMAN NANCY MACE SAYS SHE WAS “PHYSICALLY ACCOSTED” BY A TRANSGENDER ADVOCATE  ON CAPITOL GROUNDS.

POLICE MADE AN ARREST – CHARGING A 33 YEAR OLD MAN WITH “ASSAULTING A GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL.”

THE REPORTED ASSAULT HAS BECOME CONTROVERSIAL –

WITH SOME ADVOCATES DISPUTING THE CONGRESSWOMAN’S ACCOUNT –

JUST AS THE LAWMAKER SHOWED BACK UP TO WORK WEDNESDAY –

SEEN IN THE HALLWAYS WEARING A BRACE.

ACCORDING TO A FILING WEDNESDAY IN D.C. SUPERIOR COURT –

POLICE SAY A CONGRESSMEMBER REPORTED THAT MCYNTYRE

“…took her hand with both of his hands and shook her arm up and down in an exaggerated, aggressive hand shaking motion” THAT LASTED 3 TO 5 SECONDS.

ACCORDING TO THE FILING – MACE TOLD POLICE SHE TRIED TO WITHDRAW HER ARM BUT COULD NOT.

THE FILING STATES “she was experiencing pain in her wrists, arm and armpit/shoulder due to the incident.”

MACE DECLINED NEEDING MEDICAL TREATMENT. 

IT’S BEEN A SAGA OF EVENTS FOLLOWING THE INCIDENT.

FIRST – 

MACE POSTING TO X –

SAYING SHE WAS “PHYSICALLY ACCOSTED AT THE CAPITOL.”

“ONE NEW BRACE FOR MY WRITE AND SOME ICE FOR MY ARM AND IT’LL HEAL JUST FINE. THE CAPITOL POLICE ARRESTED THE GUY.”

POLICE CONFIRMED THEY ANSWERED TO A CALL OF A LAWMAKER BEING ASSAULTED – AND AFTER A SEARCH – FOUND AND ARRESTED A SUSPECT –

JAMES MCINTYRE – WHO IS NOW **CHARGED IN THE CASE.

MACE – IN A SERIES OF POSTS ON X SINCE –

HAS SAID –

“Just got off the phone with trump. Thank you, Mr. President, for checking in on me and for standing up for women.”

“Never want to hear the Left call themselves the party of love and tolerance ever again.”

AND –

“BELIEVE ALL WOMEN.”

BUT SOME PEOPLE WHO SAY THEY WITNESSED WHAT OCCURRED BETWEEN MACE AND MCINTYRE – ARE PUBLICLY DISPUTING MACE’S ALLEGATIONS.

A FOSTER CARE ADVOCACY GROUP WAS IN THE RAYBURN HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING FOR A RECEPTION.

AS MACE WAS LOOKING FOR THE ROOM’S EXIT –

A FOSTER CARE ADVOCATE ELLIOT HINKLE SAYS THEY SAW MCINTYRE APPROACH THE CONGRESSWOMAN.

ACCORDING TO HINKLE’S ACCOUNT –

“What we witnessed was a handshake, a passionate shake, but it didn’t look like an assault or intended aggression.”

HINKLE SAYS MCYNTIRE TOLD MACE THAT “TRANS YOUTH ARE ALSO FOSTER YOUTH AND THEY NEED HER SUPPORT”

HINKLE SAYS AFTER THEY SAW MACE AND MCYNTIRE’S INTERACTION –

MCYNTIRE RETURNED TO HIS SEAT.

ONCE CAPITOL POLICE SHOWED UP –

MCYNTIRE HAD LEFT BUT RETURNED AFTER POLICE CONTACTED HIM.

HINKLE SAYS THAT IS WHEN MCINTYRE WAS ARRESTED OUTSIDE.

IT’S UNCLEAR AS OF THIS RECORDING –

IF THERE WAS ANY VIDEO SURVEILLANCE OF THE INCIDENT.

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