One of the GOPThe U.S.’s leading anti-trans crusader claims he was the victim of an attack by a pro-transgender man at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday evening.

Nancy Mace (R-SC) posted on X She claimed she suffered minor injuries to her arm and wrist after the altercation around 6pm. CNN Reports.

“I was physically attacked this evening Capitol Reasons for my fight to protect women. “The Capitol Police arrested him,” she said, describing her alleged attacker as a “pro-representatives man.”

She added: “All the violence and threats continue to prove our point. Women deserve security. Your threats will not stop my fight for women!”

Capitol Police confirmed that they responded to an incident at the Rayburn Office Building and that officers subsequently arrested a man named 33-year-old James McIntyre of Illinois, who is “facing a charge of assault on a government official.”

Mace has made headlines recently for attempting to ban trans women from using women’s restrooms in schools funded by the federal government and in federal buildings, including the Capitol.

The move came after Sarah McBride, a newcomer Democratic Party Representative, made history as the first openly transgender person to be elected congress.

Although MAGA has made no secret of his contempt for those who identify as a gender other than that assigned to them at birth. Trans rights seem to be a relatively new bugbear for Mace.

It wasn’t until July 2023 that South Carolina Representatives indeed had tried to position himself As an ally to the trans community, she even suggests supporting children in exploring their gender identity.

“If they want to take on a different pronoun or a different gender identity or grow their hair or wear a dress or pants or do those things as a minor — those are all things that I think most people would support,” she said CBS‘S The snack bar in an interview last year.

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