U.S. Capitol Police said Tuesday that they had arrested a person accused of attacking Rep. Nancy Mace.

James McIntyre, 33, of Illinois, was arrested Tuesday evening and charged with assault on a government official.

Police said they were able to track down McIntyre after Mace’s office reported the attack just before 6 p.m

“This evening, the United States Capitol Police (USCP) arrested an individual accused of assaulting a U.S. representative,” a Capitol Police spokesperson said in a statement.

“Shortly before 6:00 p.m., the Congressman’s office reported an incident at the Rayburn House Office Building. House Division officers and agents from the Threat Assessment Section located the suspect.”

“Following an investigative interview, officers arrested the suspect, 33-year-old James McIntyre of Illinois. McIntyre is charged with assault on a government official,” they said.

At the time of the incident, the Rayburn House office building was open to the public, police also said.

Authorities confirmed that McIntyre went through standard security screening before entering the building. According to Axios, at the time of the alleged attack, McIntyre was attending a Foster Youth Caucus event where Mace, a co-chair of the group, spoke.

Mace took to X, formerly Twitter, on Tuesday evening to address the incident, claiming it stemmed from her position on transgender rights.

“I was physically attacked by a pro-Tr*n man at the Capitol this evening,” she wrote.

“A new splint for my wrist and some ice for my arm and everything will heal well,” she added. “The Capitol Police arrested the guy. Your violence and threats against my life will only make me give in again. FAFO. #HoldTheLine.”

Police have not confirmed whether the suspect was a transgender rights advocate. Newsweek emailed Capitol Police and Mace for more information.

The alleged attack came a month after a dispute broke out on Capitol Hill over a bill proposed by Mace that would ban members and staff of the House of Representatives from “using single-sex facilities other than those consistent with their biological sex.”

Mace proposed the bill after the United States elected its first transgender representative to Congress, Sarah McBride, who will represent Delaware’s entire congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives starting in January.

“Sarah McBride has no say in this. If you are a biological male, you should not be in women’s toilets,” Mace told journalist Pablo Manríquez in November.

Mace’s bill was supported by several Republicans, including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and House Speaker Mike Johnson, who said in a statement last month that “all single-sex facilities in the Capitol and House office buildings – such as restrooms, locker rooms and lockers.” .” Rooms – are reserved for people of this biological gender.”

However, Mace’s bill also received a lot of criticism, with Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez accusing Mace and Johnson of “putting all women and girls at risk.” She added that the bill simply “allows these Republicans to go around and bully any woman who doesn’t wear a skirt because they think she doesn’t look feminine enough.”

Mace did not answer questions about how they would verify who is qualified to use women’s or men’s restrooms. If Mace’s measure passes, the administration would fall under the jurisdiction of the sergeant-at-arms, who is the top law enforcement official in the House.

Following the remarks, Mace called Ocasio-Cortez a “radical left-wing crazy clown” and added that she was a victim of rape.

“I’m a sexual abuse survivor, I have post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) from the abuse I suffered at the hands of a man, and it’s so strange and dangerous and perverse, this idea that it’s okay for a naked man “Sharing space with women, to me, that’s madness and it has to stop,” she told Fox News.

Multiple studies and reviews have found no evidence to support the claim that transgender people pose an increased threat to bathroom safety. Transgender people are also more likely to be victims of violent crime than those who are not.

She also claimed she spoke on the phone with Capitol Police after receiving “threats” from the “radical left.”

“I’ve been on the phone with the Capitol Police because I’ve been receiving so many threats from the radical left, from men dressed as women who think I should be killed because I want women to have private spaces like bathrooms, locker rooms and lockers have spaces, so I will stand in the way of anyone, like Congressman-elect McBride, anyone who wants to harm women, I will not tolerate that at all.”

Meanwhile, a statement shared with said Newsweek Last month, McBride said Mace’s bill was a “blatant attempt by far-right extremists to distract from the fact that they have no real solutions to the problems facing Americans.”

“We should focus on reducing the cost of housing, health care and child care, not sparking culture wars. “Delawareans sent me here to make the American dream more affordable and accessible, and that’s what I’m focused on,” she added.

Last week, demonstrators opposing Mace’s measure protested outside a House office building.