Mace has been embroiled in controversy after she introduced a bill banning transgender women from using women’s restrooms on Capitol Hill

U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C. , introduced a measure to bar lawmakers and House employees from "using single-sex facilities other than those corresponding to their biological sex," saying she was responding to Sarah McBride’s being elected the first openly transgender member of Congress in November.

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) alleged late Monday that she was physically assaulted by a transwoman, whom she described as a "biological male," inside

Republican U.S. Representative Nancy Mace said she was attacked in the Capitol by an activist angry over a bill she introduced aimed at blocking the chamber's first openly transgender member from using women's bathrooms.

S.C., said she was physically accosted on Capitol grounds Tuesday night, and the suspect has since been arrested.The U.S. Capitol Police said that just before 6 p.m. the office of a member of Congress,

The Lowcountry’s congresswoman posted several statements Tuesday saying she was assaulted in Washington D.C. Rep. Nancy Mace (R) explained that she was “physically accosted” on

Mace said in a post on X that she was “physically accosted tonight on Capitol grounds over my fight to protect women.”

Rep. Nancy Mace wrote in a social media post that she would need a brace for her wrist and ice for her arm — but that she would be fine.

Capitol Police have arrested a person accused of assaulting Rep. Nancy Mace inside a congressional office building in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday. James McIntyre, 33, of Illinois is facing a charge of assaulting a government official,