A sitting Congresswoman got a gay man arrested for shaking her hand. If you’re wondering what the state of the Republican Party is right now.
And yes it’s important that the man was gay because he was advocating for trans foster children in part because he was a gay foster child at the height of Gay Conversion pseudoscience and he recognizes that it’s in many ways the same struggle trans kids are facing now.
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“People who saw the interaction said it was only a handshake.”
Foster Advocate Pleads Not Guilty to Handshake Assault on Rep. Mace
What took place Tuesday night is not entirely clear, and video recordings have yet to surface.
Following the encounter between Mace and McIntrye, as a reporter looked on, several officers arrested McIntyre on a misty Tuesday evening outside the Rayburn House Office Building. At the scene, other youth advocates shouted out concern and dismay.
Shortly before 8 p.m., Rep. Mace — who was the first female cadet to graduate from the Citadel military college, and has achieved recent attention for pushing to bar a fellow lawmaker who is trans from using the women’s bathroom — began posting a series of messages on the social media platform X. She cited a supportive phone call with president-elect Donald Trump, and described herself as being “physically accosted” by a “pro-tr*ns man.”
But three eyewitnesses disputed her characterization, saying they saw nothing but a routine handshake, followed by a request by the foster youth advocate that the Representative support transgender youth in foster care.
The fact that’s Mace is pushing for transphobia against colleagues seems like necessary context here – as are other parts of the article that highlight she “wore her right arm in a sling as she walked through the Capitol today”, but that “after U.S. Capitol Police arrived, Mace refused paramedics’ assistance”.
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