Foster care advocate challenges claim that Rep. Nancy Mace was 'physically accosted'
A foster care advocate is challenging Rep.
A foster care advocate is challenging Rep. Nancy Mace's account that she was "physically accosted" by a man who was arrested at the Capitol on Tuesday.
Elliott Hinkle, 31, who founded Unicorn Solutions and advocates for child welfare and LGBTQ youths, said Mace, R-S.C., who co-chairs the Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth, spoke at an event celebrating 25 years of the Foster Care Independence Act, held in the Rayburn Building with at least 50 attendees. Hinkle said Mace said in her remarks that she looked forward to working with the advocates who were present and that James McIntyre, 33, of Illinois, approached her after she spoke.
"I think James took that seriously," Hinkle said, describing how they and others watched McIntyre, who co-founded Foster Care Alumni of America’s Illinois chapter, approach Mace after she spoke and reached out his hand.
"They shake hands, and James says, 'Trans youth are also foster youth, and they need your support.' And then sat down," Hinkle said.
Shortly after Mace left with a congressional staffer, Hinkle said, the staffer came back into the room and approached McIntyre, asking for his name and the message he had for Mace.
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