Georgia State Sen. Colton Moore arrested for attempting to enter House chambers after he was banned

Source: WABE public radio

Georgia State Patrol officers arrested Republican Georgia State Sen. Colton Moore on Thursday for trying to enter the House chambers after House Speaker Jon Burns banned him from the floor.

Multiple Georgia State Patrol officers and the doorkeeper of the House barred Moore from entering during Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s State of the State speech on Wednesday and escorted him out of the Capitol building after a tussle.

“This man should be arrested for breaking the law,” he said to the doorkeeper. “We all upheld our hand and swore an oath to the Constitution. This is a joint session of the General Assembly. Your House rules do not apply. What a silly mess. What a high school, silly mess.”

In March 2024, Burns ordered the House doorkeepers to keep Moore out of the House chambers after Moore called the late House Speaker David Ralston “one of the most corrupt Georgia leaders we’ll ever see in our lifetimes” during the unveiling of Ralston’s portrait. Previously, the state’s Republican Senate Caucus suspended Moore for breaking caucus rules by attacking Republicans for refusing to support his campaign to impeach Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.

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