State Sen. Colton Moore, a staunch Trump supporter, was involved in a heated altercation at the entrance to the Georgia House chamber while attempting to attend Gov. Brian Kemp's State of the State Address. Moore was banned from the chamber for criticizing the state Senate's decision to name a building after the late former House Speaker David Ralston. After repeatedly trying to enter, he was pushed to the floor by a lawyer for House Speaker Jon Burns, arrested, and hospitalized. Burns initially upheld the ban but later lifted it after state and Republican Party leaders supported Moore.
A Georgia state senator has had his ban from entering the state House chamber revoked following an ugly incident on Thursday which saw him flung to the floor, arrested and subsequently hospitalized. State Sen.
Moore on Thursday made several attempts to brush past House staffers but was pushed back on several occasions. Then, at one point, William sent Moore flying, with the senator falling awkwardly to the floor. After another attempt to enter, Moore was arrested by state troopers and led away. Later in the evening, Moore posted a video of himself sitting on a hospital bed with a blood pressure monitor strapped to one of his arms. His other arm was elevated on the bed’s guard rail.
He said that Moore’s desire to 'cause a disturbance and gain notoriety in the press broke longstanding rules and precedents of decorum that each member of the General Assembly has a responsibility to uphold.' But he said he’d admit Moore for joint sessions without an apology because Ralston wouldn’t have wanted the legislature’s work to be hindered.
Moore was booked into Fulton County jail on a misdemeanor charge of willful obstruction of law enforcement officers. After Moore took a mug shot imitating one Donald Trump famously took at the same jail, a supporter posted Moore’s $1,000 bail. Lt. Edward Starling, a troopers spokesperson, said he had no update on whether charges would be dropped. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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