A sitting Georgia state senator was shoved to the ground and taken into custody Thursday for flouting orders not to enter the House chamber during Gov. Brian Kemp’s State of the State address. State Sen.

Ahead of Gov. Brian Kemp ’s (R-GA) State of the State address, Moore was arrested after he attempted to enter the state House chamber despite having been banned from the area last year. Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns lifted Moore’s ban hours after his arrest.

House Speaker Jon Burns, R-Newington, banned Moore from the House floor last March after the far-right senator from Northwest Georgia made disparaging remarks about the late Speaker David Ralston, whose memory was being honored in the House and Senate on ...

The Republican senator was arrested by Georgia state police as he was trying to enter the state House chamber. Moore says he's not backing down.

Conservative state Sen. Colton Moore was banned from the lower chamber last year, after he made disparaging statements about the late-Georgia state Speaker David Ralston. Moore's outburst at the time was condemned by lawmakers on both sides.

ATLANTA — A Georgia state senator arrested at the Capitol Thursday returned Friday. Hours later, the state House Speaker lifted the banishment that resulted in Sen. Colton Moore's arrest. Moore (R-Trenton) showed off a a bit of a bruise he said he got when a House staffer wrestled him to the ground and state troopers took him into custody Thursday.

A Georgia state senator and hardline supporter of President-elect Trump appeared to be pushed to the floor before being arrested while trying to enter the state House chamber on Thursday.

Colton Moore (R) was arrested on Thursday for attempting to enter the House chamber from which he was banned last year by Burns for deriding late ex-Georgia Speaker David Ralston, who at the time ...

The state senator had been subject to a ban from the House chamber over previous disparaging remarks about late House speaker David Ralston.

Moore was previously banned from the house for making disparaging remarks about Former Speaker David Ralston, who died in 2022.

Police arrested Sen. Colton Moore at Georgia's State Capitol Thursday after he attempted to attend Gov. Brian Kemp's State of the State address. "I have an obligation to be in that room," he said. "I have a responsibility to 200,000 northwest Georgians who duly elected me to be here today."

Burns announced Friday afternoon that he would modify the ban to allow Moore, a Trenton Republican, to attend proceedings in the House when members of both chambers are present, such as when lawmakers heard from the governor Thursday.