A Georgia state senator who was previously banned from the state House chamber was arrested Thursday when he tried to enter the chamber for the governor’s state of the state speech and got into a shoving match with House employees. State Sen. Colton Moore, a Republican from Trenton, is among the chamber’s most right-wing members. He signaled Wednesday that he would seek a showdown when he called House Speaker Jon Burns, a fellow Republican, a “t…

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In an update from the hospital, Moore said he took a ‘beating’ and his right hand was ‘swollen’ and ‘purple’

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A Georgia state senator who was previously banned from the state House chamber was arrested Thursday when he tried to enter the chamber for the governor's

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Colton Moore, a Georgia state senator was heckled and pushed into the ground before being arrested as he attempted to enter the state House chamber on Thursday (Jan 16). Mr Moore was banned indefinitely from entering the House chamber last year after making controversial statements about the late House Speaker David Ralston but returned to participate in the joint session, set to be addressed by Governor Brian Kemp, as per a Fox News report. Aft…

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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.

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A Georgia state senator who was previously banned from the state House chamber has been arrested after he tried to enter the chamber for the governor’s state of the state speech

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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.

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Georgia state senator shoved to ground, arrested for entering House chamber after tirade against late speaker: ‘Bit of a beating’

Colton Moore, a far-right Republican, earned the ouster last Spring for calling a deceased state senator corrupt while his colleagues were honoring him.

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Georgia state Sen. Colton Moore (R) was arrested and transported to the Fulton County Jail on Thursday for attempting to enter the House Chamber to hear Gov. Brian Kemp’s (R) state address after being banned from the area last year.  “It has gone too far. I have an obligation to be in that room,” Moore…

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Georgia Republican State Senator Colton Moore was arrested on Thursday after fighting to be let into the chambers.

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