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From Fox News: 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. Colton Moore, a hardline supporter of President-elect Trump who previously tried to have Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis impeached for indicting the former president, was involved in a heated exchange at the entrance to the House chamber where officials refused him entry to attend Gov. Brian Kemp’s State of the State Address.
Moore, of Trenton in Dade County, ended up being pushed to the floor by Keith Williams, a lawyer for House Speaker Jon Burns’ office, who was trying to enforce a ban placed on Moore by the speaker. Moore was banned from entering the chamber after he blasted the state Senate’s decision last year to consider a resolution to name a building at the University of North Georgia after the now-deceased former house speaker David Ralston.
After being thrown to the floor, then arrested and hauled away by police, Moore later posted a video of himself at the hospital, as he explained, “I did take a bit of a beating; my hand, it’s a bit swollen and purple; we’re waiting to get some X-rays to check it out.”
Senator Colton Moore, who exposed and defeated corrupt District Attorney Fani Willis last year, has been arrested by the Anti-Trump Speaker of the Georgia House.
Colton is being held in the same Atlanta jail as President Trump.
We are working to ensure his expedient release.… pic.twitter.com/hRA2gM54FD
— Sen. Colton Moore (@realColtonMoore) January 16, 2025
Burns was first defiant and unapologetic about his decision to ban Moore, a fellow Republican, from the House floor.
However, after Republican leaders erupted in outrage over the way Moore was treated, Burns has now relented and lifted the ban.
Many are now calling for Burns to “resign in disgrace.”
🚨🚨Breaking…..
Speaker of the House @JonBurnsGA cries uncle and relents under overwhelming pressure and agrees to let Senator @realColtonMoore back into the House!
But this is not enough. Burns needs to resign in disgrace..kinda how David Ralston left office..in disgrace. pic.twitter.com/kznFWGTjdh
— Georgia Gun Owners (@GaGunOwners) January 17, 2025
The following speech by Moore is the reason Burns banned him from the George State House floor, just because he opposed a resolution to name a building at the University of North Georgia after the now-deceased former house speaker David Ralston.
If you’re wondering what floor speech @JonBurnsGA was so angry about that he banned @realColtonMoore from the House….this is it.
So much for the 1st Amendment.
Burns acted like a tyrant today, using force on a State Senator! He should be expelled! https://t.co/21rcwX1KFV pic.twitter.com/w65IUA6ooe
— Georgia Gun Owners (@GaGunOwners) January 17, 2025
Establishment Republicans in Georgia have clashed with Moore more than once. Fox News explains that in 2023, Georgia’s Republican Senate Caucus suspended Moore for attacking them for opposing his plan to impeach Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis for indicting Trump in the now-trashed ‘election interference’ case.
Moore had fired off a letter to Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, calling for Willis’ impeachment.
BREAKING: Republican Georgia state Senator Colton Moore moves to impeach Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis for her actions against Trump.
Finally, a Republican with a backbone.
“I’m not going to sit back and watch as radical left prosecutors weaponize their elected offices… pic.twitter.com/FGxssA0wGm
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) August 17, 2023
At the time, Trump had released a video, publicly thanking Moore for standing up for him against Willis.
BTW….President Trump supported Colton Moore pic.twitter.com/Q6y4TwRgCc
— Culture War (@CultureWar2020) January 16, 2025
“100%”: @realColtonMoore tells @MattGaetz that he believes his treatment at the Georgia Legislature Joint Session was political payback for exposing disgraced Fulton County DA Fani Willis.
Click here for full episodes: https://t.co/Bgm0eOgOZi#OAN #Breaking #Latest #Exclusive pic.twitter.com/mNnanv0rYe
— One America News (@OANN) January 18, 2025
What tyranny looks like in GA.@realColtonMoore thrown to the ground for trying to go into the chamber to do his constitutional duties. What a disgrace. Where is @GaRepublicans @JoshMcKoon ???? pic.twitter.com/e0vIFKJBWz
— War Room GA (@WarRoomGC) January 16, 2025
WHOA!! GOP lawmaker pushed to the ground and arrested as he tried to walk into Georgia House
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