This story was updated on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, at 4:30 p.m.
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.
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