Georgia State Senator and die-hard supporter President-elect Trump was pushed to the floor and arrested while trying to enter the hall of the State House on Thursday.
State Sen. Colton Moore, who last year tried to impeach Fulton County District Attorney Fanny Willis for indicting Trump, tried to enter the chamber to attend Gov. Brian Kemp’s State of the State address — but ended up being led away in handcuffs.
Moore is currently banned from the chamber after denouncing the state Senate’s decision to consider it last year resolution to name a building at the University of North Georgia after the now-deceased former speaker, David Ralston.
A state senator was pushed to the floor and arrested as he tried to enter the Georgia House chamber. (Fox News)
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“This body will mark, in my opinion, one of the most corrupt leaders of Georgia that we will ever see in my lifetime,” Moore exclaimed at the time.
On Wednesday, Moore wrote to current House Speaker Jon Burns outlining why he believes the ban is unconstitutional and said he intends to be in today’s joint session.
“I will NEVER back down,” Moore wrote on X, sharing his letter to Burns. I will ALWAYS speak the truth and represent the people of Northwest Georgia as their first trusted US Senator.
But when he tried to enter the hall on Thursday, he encountered a wall of resistance and was pushed away by a doorman.
State Sen. Colton Moore was arrested Thursday for trying to enter the Georgia House. (Fox News)
Moore told the state troopers present that he had a constitutional right to enter and that the doorman should be arrested for breaking the law.
“This is a joint session of the General Assembly. Your rules of the house do not apply,” Moore told the men. – I’m going to the chamber.
Unable to enter, Moore asked the state trooper if he was preventing him from entering. The officer seems to have said that the bouncers were responsible for who entered.
A fight ensued, and the video shows Moore being pushed to the floor by one of the goalies. He was then surrounded by state police officers and subsequently arrested.
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Fox News Digital reached out to the Georgia State Police, Gov. Brian Kemp’s office and the state speaker about the fight, but did not hear back in time for publication.
Moore said the country was “ruled by authoritarians” when he left and that the ban was censorship of his voice as an elected official.
Georgia Republican Chairman Josh McKoon said he was “deeply disappointed” that Moore was denied admission to the chamber and “shocked” that he was taken into custody.
“It was not only legally appropriate to admit him to today’s proceedings — it was simply the right thing to do,” McKoon wrote in a statement to FOX 5 Atlanta. “Our focus should be on the excellent plan laid out today by Governor Kemp to continue to make Georgia the best place in the country to live, work and raise a family – not on internal strife.”
In 2023, the Georgia Senate Republican Caucus suspended Moore for attacking them for opposing his plan to impeach Willis for impeaching Trump in a case of election interference.
Georgia Attorney General Fani Willis, left, charged President-elect Trump, right, with an election meddling case. (Getty)
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“Georgia RINOs responded to my call to fight the Trump witch hunt by acting like children and kicking me out of the club,” Moore wrote on X at the time.. “But I’m not going anywhere.”
Moore has been the most prominent proponent of a special session to impeach and remove Willis or remove her from office, gaining Trump’s support. Kemp denounced the call as “some fraudulent scam” to collect campaign contributions for Moore.
The Willis case eventually unraveled thanks, in part, to her have a romantic relationship with the plaintiff she hired.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
