Moore was arrested as he tried to enter the House chambers on Thursday to attend Gov. Brian Kemp's State of the State address.

A Georgia state senator banned from the state House last year has threatened to attend Gov. Brian Kemp's state of the state speech anyway.

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."

Colton Moore was arrested for defying a ban on entering the House chamber.Speaker's Condemnation: Speaker Jon Burns criticized Moore for breaking decorum and disrupting proceedings.Family Request: Ralston family requests that all members be allowed to attend future joint sessions.

State address. The governor’s annual speech is delivered from the Georgia House chamber, and state Sen. Colton Moore (R-Trenton) was banned last year after he denounced late House Speaker David Ralston as “one of the most corrupt Georgia leaders we’ll ever see in our lifetime.

Brian Kemp’s State of the State address ... That vote in 2023 came two months after former House Speaker David Ralston unexpectedly died. Democrats at the time agreed to vote by acclamation ...

According to arrest warrants, Moore is charged with one misdemeanor count of Willful Obstruction of Law Enforcement Officers.

Colton Moore was banned from setting foot in the chamber after he made disparaging comments about late House Speaker David Ralston ... chambers during Gov. Brian Kemp's State of the State Address.

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Georgia’s House speaker says he’s lifting his ban on a state senator entering the House chamber. The Friday decision came a day after Sen.

Moore also rudely insulted late House Speaker David Ralston, calling him a “tyrant” following his death in 2022. Moore warned his colleagues in a letter the previous day that he planned to attend.