Ahead of Gov. Brian Kemp ’s (R-GA) State of the State address, Moore was arrested after he attempted to enter the state House chamber despite having been banned from the area last year. Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns lifted Moore’s ban hours after his arrest.

ATLANTA - Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, who presides over the Georgia Senate, said Friday that he won't tolerate any future episodes like what happened Thursday when Sen. Colton Moore was arrested for trying to enter the state House chambers.

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. State Sen.

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.

Conservative state Sen. Colton Moore was banned from the lower chamber last year, after he made disparaging statements about the late-Georgia state Speaker David Ralston. Moore's outburst at the time was condemned by lawmakers on both sides.

ATLANTA — A Georgia state senator arrested at the Capitol Thursday returned Friday. Hours later, the state House Speaker lifted the banishment that resulted in Sen. Colton Moore's arrest. Moore (R-Trenton) showed off a a bit of a bruise he said he got when a House staffer wrestled him to the ground and state troopers took him into custody Thursday.

Police pushed state Sen. Colton Moore to the ground and arrested him as he attempted to enter the state House chamber from which he had been banned.

The state senator had been subject to a ban from the House chamber over previous disparaging remarks about late House speaker David Ralston.

Georgia Republican House Speaker Jon Burns rescinded a ban on a state senator after he was arrested Thursday for attempting to enter the House chamber and hear Gov. Brian Kemp’s (R) state address. “While the Senator’s actions were despicable and hurtful to all who knew,

A Georgia state senator and hardline supporter of President-elect Trump appeared to be pushed to the floor before being arrested while trying to enter the state House chamber on Thursday.

Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns announced Friday afternoon that with the blessing of former Speaker David Ralston’s family, State Sen. Colton Moore will be allowed back into the House chamber.

Lt. Gov. Burt Jones told state House Speaker Jon Burns that the arrest of Sen. Colton Moore during the governor’s State of the State speech was “an embarrassment for all of us.” He was so right!