Georgia State Patrol officers arrested Republican Georgia state Sen. Colton Moore for trying to enter the House chambers after House Speaker Jon Burns banned him from the floor.

Colton Moore, a Trump loyalist, was banned last year over his condemnation of a deceased state senator who was being honored by his colleagues.

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

Georgia Republican State Senator Colton Moore was arrested on Thursday after fighting to be let into the chambers.

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.

A Georgia state senator who was previously banned from the state House chamber has been arrested after he tried to enter the chamber for the governor’s state of the state speech.

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."

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

Sen. Moore was banned from entering House chambers after making controversial comments about late House Speaker David Ralston.

Georgia State Senator Colton Moore, representing parts of North Georgia, was arrested at the state capitol Thursday morning while trying to attend the annual State of the State address.

Colton Moore, a Georgia state senator was stopped and pushed into the ground by the authorities from entering the House chamber.

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.