re: Here’s the full arrest video of Colton Moore at Georgia statehouse.

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So, Moore stood up during the ceremony honoring Ralston and proceeded to condemn Ralston and said a number of very nasty things about the deceased former speaker. It was completely inappropriate. Yes, what he said was a real picture of the former speaker, however, it was not the time nor the place to make that outburst.

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So, taking time out of his life to bring to light some of the worst things the former speaker is guilty of, but picking the most inappropriate setting.

Freaking bravo. The disconnect certain people have regarding such issues is truly astounding. Turning a villain, and making him look sympathetic, is the exact opposite objective, and yet there he goes…

Thanks for this background.

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to attend the State of the State speech

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So is this some kind of Repub only deal/meeting he was restricted from or was it in the full State chambers? Im not understanding how he can be kept out of the official full assembly as an elected official.

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This speaker fricked up and my guess is that he will end up paying dearly for this.

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Not near dearly enough

He denied 200,000 people their rightful voice

He should pay with his life

Wow!!! I thought this was South Korea for an instant. Who would. want to live in GA with this kind of stuff going on?! Crazy state with the way they vote, electing two radical liberals to the Senate. GA is NY!

I used to like GA and struck up a good relationship with Herschel, but man what has happened to this wayward southern state?

Big shocker here:

Fox News: State lawmaker has House chamber ban revoked after viral scuffle left him hospitalized

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A Georgia state senator has had his ban from entering the state House chamber revoked following an ugly incident on Thursday which saw him flung to the floor, arrested and subsequently hospitalized.

State Sen. Colton Moore, a hardline supporter of President-elect Trump who previously tried to have Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis impeached for indicting the former president, was involved in a heated exchange at the entrance to the House chamber where officials refused him entry to attend Gov. Brian Kemp's State of the State Address.

Moore, of Trenton in Dade County, ended up being pushed to the floor by Keith Williams, a lawyer for House Speaker Jon Burns' office, who was trying to enforce a ban placed on Moore by the speaker. Moore was banned from entering the chamber after he blasted the state Senate's decision last year to consider a resolution to name a building at the University of North Georgia after the now-deceased former house speaker David Ralston.

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"Today they took my freedom and liberty away as I was fighting for your freedom and liberty. But I tell you what, we still have a constitutional duty to do work, and I’ll still be in that legislature tomorrow morning. Thank you all for the support."

Burns initially said that the incident was "incredibly unfortunate and said that Moore had "created a dangerous situation when he chose to use force against our law enforcement officers, dedicated doorkeepers and House staff." Burns said that the integrity and decorum of this House was "non-negotiable—period."

On Friday, Burns, a Republican from Newington, lifted his ban after state Senate and Republican Party leaders lined up to support Moore.

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Burns said that Moore’s desire to "cause a disturbance and gain notoriety in the press broke longstanding rules and precedents of decorum that each member of the General Assembly has a responsibility to uphold." But he said he’d admit Moore for joint sessions without an apology because Ralston wouldn’t have wanted the legislature’s work to be hindered.

"For this reason, the Ralston family has expressed to their family here in the House that they desire for our chamber to resume business as normal — with all members of the General Assembly present — for any future joint sessions with or without the apology they and the House deserve," Burns said.

Moore’s ban had stemmed from a speech he gave last year blasting former speaker Ralston, who was also a Republican.

Moore accused Ralston of using his office to delay court cases for criminal defendants he had represented as an attorney. Ralston claimed in 2019 that his actions were entirely legal.

"This body is about to memorialize, in my opinion, one of the most corrupt Georgia leaders that we are ever going to see in my lifetime," Moore exclaimed at the time.

It’s not the first time Colton, a self-described "RINO wrangler," has clashed with his Republican colleagues.

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Hopefully it costs Burns his position of speaker and eventual seat. I don't really care for theatrics in politics either but I dislike dummies in politics even more. Burns knew what he was risking and gave Moore the perfect op. And he took it.