Video Shows GOP Senator Shoved To Ground Arrested, Trying To Enter Georgia Capitol

Chaos erupted inside Georgia’s State Capitol on Thursday morning after conservative firebrand State Sen. Colton Moore was arrested in what many are calling an egregious display of political retaliation and bureaucratic overreach.

Moore — known nationally for his efforts to impeach Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis for her politically charged indictment of President Donald Trump — attempted to enter the House chamber to attend Gov. Brian Kemp’s State of the State Address. Instead, he ended up being dragged out of the Capitol in handcuffs, according to Fox News.

The dramatic escalation stems from Moore’s ongoing dispute with state leadership. He is currently banned from stepping foot inside the chamber after he blasted the state Senate for pushing a resolution to name a University of North Georgia building after the late former House Speaker David Ralston.

“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 said at the time.

On Wednesday, Moore sent a sharply worded letter to House Speaker Jon Burns arguing the ban was unconstitutional and informing him that he intended to take his seat during the joint session.

“I will NEVER back down,” Moore wrote on X, where he posted the letter. “I will ALWAYS speak the truth and represent the people of Northwest Georgia as their trusted America First Senator.”

But when Moore attempted to enter the chamber, tension quickly escalated. He was stopped at the door and, according to Fox’s reporting, shoved to the ground by a doorman in an incident caught on video.

Standing his ground, Moore reminded Georgia State Patrol officers that he had a constitutional right to enter and demanded the doorman be arrested for violating the law. “This is a joint session of the General Assembly. Your House rules do not apply,” Moore told them. “I’m going into the chamber.”

When it became clear the doormen were acting as gatekeepers, Moore pressed the troopers directly, asking whether he was being denied entry. Moments later, the standoff intensified. Video shows Moore being pushed down by a doorman, surrounded by officers, and arrested.

As he was escorted out, Moore condemned Georgia’s political leadership as “authoritarians” and accused them of silencing the voice of his constituents.

The backlash came swiftly. Georgia GOP Chairman Josh McKoon blasted the decision to bar Moore from the chamber and said the arrest was indefensible.

“It was not only legally appropriate to admit him to today’s proceedings — it was simply the right thing to do,” McKoon told FOX 5 Atlanta. He urged Republicans to focus on Gov. Kemp’s legislative agenda “not internal conflicts.”

Moore’s clash with Georgia’s establishment is nothing new. Last year, the state’s Republican Senate Caucus suspended him after he criticized their refusal to impeach Fani Willis for her political case against President Trump. “The Georgia RINOs responded to my call to fight back against the Trump witch hunts by acting like children and throwing me out of the caucus,” Moore wrote on X. “But I’m not going anywhere.”

Moore emerged as the leading advocate for calling a special session to remove or defund Willis — even earning President Trump’s endorsement. But Gov. Kemp dismissed the effort, smearing it as “some grifter scam” designed to boost Moore’s fundraising.

Meanwhile, Willis’ prosecution has been severely weakened following revelations of her romantic relationship with prosecutor Nathan Wade, whom she hired to spearhead the anti-Trump case.

The arrest of Colton Moore signals a deepening rift inside Georgia’s GOP — one that pits America First conservatives against an entrenched state leadership that many believe is all too willing to appease Democrats while punishing its own.