Georgia senator arrested after he tried to defy a ban on entering the House chamber

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. Republican state Sen. Colton Moore was taken to jail Thursday and was charged with willful obstruction of law enforcement officers, a misdemeanor. House Speaker Burns banned Moore from the House last year after Moore denounced late House Speaker David Ralston. Moore says Burns can't legally prevent him from attending a joint House-Senate session to listen to Gov. Brian Kemp. A lawyer for the speaker’s office shoved Moore and the senator fell to the ground after Moore's attempts to push his way past House staffers.