What do we make of the Georgia representative who was arrested for trying to enter the General Assembly?

[TivoliDawg]

I've read two articles on it and still don't understand why he was banned. That being said, once the doorman bars you, trying to physically push past is/ was a bad idea. (he got shoved to the ground like a girl and arrested).

He claimed to the cameras that it was a constitutional violation (he may be right?) but touching another person physically is always a bad idea.

 

[jlstone412]

I've read two articles on it and still don't understand why he was banned. That being said, once the doorman bars you, trying to physically push past is/ was a bad idea. (he got shoved to the ground like a girl and arrested).

He claimed to the cameras that it was a constitutional violation (he may be right?) but touching another person physically is always a bad idea.

He was ordered by the speaker not to be there. Reminder via letter yesterday. He FAFO in my opinion...

He disparaged late speaker Ralston. Was asked to apologize. Hasn't done so.

 

[MillDawg]

He isn't wrong on Ralston, but this isn't the way to go about it. He makes their jobs to whitewash easier

 

[OriginalGatorHator]

I like ol Colton. He lived in my dorm at UGA. Solid guy and would rather have him acting a little redneck than the meely mouthed republicans currently populating the general assembly.

 

[jlstone412]

He isn't wrong on Ralston, but this isn't the way to go about it. He makes their jobs to whitewash easier

This.

Colton being a jackass isn't excusable. He had a way to rectify this. He didn't. He's being punished. And that's ok. He made this bed.

 

[Southern_brand]

I mean, are we really banning people from the general assembly because they said something mean? Lol Give me a break. Colton may not have handled it correctly, but it’s a little childish to ban him as well.

 

[OriginalGatorHator]

I mean, are we really banning people from the general assembly because they said something mean? Lol Give me a break. Colton may not have handled it correctly, but it’s a little childish to ban him as well.

I don’t really know how people expected Colton to handle being unfairly barred from entry to the General Assembly his constituents voted him into.

I mean it would be different if he walked carrying a saber and challenging the speaker to a duel but if the house tried to ban my representative from doing the job I voted for him to do I think I’d want my representative raising hell about the whole thing.

 

[jlstone412]

I don’t really know how people expected Colton to handle being unfairly barred from entry to the General Assembly his constituents voted him into.

I mean it would be different if he walked carrying a saber and challenging the speaker to a duel but if the house tried to ban my representative from doing the job I voted for him to do I think I’d want my representative raising hell about the whole thing.

I'm pretty sure NW GA didn't hire moore to go talk shit about a dead man at said dead man's memorial service... If front of said dead man's family. Time and a place...and he picked the wrong one.

Also, he's a senator, correct? And it's the speaker of the house that banned him from the GA, correct? So... He's not barred from doing the work people hired him to do. He's barred from the GA... which last I checked is not where he works. In there he is only a spectator.

He is reaping what he sowed....

 

[Southern_brand]

I don’t really know how people expected Colton to handle being unfairly barred from entry to the General Assembly his constituents voted him into.

I mean it would be different if he walked carrying a saber and challenging the speaker to a duel but if the house tried to ban my representative from doing the job I voted for him to do I think I’d want my representative raising hell about the whole thing.

True….I don’t disagree

 

[agentorange70]

I have no idea about the backstory,...but the Congressional hall sounded like a squeaky HS basketball game

 

[TivoliDawg]

I mean, are we really banning people from the general assembly because they said something mean? Lol Give me a break. Colton may not have handled it correctly, but it’s a little childish to ban him as well.

That's what I don't understand. I can't find any thorough articles on what happened. He posted something on Twitter and that got him barred? I feel like I'm missing something.

Regardless, if you are formally barred, and he was, trying to bumrush cops is the wrong idea. particularly if you're not tough.

 

[jlstone412]

That's what I don't understand. I can't find any thorough articles on what happened. He posted something on Twitter and that got him barred? I feel like I'm missing something.

Regardless, if you are formally barred, and he was, trying to bumrush cops is the wrong idea. particularly if you're not tough.

It started here:

A Georgia senator was exiled from the GOP caucus. Now Colton Moore is banned from the state House

A Georgia state senator has been banned from the House floor after he made a slashing attack on the memory of House Speaker David Ralston. Republican Sen.

apnews.com

The only reason he was arrested is because he didn't comply. He may have an argument about being arrested but that's for him to resolve. He was reminded of his barring, met with burns prior and couldn't come to a resolution, yet still tried to bum rush his way in.

He is responsible for his actions. No one else.

 

[TivoliDawg]

It started here:

A Georgia senator was exiled from the GOP caucus. Now Colton Moore is banned from the state House

A Georgia state senator has been banned from the House floor after he made a slashing attack on the memory of House Speaker David Ralston. Republican Sen.

apnews.com

The only reason he was arrested is because he didn't comply. He may have an argument about being arrested but that's for him to resolve. He was reminded of his barring, met with burns prior and couldn't come to a resolution, yet still tried to bum rush his way in.

He is responsible for his actions. No one else.

Yep. More grown men who think actions have no consequences.

 

[Georgia Knight]

I'm pretty sure NW GA didn't hire moore to go talk shit about a dead man at said dead man's memorial service... If front of said dead man's family. Time and a place...and he picked the wrong one.

Also, he's a senator, correct? And it's the speaker of the house that banned him from the GA, correct? So... He's not barred from doing the work people hired him to do. He's barred from the GA... which last I checked is not where he works. In there he is only a spectator.

He is reaping what he sowed....

The problem of modern politics is the fact that we don't call out crooks in power. Ralston abused his power for personal gain, and for the bidding of bad people.

In a better world, it would be an insult to the people of Georgia to treat the man as a figure of reverence.

 

[Georgia Knight]

Yep. More grown men who think actions have no consequences.

The otherside of this is that I think Moore expected the reaction he got, and will gain more from the incident than the Speaker did by barring him.

 

[KidneyStoned]

I've read two articles on it and still don't understand why he was banned. That being said, once the doorman bars you, trying to physically push past is/ was a bad idea. (he got shoved to the ground like a girl and arrested).

He claimed to the cameras that it was a constitutional violation (he may be right?) but touching another person physically is always a bad idea.

Refused a lawful order. Get what he gets.

 

[Georgia Knight]

Refused a lawful order. Get what he gets.

The same logic behind arresting preists during covid.

 

[jlstone412]

The problem of modern politics is the fact that we don't call out crooks in power. Ralston abused his power for personal gain, and for the bidding of bad people.

In a better world, it would be an insult to the people of Georgia to treat the man as a figure of reverence.

Moore called out a dead man....at the man's memorial...in front of his family. A POS move if you ask me. The majority of lawmakers agree with me.

In a better world, Moore would have STFU at the memorial and he'd be allowed to enter the GA chambers.

The problem with modern politics is there's no politics. It's all for show. It's who can get traction on Twitter.

 

[Georgia Knight]

Moore called out a dead man....at the man's memorial...in front of his family. A POS move if you ask me. The majority of lawmakers agree with me.

In a better world, Moore would have STFU at the memorial and he'd be allowed to enter the GA chambers.

The problem with modern politics is there's no politics. It's all for show. It's who can get traction on Twitter.

The majority of lawmakers are complicit in accepting the behavior of Ralston, and that's the problem. Again, the man whored out his position as Speaker of the House to benefit his legal practice, which included keeping child molesters out of jail.

The facts of this case are not even in dispute. He did it. Everyone knows he did it.

Yet he was still honored as a respected statesmen, because we have no standards for those elected to office.

THAT should be the scandal.

Now was Moore's behavior tacky? Sure. Was it self-agrandizing? Yes. It's still politics.

But in a sane world, the sin of honoring Ralston would be considered far more severe than the sin of breaking decorum.

 

[KidneyStoned]

The same logic behind arresting preists during covid.

That makes no sense, and you can’t even spell priest.

 

[Georgia Knight]

That makes no sense, and you can’t even spell priest.

If you can't understand the logic, that's a bigger issue than a typo.