Republican-on-Republican Violence
GA Assembly Opens with a Bang!...and a Shove!
You guessed it, it’s our own state senator at the middle of it all
https://x.com/bluestein/status/1879922869171589603
(X link by Greg Bluestein shows the entire altercation.)
Press release by possible candidate Jack Zibluk:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact Jack Zibluk 870-219-3328 Jackzibluk@gmail.com Jackzforga.com
A possible challenger to state Sen. Colton Moore said today that his arrest after an altercation in the state House of Representatives makes him “unfit for office.”
Jack Zibluk, a former Democratic nominee for the First District in the state house of representatives, said “It’s easy to take potshots after such an embarrassing situation, but the bottom line is that the distraction and toxicity makes him ineffective at best, and downright unfit overall.
Zibluk, a Lookout Mountain, Ga., resident and Massengil professor of communication at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, emphasized that the incident, one of several in the past year, makes colleagues even in his own party snub him “He was banned from the house of representatives that’s controlled by his own party,” Zibluk said.
Moore was banned from entering the house after he made disparaging remarks about a deceased Democratic representative and a memorial service in the chamber. Thursday, he defied the ban and was pushed to the floor by police officers and later arrested.
“The showmanship and grandstanding does nothing for the people of the 53rd senate district he represents,” Zibluk said. “The whole slew of incidents maker it nearly impossible for him to accomplish anything for Northwest Georgia.”
Zibluk, 65, has already discussed a possible challenge to Moore with supporters in the district, and he said the response has been “very positive”
“People know from my last run, that I am all about working on regional economic development in the Chattanooga metro area as well as transportation and mental health issues. Whenn you get away from partisan bomb-throwing, Republicans, independents and Democrats just want to see good, responsible government, Zibluk said. “And Colton Moore has proven again and again he can only deliver a partisan circus.”
Moore was later arrested - https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/colton-moore-arrested-georgia-senator/85-1a36ba5d-c6a0-4e3d-a70a-4346e05bde04?fbclid=IwY2xjawH2Od1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHTbIa_TSM908SmI3t6bX4EeF-yifJOSkYgA_q5NzJ4ebJZ6JWY_JRa1yng_aem_ssHO3mjnUSeMJBsH2QjWhA