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Georgia lawmaker booted from chamber for failing to get COVID-19 test
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| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Jan 26, 2021 10:30am |
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| Author | David Wickert |
| News Date | Tuesday, January 26, 2021 04:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | A Georgia state representative was removed from the House chamber Tuesday for refusing to be tested for COVID-19.
Rep. David Clark, R-Buford, was escorted out of the chamber by a state trooper after he refused to leave when asked by Speaker David Ralston.
Clark had refused to comply with requirements that House members be tested for COVID-19 twice a week. He has not been tested since the session began three weeks ago, according to Kaleb McMichen, Ralston’s director of communication.
Clark could not immediately be reached for comment.
“We have a member of this body who has deliberate failed at all to be tested as we begin session, clearly in violation of our testing policy, jeopardizing the health of other members of this chamber,” Ralston announced Tuesday morning.
Ralston did not name the member, but said, “I’m going to ask that member to be as discreet as possible to leave the chamber.”
When Clark did not leave, Ralston asked House members whether they supported the testing policy. They said they did.
Ralston then called for a trooper to escort the unnamed member out of the chamber. The trooper approached Clark and led him out.
Many House members applauded Ralston’s action after Clark was removed. |
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