Republican U.S. Rep. David Clark (R-Georgia) was kicked out of the state Capitol on Tuesday (26) for refusing to be tested twice a week for the Chinese Communist virus.
According to a statement posted on Twitter by the office of Joe State House Speaker David Ralston (R), a lawmaker who had been repeatedly told to comply with testing requirements but still refused to be tested at any Time during the session was escorted out of the Capitol by a staff member of the state Department of Public Safety because the lawmaker refused to leave on his own, in accordance with the authority granted to the Speaker under House Rules.
On the same day, Clark declared in an email that he arrived on the Assembly floor ready to follow the required protocol of wearing a mask, maintaining social distance and taking his temperature. But “I will not be forced to take a CCP virus test or any unnecessary medical test without a basis for doing so.”
I’m the congressman for District 98, and that’s not my office, it’s the people’s office,” Clark said. I work for you, but I cannot in good conscience watch expensive tests that should be given to Georgia’s much-needed citizens go to waste simply because of the political image of the Legislature.”
In an interview with Joe State’s WXIA-TV, Clark said that when he walked into the chamber in the morning, he was told he wasn’t allowed in. He disagreed with the twice-a-week testing policy because there are still important staff members who can’t be tested.
“Teachers can’t get it, first responders can’t get it.” Clark told reporters, “We get tested twice, but the people out there don’t get the same thing. My grandmother wouldn’t get tested twice.”
After the incident, Ralston’s office said in a statement that the congressman was allowed to return only after all security policies were followed. Ralston also said that in addition to being kicked out of the Capitol, Clark refused to follow the rules and regulations, so no more office space in the Capitol will be assigned to him.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC) reporter Greg Bluestein tweeted that Clark, who is considering legal action, vowed to return to the House on Wednesday and said he would go to the Capitol every day and work for his constituents.
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