GOP lawmaker expelled from Georgia’s House chamber after refusing to take Covid test

A Republican state lawmaker in was escorted out of the House chamber in Atlanta by a Georgia state trooper - after he refused to take a Covid-19 test.

David Clark violated the chamber’s twice-a-week coronavirus testing policy, according to The Washington Post.

The House speaker, Republican representative David Ralston, ordered him to leave on Tuesday for “jeopardizing the health of our members in this chamber.”

After Mr Clark refused, Mr Ralston ordered a state trooper to remove him.