Here's what you want to do. The handle is held in by two bolts covered by rubber grommets. There are instructions on how to remove your door handles, just do a quick search.
The button is held onto the activator with only a few screws. You'll want to remove the button from the door handles and clean it off as a separate part. DO NOT try to fix this while everything assembled. You will muck things up worse than they are now. Take the time to take everything apart and you should be able to manually remove enough paint material to get it to move freely within the assembly.
Good luck.
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