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    Dem pulled from House floor for Trayvon hoodie

    Dem pulled from House floor for Trayvon hoodie

    washingtonexaminer.com
    byJoel Gehrke Commentary Staff Writer



    Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill., lost his right to speak on the House floor after he violated rules by putting on a hoodie and sunglasses in honor of Trayvon Martin, the Florida teen shot last month.

    "May God bless Trayvon Martin's soul, his family and -- [inaudible]" Rush said as he was removed from the House floor this morning for wearing a hoodie.

    Rush was wearing a grey hoodie under his suit jacket. He took off his jacket, pulled the hood over his head and put on sunglasses while saying "racial profiling has to stop, Mr. Speaker. Just because someone wears a hoodie does not make them a hoodlum," he said.

    "The member will suspend," said a visibly frustrated Rep. Gregg Harper, R-Miss., the speaker pro tempore presiding over the morning session. "The member is no longer recognized. The chair will ask the sergeant-at-arms to enforce the rules on decorum."

    Rush shouted Bible passages over the sound of the gavel as the speaker interrupted him, but he was eventually pulled from the House floor. "The chair will ask the sergeant-at-arms to enforce the rules on decorum," Harper said.

    Rush's "donning of the hood" violated clause five of House Rule 17 against wearing hats on the House floor.

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    The Illinois congressman and former Black Panther chose this occasion to make a statement on the Trayvon Martin case. Unfortunately, the statement didn’t go over so well with the House sergeant-at-arms.

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