Illinois Democrat Bobby Rush took to the House floor to make a statement about the killing of Florida teen Trayvon Martin, wearing a hoodie in defiance of the dress code on the House floor.
Rush, a 10-term lawmaker from Chicago, began his remarks concealing a grey hoodie beneath a suit jacket.
“The death of Trayvron Martin is indeed an American tragedy,” he began. “Too often this violent act that resulted in the murder of Trayvon Martin is repeated in the streets of our nation.”
Rush said he applauded “the young people all across the land who are making a statement about hoodies, about the real hoodlums in this nation, particularly those who tread on our laws wearing official or quasi-official clothes.”
Rush then took off his jacket and said, “Racial profiling has to stop, Mr. Speaker.”
“Just because someone wears a hoodie,” he said as he pulled the hood over his head, “does not make them a hoodlum.”
At this point, the Speaker pro tempore, Rep. Gregg Harper, slammed the gavel in an attempt to break Rush’s speech and warn him about breaking the dress code.
“The Bible teaches us, Mr. Speaker,…” Rush said as he was cut off repeatedly by Harper. Still, he continued to recite scripture through Harper’s instructions and banging of the gavel.
“‘The spirit of the lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim the good news to the poor,’” Rush preached, quoting Luke 4:18. “‘He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and to recover sight to the blind, to set the oppressed free.’ I urge all who hear these words to heed these lessons. May God bless Trayvon Martin’s soul, his family, –”
At this point, Rush’s microphone was cut off and he finally left the well of the chamber. Harper then warned members against breaking the dress code.
“The chair will ask the Sergeant at Arms to enforce the prohibition on décor,” Harper announced. “The chair must remind members that clause 5 of rule 17 prohibits the wearing of hats in the chamber when the House is in session. The chair finds that the donning of a hood is not consistent with this rule. Members need to remove their hoods or leave the floor.”
Martin’s parents visited Capitol Hill Tuesday to participate in a forum organized by House Judiciary Democrats on racial profiling and hate crimes. Rush, a former member of the Black Panthers during the late 1960s and early 1970s, also attended the briefing.
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Rush, a 10-term lawmaker from Chicago, began his remarks concealing a grey hoodie beneath a suit jacket.
“The death of Trayvron Martin is indeed an American tragedy,” he began. “Too often this violent act that resulted in the murder of Trayvon Martin is repeated in the streets of our nation.”
Rush said he applauded “the young people all across the land who are making a statement about hoodies, about the real hoodlums in this nation, particularly those who tread on our laws wearing official or quasi-official clothes.”
Rush then took off his jacket and said, “Racial profiling has to stop, Mr. Speaker.”
“Just because someone wears a hoodie,” he said as he pulled the hood over his head, “does not make them a hoodlum.”
At this point, the Speaker pro tempore, Rep. Gregg Harper, slammed the gavel in an attempt to break Rush’s speech and warn him about breaking the dress code.
“The Bible teaches us, Mr. Speaker,…” Rush said as he was cut off repeatedly by Harper. Still, he continued to recite scripture through Harper’s instructions and banging of the gavel.
“‘The spirit of the lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim the good news to the poor,’” Rush preached, quoting Luke 4:18. “‘He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and to recover sight to the blind, to set the oppressed free.’ I urge all who hear these words to heed these lessons. May God bless Trayvon Martin’s soul, his family, –”
At this point, Rush’s microphone was cut off and he finally left the well of the chamber. Harper then warned members against breaking the dress code.
“The chair will ask the Sergeant at Arms to enforce the prohibition on décor,” Harper announced. “The chair must remind members that clause 5 of rule 17 prohibits the wearing of hats in the chamber when the House is in session. The chair finds that the donning of a hood is not consistent with this rule. Members need to remove their hoods or leave the floor.”
Martin’s parents visited Capitol Hill Tuesday to participate in a forum organized by House Judiciary Democrats on racial profiling and hate crimes. Rush, a former member of the Black Panthers during the late 1960s and early 1970s, also attended the briefing.
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And omg have you seen the beach photoshoot?! Jesus Christ, if he looks like that when he doesn't go to the gym or stay on a diet....lol my brain is going places XD
And yes I have seen that shoot. I saved the pics so I can look at them whenever I want. Personally, I stay away from ONTD because of the way they talk about people I like. I was on ONTD_Glee for about five minutes and wanted to strangle all of them for the way they talked about Darren.
I left ONTD-Glee after the first time people kept insulted Chris's looks. And not his pre-growth spurt looks, the way he looks now. Boy is so fine he doesn't even look like he should exist on this plane of existence. And then I went back once and they were insulting Darren's voice and my heart just can't handle that, so I went back to tumblr and basked with my fellow Chris/Darren/Amber stans about how glorious those three are.
I don't think the people who bash Darren have ever seen anything he was in aside from Glee, to be honest.
I agree. I also don't think they realize just how smart he is. What was it, fifteen musical instruments he could play at last count? And the playwrighting/composing, and his own album, and all the different types of activism he does....I just don't understand how someone could outright hate him!