Politics

Dem. Rep. Causes Chaos on House Floor After Giving Speech in a Hoodie

UPDATE: The Blaze was able to get an exclusive interview with Rush. You can watch him explain the incident here.

Dem. Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL) was reprimanded after taking off his suit jacket and giving a speech on the House floor in a hoodie, even after told to stop:

The Washington Times has more:

“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,” Rep. Gregg Harper, R-Miss., the man serving as speaker pro tempore at the time, said. “The member is no longer recognized. The chair will ask the sergeant-at-arms to enforce the rules on decorum.”

Rush violated the rule against wearing hats in the House chamber.

(H/T: Buzzfeed)

Comments (589)

  • KickinBack
    Posted on March 28, 2012 at 11:48am

    And if I break my dress code at work…canned…in a heartbeat. Fire him.

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on March 28, 2012 at 11:59am

      Let me ask this question and I‘ll make it in caps so that it’s apparent..WHAT DO YOU THINK THE CHANCES ARE THAT THE DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING FOR ANOTHER SANDRA FLUKE BAIT WITH BRINGING A LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ISSUE CONCERNING THE SHOOTING OF A BLACK YOUTH TO CONGRESS?

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    • whatthecrazy
      Posted on March 28, 2012 at 12:00pm

      Trying to reason with a dem-lefty is like trying to reason with a young child except sometimes it easier with a young child!

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    • CatB
      Posted on March 28, 2012 at 12:00pm

      You got that right …. what is the PUNISHMENT .. I know what most employers would do … FIRED

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    • jhaydeng
      Posted on March 28, 2012 at 8:15pm

      These elected officials make a mockery of this important and prestigious position! What an absolute insult to the country and his constituents!

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    • los-un-majestico
      Posted on March 28, 2012 at 8:47pm

      In the immortal words of Bugs Bunny, ” What a maroon!”

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    • random357
      Posted on March 28, 2012 at 8:53pm

      This dip stick can’t even speak English very well. How did this guy get elected?
      I guess dems will vote the party not the man.

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    • bw3131
      Posted on March 28, 2012 at 11:16pm

      Treyvon.. Hows that whole THUG muslim militant black PussPanther thing workig out for ya now?
      Beelzabub- Lord of the Flies is ralling all you dung loving vermin to spew hate and fling arrows, gather you flies, gather around your pile of steamy Obama, gather you flies, so we can all see your evil, the black muslims, the gangsta wanabe, the intelectual commies, the stealers and destroyers, gather you flies around the steamy pile that is obama.
      You will be easy to rid ourselves of, once you have gathered in masses, what an exitable stinking swarm of ignorance for all to see, gather you FLIES!

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    • Paul
      Posted on March 29, 2012 at 12:37am

      See chart at the end… (Off subject)

      http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123051100709638419.html

      Tic Toc… Open your eyes this is all written…

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    • lenati
      Posted on March 29, 2012 at 7:29am

      It appears that the left can say & do what ever they want they have the leader [?] in the white house to back them. Someone should know all the facts before opening his mouth>

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    • poorrichard09
      Posted on March 29, 2012 at 8:13am

      What outrageous behavior! I mean, you can’t say GOD BLESS somebody on the floor of the House-separation of church and state, blah blah blah. :p

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    • poorrichard09
      Posted on March 29, 2012 at 9:07am

      RANDOM357
      He can get elected because the people in his district are even dumber than he is!

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    • georgette
      Posted on March 29, 2012 at 2:26pm

      Isn’t there a minimum age requirement for election to Congress?

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    • skyehawk
      Posted on March 29, 2012 at 8:07pm

      ALWAYS REMEMBER …TMARTIN WAS KILLED BY A HISPANIC PERSON …NOT A ” white ” guy as OFTEN REPORTED ……: IF ZIM IS WHITE ….THEN SO IS OBAMA , PERIOD ……So quit making this a racial issue …….

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    • Tonto USA
      Posted on March 29, 2012 at 11:03pm

      Drama! De black boy jes be tryin’ ta get re-elected is all……in a childish, juvenile manner. Will these socialist pukes ever grow up and act like adults? Will the race card be continually replayed? When does their subscription to “Victimhood Incorporated” ever run out? How about their sympathy pimphood? When is that over? Probably about the time their “entitlement” BS runs out.

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  • spirited
    Posted on March 28, 2012 at 11:46am

    Bobby Rush must be in agreement with Black Banther Muhammad
    when it come to “the white man’s laws”.

    How clever (not) of Rush to read words from the Bible during a government ‘procedure’.

    >Rush and his ilk are shameless about their self-serving, biggoted….. idealogy.

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    • YAHSHUARULES
      Posted on March 28, 2012 at 12:32pm

      Oh how far we have fallen…The Founders knew that the only people suitable to our Republic were a biblically educated grounded in Judeo/Christian values people regardless of their religion or lack thereof. There is no hope for America without morality and morality is grounded in the word of God. I went to “Monumental” last night. I have not set foot in a movie theater for years. What was on the screen was connecting with everyone there, Things I had learned in the last few years thanks to Glenn Beck and David Barton others were hearing for the first time, like the fact that the Congress of the United States of America paid for and distributed bibles – so much for the lie of separation of church and state. Bibles were bought and paid for by congress. Let that sink in. CONGRESS! Audible gasps and wow’s went through the place. Anyone who cares about this country and the direction it is going needs to see this movie. There is no fixing the economy without fixing the foundation, the bedrock on which this country was founded. I challenge all you who are especially antagonistic to the idea of this being ONE NATION UNDER GOD, go see the movie and then ask yourselves what you disagree with. You might be suprised.
      http://www.christianpost.com/news/kirk-cameron-tells-of-gods-monumental-role-in-americas-founding-72012/http://www.monumentalmovie.com/

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    • YAHSHUARULES
      Posted on March 28, 2012 at 12:38pm

      The links were not copied correctly sorry about that. I hate that…
      http://www.christianpost.com/news/kirk-cameron-tells-of-gods-monumental-role-in-americas-founding-72012/
      http://www.monumentalmovie.com/

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    • Hoser
      Posted on March 28, 2012 at 2:15pm

      @Spirtied – you’re more right than you know. Bobby Rush is still a hard line radical. Nothing has changed. He stands for everything that the Black Panther’s do. Moreover, when Rush raised his right hand to swear and protect the constitution this past election… he raised his right hand but never uttered a word. I saw it with my own eyes. One can claim that it doesn’t matter, and when swearing to uphold the constitution is just window dressing. Right. Sorta like marriage vows, I assume?
      Ultimately, there were several liberal dems who chose not to swear allegiance to the constitution. It’s on film. And no one has ever asked, “Why don‘t you say ’I Do’ when you take your oath of office?” In the end, it’s very telling. I think they know exactly what they’re doing and choose not to swear allegiance to the constitution. I wish someone would hold Washington accountable to their oaths and the law. As it now stands, there IS no law.

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    • unsafe
      Posted on March 28, 2012 at 2:55pm

      Who the hell can under stand a word Bobby said he talks as well as jackson…NOT!!!!! What a freaken fool he is, rest my case.

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    • YANKEESLAYER
      Posted on March 28, 2012 at 11:01pm

      Now politicians are inciting violence I hope they realize who they are F….ing with

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  • NHwinter
    Posted on March 28, 2012 at 11:45am

    Do you think you would ever see a Republican wear a hoodie on the House floor??? I highly doubt it.

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    • Maji
      Posted on March 28, 2012 at 12:39pm

      You think he was representing his “con-stit-chunt-cy”???

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    • Zipit
      Posted on March 28, 2012 at 11:27pm

      The absolute most pathetic thing I have ever witnessed from an elected member of the congress!!!!

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  • LRC
    Posted on March 28, 2012 at 11:45am

    I think he’s drunk…

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  • MONICNE
    Posted on March 28, 2012 at 11:45am

    Ha ha ha Haaa ha

    First Amendment – LOL

    Due respect for the Institution! ROTFL

    TEA

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on March 28, 2012 at 12:08pm

      MONACNE/SLEAZY HIPPO….did you think that your witless post would be of any value to anyone? Perhaps you should log in as your alter ego…SLEAZY HIPPO and see if “he” can do any better for you.

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    • 1chancey1
      Posted on March 28, 2012 at 12:19pm

      Encinom is tucking it between his legs again! I bet you stare at yourself in the mirror thinking that you would do you!

      FLEA

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    • Walkabout
      Posted on March 28, 2012 at 12:22pm

      A hood is intimidating. Think about it. What do you know of hominid evolution?
      It plays on the same plane as police men wearing blue.

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    • rangerp
      Posted on March 28, 2012 at 4:33pm

      MONCINE

      It has nothing to do with the 1st Amendment. It is about Decorum and Civility Rules in the House

      Dress and Comportment
      Members are required to dress appropriately, which has traditionally been considered to include a coat and tie for male Members and appropriate business attire for female Members. Members should not wear overcoats or hats on the floor while the House is in session. No eating, drinking, or smoking is permitted, and the use of personal electronic equipment, including cellular phones and laptop computers, is banned on the floor of the House. The rule does permit the use of “unobtrusive handheld electronic devices” such as a Blackberry.

      A Member must stand while speaking and address the Chair in their remarks (Mister or Madam Speaker; Mister or Madam Chairman). They must also refrain from addressing other Members, the President, the gallery, or the television viewing audience.

      Members are required to avoid walking between the Chair and any Member addressing the House and Members should not walk through the well of the House when Members are speaking

      Keep it real

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    • michael48
      Posted on March 28, 2012 at 6:55pm

      when the culling begins…monicne #1 lemming…if she’ll leave grannies basement…

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  • cracker_
    Posted on March 28, 2012 at 11:44am

    Thank God we’re not wasting our time on silly things like JOBS !

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    • HKS
      Posted on March 28, 2012 at 12:01pm

      Ever wonder why we haven’t had a budget since Obama took office. Well, employees reflect the directions of the boss.

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  • SpankDaMonkey
    Posted on March 28, 2012 at 11:41am

    .
    Where’s Zimmerman when we need him?……

    They should have Tasered his Uneducated Black African Government Dependent America Hating Democrat Slave Behind right there……..

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    • STEELERINTEXAS
      Posted on March 28, 2012 at 12:15pm

      Agree. They are actually making me dislike them even more.

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    • Your Name Here
      Posted on March 28, 2012 at 12:24pm

      And I thought “Laissez les bons temps roulez!” was just for partying.
      FREE government tasers for everyone!
      ZAP! “Don’t tase me *******!”

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  • SpeckledPup
    Posted on March 28, 2012 at 11:40am

    jeez so glad we left Chicago. rep rush has been a useless leech and a corrupt loudmouth drain on Chicago and has been nothing but a ‘black for the democrat plantation’ from day one. he is a Chicago JOKE. anything to get his name in the press.

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  • DaveIn84
    Posted on March 28, 2012 at 11:39am

    Should have tazed him,
    Typical politician pandering to his base – and what a crappy base it is: Illinois Brothers

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    • casseopea42
      Posted on March 28, 2012 at 11:43am

      I have this really pretty pink hoodie. It has Mickey Mouse on the back waving at everyone. Can I still wear that?

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    • SpeckledPup
      Posted on March 28, 2012 at 11:46am

      Chicago is owned by the gangs and the Nation of islam belligerents, a real joke that was began by a white man to begin with; he was murdered by his power-hungry jealous black Georgia sharecropper follower, and then all that Islam= UFOs BLT nonsense starts.

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  • Eric_The_Red_State
    Posted on March 28, 2012 at 11:37am

    NOTHING GOOD comes out of Illinois — just sayin

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    • SpeckledPup
      Posted on March 28, 2012 at 11:43am

      nothing good comes OUT of IL? wrong, thank God for the hundreds of thousands of pro-American Conservatives who left northeastern IL in “White Flight” since the 1960s. Chicago, what is left behind now, is town after town after town after town of the ghettoes of the democrat plantation.

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  • vinnymac46
    Posted on March 28, 2012 at 11:37am

    Its about the V-O-T-E-S people…black teens have been killing each other in their own neighborhoods, but let one get killed outside the “hood” and it’s a racial tragedy.

    Food for thought…is Al Sharpton a race bully? (trying to force feed his race views on everyone else)

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    • paperpushermj
      Posted on March 28, 2012 at 11:48am

      Yes

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    • I_Drink_Your_Milkshake
      Posted on March 28, 2012 at 11:54am

      rev. AL used his mothers funeral as pulpit to continue spewing his hate yesterday.

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    • CatB
      Posted on March 28, 2012 at 11:59am

      Agree!

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    • Your Name Here
      Posted on March 28, 2012 at 12:28pm

      Al and his buddies are not only race baiters, they’re the definition of reggiN.
      You don’t see decent black people over reacting to this. Only the bottom of the barrel welfare slaves are whipping up a frenzy of hate for their master the instigator in chief.

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    • Bigmouth-strikes-again
      Posted on March 28, 2012 at 1:16pm

      yes -Amen

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    • chips1
      Posted on March 28, 2012 at 1:52pm

      Al’s mother finally realized that death was the only way to get away from her son.

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  • arfarb55
    Posted on March 28, 2012 at 11:36am

    Fool in a party of fools.

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  • hauschild
    Posted on March 28, 2012 at 11:36am

    And, these people have the audacity to question why this country is falling apart at the seams??? Why do minorities feel they don’t have to follow the rules that govern a civil society? Don’t they understand that that is exactly the type of mentality that turns great societies into thug-ocracies? Do they care? If not, why not?

    How can you – as a reasonable mind – observe the behavior of people in other countries (good or bad) and in some way not come away from that with certain self-evident truths?

    I remember not so long ago, boys would be severely scolded for as little as wearing a hat indoors. Pretty sobering how a generation or two of not raising children properly is having such a detrimental impact on our society.

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  • RightUnite
    Posted on March 28, 2012 at 11:36am

    Ya know… If these black folks would put up such a fuss over black on black crime, then maybe I’d take them seriously… But seeing how apparently, they don’t have a problem with it, I won’t be concerning myself with this nonsense either…

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    • Shellback
      Posted on March 28, 2012 at 12:18pm

      Totaly agree. I never, ever see them get worked up when it is a black on non-black crime and there has been some horrific ones.

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    • Dismayed Veteran
      Posted on March 28, 2012 at 1:44pm

      I actually think that blacks do get worked up about black on black killing. It is just that the MSM doesn’t consider it news that advances the progressive agenda. The MSM make sure the US public doesn’t learn of the reaction of the mothers, fathers, brothers and sisters of the slain.

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    • chips1
      Posted on March 28, 2012 at 2:03pm

      I must be part black, because I don’t take it seriously either.

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  • Harry Assenback
    Posted on March 28, 2012 at 11:35am

    Hey everyone look over here! No need to pay attention to the unemployment rate, job creation, Obamacare, Trillions in Debt, Iran, Isreal, underemployment, gas prices, home values, or the price of oil. All of our attention should be focused on Hoodies. Time to Stand Our Ground.

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  • TRONRADIO
    Posted on March 28, 2012 at 11:34am

    A very juvenile demonstration.

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  • trolltrainer
    Posted on March 28, 2012 at 11:33am

    Thanks for showing all your constituents that you are nothing but a Fin’ bleep.

    Like it or not, you are treated in the manner you portray yourself. That aint profiling, it is common sense.

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on March 28, 2012 at 11:36am

      Theatre…pure theatre. The democrats have degenerated to props instead of substance.

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  • TXPilot
    Posted on March 28, 2012 at 11:32am

    Tasers were invented for people wearing hoodies…….just sayin’……

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  • YourVoiceMatters
    Posted on March 28, 2012 at 11:32am

    humble does not go their own way
    it is subjected under the laws of God
    which he certainly did not himself acknowledge
    while spouting the Holy Word on the floor…
    Can we say he misrepresented the Word of God …
    becoming a law unto his own self…
    It does not surprise me to see politicians using the Word of God for political purposes
    thinking he is untouchable…Is this something you would have seen Paul do?
    Truely i do not think i would want to be in his shoes when he faces the face of God and
    has to give an account of this action in his future!
    a haughty spirit demanding rheir own way while spouting the Word of God…incredulous

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    • PIGSWILLNEVERFLY
      Posted on March 28, 2012 at 12:12pm

      A Picture is worth a thousand Words……GANGSTA GOVERNMENT HAS COME TO DIS-ORDER!

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  • Baddoggy
    Posted on March 28, 2012 at 11:31am

    Does your wife get mad when you cut holes in her bedsheets to wear over your head?

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  • Tri-ox
    Posted on March 28, 2012 at 11:29am

    democrats are trash – Illinois democrats are obamatrash

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  • Baddoggy
    Posted on March 28, 2012 at 11:29am

    Yep…This administration will not stop until we are in an all out race war. They will use the Bible, the koran, the Unions and the OWSers along with all the other Connie pukes in this nation to get there.

    The sheeple (black and white) are going to walk right in and give them the race war they want. Then Obama will shut down the Internet, declare Martial Law and we are toast. All in the name of the color of skin…

    He wins if you fall into the trap with the other moron sheeple. I will save my powder for the real revolution, the one to restore the Republic.

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    • bw3131
      Posted on March 29, 2012 at 12:15am

      I think ya gota do the race war thing first or else the only republic you are restoring looks like Detroit. Sorry baddoggy but the darky dun cast his lot with the commies, and the militant muslims gota weed um out. Sucks don’t it.

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  • HKS
    Posted on March 28, 2012 at 11:27am

    Birds of a feather ya know. If it looks like a duck and all that stuff, probably a duck.

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    • Mil-Dot
      Posted on March 28, 2012 at 11:34am

      You can fool 13% of the population all of the time, but you can only fool the other 87% very rarely.

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    • hauschild
      Posted on March 28, 2012 at 11:40am

      More like you can fool 47% of the population all the time, but 53% occasionally.

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  • Watcher1952
    Posted on March 28, 2012 at 11:26am

    This is what America should be ready to deal with….of course realize that he is from IL….he would not follow the rules of the house…..more than a reprimand is in order. That to me is an incentive to riot or keep the tensions up….

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    • oldguy49
      Posted on March 28, 2012 at 11:33am

      they have holder to back them up and they follow their own rules

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    • SREGN
      Posted on March 28, 2012 at 12:58pm

      White peoples’ Rules Of The House.

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  • EqualJustice
    Posted on March 28, 2012 at 11:19am

    What a JERK! GO DO SOME REAL WORK!!!!!

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    • Baddoggy
      Posted on March 28, 2012 at 11:32am

      @Spank…WTF difference does the color of his ski make??? I thought you had a little sense…I was wrong.

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    • drago
      Posted on March 28, 2012 at 11:42am

      @baddoggy.
      Spank has a lot of sense. There are those of us true conservative Americans who are tired of this crap from the left. Ever since odumbo was elected, all we have heard is, racist this and racist that,and now this black fool gets up with a hoodie on,and widens the so called “race gap”. If what this idiot did doesnt infuriate you then you have sold your soul to the left.If blacks in this country want to keep pushing for a war, i say start it, or stfu,lets see how bad they want to end their own lives. This crap has gone on long enough,and is fueled solely by odumbo and the left.

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    • trolltrainer
      Posted on March 28, 2012 at 11:52am

      I am with baddoggy on this one. Don’t get into the “us vs them” mindset that anyone black is your enemy. THAT is playing into their hands and is the reaction they want. Skin color is meaningless, a person’s actions tell the story. I will not be baited into the race thing. If you act like a N then you will be treated as such. Case closed. But just because someone is black I do not jump to the conclusion they are a gangsta out to get me.

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    • oldguy49
      Posted on March 28, 2012 at 12:19pm

      i with troll on his point………..not color …….it is who you are as a human being……i know some white folks i would not walk across the street to help

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    • SpankDaMonkey
      Posted on March 28, 2012 at 12:40pm

      .
      Baddoggy
      Posted on March 28, 2012 at 11:32am
      @Spank…WTF difference does the color of his ski make??? I thought you had a little sense…I was wrong.

      The color of his skin has nothing to do with it Doggy…..He’s a Racist Straight Up……..

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    • drago
      Posted on March 28, 2012 at 3:09pm

      Actually, it “shouldnt” matter the color of your skin, but it those of color,such as rev. al and jesse, rep rush and so many other blacks,that now in this day and time, it is ALL about color,and as long odumbo is da prez,it will continue to be about color.When the nbp or some other radical black organization strarts killing whites, then come talk to me about color…..

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    • bw3131
      Posted on March 28, 2012 at 11:54pm

      When Militant black muslim *ss wipes start putting bounties on “*******” and you can‘t see that it’s racist… when 4 yr old pics of little skittel hopper is sided with the orange prison jumpsuit and you can’t see it is leftist race baiting…. when the thug photo of gold grill Treyvon peice of turd is falsely called a fake by media matters and you do not know the war on truth is here… Wake up!
      The leftist like to say the right is Facist, nazi germany started as the socialist german party, commie, leftist,socialist, facist all use the same tactics. The true right is for LIMITED GOV. and freemarket capitalism NOT facism that is the lefts domain w/ gov. controled and mandated every thing.
      Wake up, this whole touchy feel good, not about skin, compassion crowd are the Nevall Chamberlins of todays America, This sh1t is not stopping untill we eradicate it from this country. Deep down we know it, but it is a sour pill indeed. Read Ronald Regans take on the CANCER of comunisim. Does any one think that the last ditch plan for an Obama loss is not caos in the streets, cries of injustice riots, lies race baiting??? Wake up!

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    • bw3131
      Posted on March 29, 2012 at 12:01am

      Really Glenn, saltine crackers! we can’t say crac*er now? This is unreal. No thoght police here yet? what is the ever offended going to do?

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