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BY MICHAEL HAYNE

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

COMMENTARY

The tragic case of a Trayvon Martin, the incident in which a 17-year-old Martin was gunned down and murdered by a 28-year-old neighborhood watchman in Florida in February, appeared to have started out as a seemingly routine murder case of regional significance.

However, George Zimmerman, the half-white and half-hispanic individual who apparently disregarded police advice and decided to pursue Martin, ultimately killing him, has yet to be tried and arrested. Since late February, the nation has been catapulted into a frenzy of raucously rabble-rousing racial tension. The hoodie, the article of clothing that Trayvon was wearing and which ostensibly means one is a violent criminal, has come to symbolize the movement in support of ensuring that Zimmerman is brought to justice.

Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL) decided to make a speech on the House Floor applauding the nation’s youth for speaking out against racial profiling in the fallout of the Martin case whilst donning a hoodie himself, apparently to show solidarity (though the House is still a very cold place from the days of Dick Cheney).

“I applaud the young people, all across the land who are making a statement about hoodies, about the real hoodlums in this nation, specifically those who tread on our law wearing official or quasi-official cloaks,” said Rush.

Little did Bobby Rush know, there was a good old boy Republican from Mississippi , Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS), and he wasn’t about to have the same building in which a pedophile (former Republican Rep. Mark Foley) used to speak in on a daily basis be soiled and defouled by such a grotesque dress code violation. Consequently, Rep. Harper had Rush escorted from the building for having the unmitigated gall to wear a gray hoodie and sunglasses while delivering a rousing speech about the need for a full investigation into the shooting of Martin.

The issue at hand--albeit trivial and pedagogic--is Rush violating some stodgy rule governing member dress code. In fact, it seems that women were banned from wearing pant suits at one time, according to House Minority Speaker Nancy Pelosi. (Source: WaPo) No word yet on botox, however. A Congress without pant suits? Would that prompt Hillary Clinton, a popular adorner of the pants suit, to have one big yard sale?

I suppose the Pope or Abraham Lincoln impersonators won't be visiting Congress anytime soon.

Michael Hayne is a comedian/VO artist/Columnist extraordinaire. Follow (or yell) him on Twitter and Facebook.

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