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US Rep. Bobby Rush chastised for wearing hoodie on House floor

Rush donned a hooded sweatshirt during a speech on the House floor deploring the killing of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin.

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Is a hood attached to a sweat shirt a hat? That's a stretch. But note that it was a white Mississippi Republican that did the chastising.