Bobby Rush booted from House floor for wearing hoodie

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.

https://twitter.com/#!/BobCusack/status/185013397610438657

https://twitter.com/#!/markknoller/status/185014727158673411

https://twitter.com/#!/freddoso/status/185019236215820290

In case you missed it, you can watch the video here.

He did garner some positive reactions from the public:

https://twitter.com/#!/theosmelek/status/185016658404970497

https://twitter.com/#!/artman57/status/185017611862544384

https://twitter.com/#!/disneygurl/status/185029456308604929

https://twitter.com/#!/jazzy_jiggin101/status/185029437975314433

https://twitter.com/#!/SmilingPandas/status/185029086073192449

https://twitter.com/#!/MsJeter22/status/185026799317684226

https://twitter.com/#!/SupportTrayvon/status/185022126003191809

And then, naturally, there were those who saw it as more of a #facepalm moment:

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You be the judge.