What's that Black man doing in our House?
(Washington, D.C.) Earlier this morning, Congressman and former Black Panther Bobby Rush was shot while wearing a “hoodie” jacket during a speech about Trayvon Martin.
Although he has served in Congress since 1993, Rush apparently was mistaken for a thief and shot by a self-appointed Republican “neighborhood watch.”
“We had no idea,” Sergeant-at-arms Dirk Diggler explained. “Who woulda thought a black guy in a hooded jacket belonged in the United States Legislature?”
The shooting took place during morning remarks. Soon after Rep. Rush began to speak about the tragic shooting of unarmed Trayvon Martin in Florida, Rep. Greg Harper, R-Mississippi, who was presiding over the House floor banged his gavel.
According to audio captured on CNN, a voice was heard calling out something that sounded like “Effing Coombs, they always get away!” and then a shot rang out on the House floor.
It could not be immediately determined if “Coombs” referred to Bobby Coombs the baseball player, Nathan Coombs, the founder of Napa, California, or Ernie Coombs, host of the long-running Canadian TV series Mr. Dressup, nor what any one of these men had to do with the shooting of Mr. Rush.
"Do you feel lucky, Congressman?"
After being treated for a minor flesh wound, Representative Rush was censured for violating clause 5 of rule 17 prohibits the wearing of hats in the chamber when the House is in session, and for violating clause 6 of rule 18, looking “too Black.”
Speaking off the record, a prominent Tea Party House member told Fish and Cheese, “If someone looks suspicious, it’s best to shoot first and ask questions later. That’s what I always do. In fact, during the last State of the Union address there was a suspicious looking guy up at the podium. I felt my trigger finger itch. Then I realized it was the President.”
