Congressman dons hoodie in the House A US congressman has been escorted off the House floor for slipping on a hoodie and a pair of sunglasses. Illinois Representative Bobby Rush was making a statement about racial profiling and the killing of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin. Rush, a prominent civil rights activist during the 1960s, shed his suit coat during a floor speech to reveal a grey hooded sweatshirt, known as a hoodie. Rush then placed the hood on his head, a violation of House rules. But Rush wanted to make a point: that hoodies are unfairly seen by some as the clothing of troubled youths. Racial profiling has to stop, Mr. Speaker. Just because someone wears a hoodie does not make them a hoodlum," Rush said. A House security agent approached Rush just as the Democrat was ending his brief speech.