House Ethics Panel Probing Chicago Congressman Bobby Rush for 20 Years of Free Office Space
Warner Todd Huston 10 Nov 2014
In the 1960s, Bobby Rush made a name for himself as a vocal member of the Black Panther Party serving as the Chicago-based groups defense minister.
In 1969, after Black Panther militant leader Fred Hampton was killed by Chicago Police, Bobby Rush rallied the extremist group by urging them to arm themselves and go kill the pigs.
Rush spent six months in jail in 1972 on a weapons charge but earned a degree in political science from the University of Illinois in 1974. He was first elected to Congress in 1992 and has been serving since he took office in 1993. Rush was elected to a seat on the Chicago City Council in 1983 and served for nearly ten years.
The electorate actually sides with the criminals you mention-they elect them to office!