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Democratic Party Responds to Paul Ryan’s Selfie With Its Own Diverse Selfie

By Margo Gothelf 1 min read

# Democrats
# diversity
# Paul Ryan

Source: Twitter @RepEBJ/ Instagram Paul Ryan

The Democrats are firing back in response to Speaker of the House Paul Ryan’s intern selfie and showing a different and more diverse side to Capitol Hill.

Ryan posted a selfie last Saturday from the Republican National Convention with a group of Capitol Hill interns that caused a lot of controversy.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BH7pXnKj5t_/?taken-by=speakerryan

Many people were quick to jump down Ryan’s throat due to a lack of diversity in the intern program, with the response on social media being very negative.

..Paul Ryan has managed to capture all the many colors of whiteness with his latest selfie with interns…such an inclusive leader..

— Franky Stein (@franksnstein) July 18, 2016

https://twitter.com/mr_kevinsmith/status/754761988148981761

https://twitter.com/thebuckeyegamer/status/755039266951094272

The Democrats were quick to respond to the photo, showing a photo full of diversity with the hashtags #DemInternDiversity and #DemInternSelfie.

My intern Audra Jackson led Democratic Interns in their own selfie 2day showing #DemInternDiversity #DemInternSelfie pic.twitter.com/83UcIOKS5s

— Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (@RepEBJ) July 19, 2016

The Democratic Interns on Capitol Hill 2016 #DemInternSelfie pic.twitter.com/ZzUMl4hKoc

— Sheila Jackson Lee (@JacksonLeeTX18) July 20, 2016

“Today interns from Democratic Congressional offices wanted to show America how diverse the future of our party is,” Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas shared on Facebook with the photo.

The photo received a great amount of praise across social media and pretty much got the opposite response of Ryan’s photo.

https://twitter.com/houseofsnarks/status/755842319283200000

This is what the Hill truly looks like, DIVERSE. #DemInternSelfie pic.twitter.com/xBW7t7wNY3

— Noah McQueen (@Noah_McQueen) July 20, 2016

According to a study done by the Washington Post this past January, “people of color make up only 14% of the lawmakers at the state level, and only 17% of lawmakers in Congress.”