Paul Ryan and the Republicans are getting blowback for a selfie that shows a lot of skin on Capitol Hill, and all of it’s white.
“I think this sets a record for the most number of #CapitolHill interns in a single selfie. #SpeakerSelfie.” Ryan wrote with the photo.
The post has since gone viral, and not because of the amount of congressional interns Ryan was able to fit in one picture. People took to Twitter to air out their criticisms of the selfie and used hashtags like #GOPSoWhite or #InternsSoWhite, in reference to #OscarsSoWhite, to indicate the lack of diversity.
One Twitter user, for example, called Ryan’s selfie a “where’s Waldo for people of color,” while someone else “had to put on sunglasses to look directly at it.”
See nine priceless reactions below.
#GOPSoWhite the party has fittingly altered its logo from an elephant to Wite-Out pic.twitter.com/QMVen7XseB
— Craig Rozniecki (@CraigRozniecki) July 18, 2016
#PaulRyan: Ok, everybody say "pumpkin spice latte!" #speakerselfie #CapitolHill #gop #gopsowhite pic.twitter.com/lVMIt7mvSk
— Ryan Ledet (@ryryledet) July 17, 2016
#GOPSoWhite Young White & Christian the perfect requirement for Republican membership. https://t.co/Z5Fj9Mzplw
— DJKV (@KSTech1) July 18, 2016
I wonder how many of @SpeakerRyan's interns order their steaks well done & have their mom cut them into 1-inch cubes pic.twitter.com/suOfQULLi8
— Ralphie May (@Ralphie_May) July 18, 2016
Every hue of white …. #GOPSoWhite pic.twitter.com/LkTDO5fZDC
— Jayson Killingsworth (@Jayson510) July 18, 2016
That picture of Paul Ryan with the GOP interns is so white that I had to put on sunglasses to look directly at it. #GOPSoWhite
— Luvvie (@Luvvie) July 17, 2016
Paul Ryan's #SpeakerSelfie is a Where's Waldo for people of color. https://t.co/h9tRMpEn9Y via @slate #GOPsowhite
— Alexa Sandbakken (@AlexaSandbakken) July 17, 2016
#GOPSoWhite Crayola is officially changing the name of its white crayons to Ryan Selfiehttps://t.co/1hutgo8Lvq
— Craig Rozniecki (@CraigRozniecki) July 18, 2016
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