Democratic Party Interns’ Selfie Couldn’t Be More Different Than the One Paul Ryan Posted
Interns working for the Democratic party took a group selfie in response Speaker of the House Paul Ryan’s controversial selfie of Capitol Hill interns posted this week.
Ryan’s photo, captioned “I think this sets a record for the most number of #CapitolHill interns in a single selfie. #SpeakerSelfie,” drew criticism after he posted it on Instagram for featuring a lack of racial diversity.
A photo posted by Speaker Paul Ryan (@speakerryan) on Jul 16, 2016 at 11:12am PDT
Audra Jackson, an intern for Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, gathered Democratic interns for a selfie response on Tuesday, in an effort to show a more diverse class of interns than the ones featured in Ryan’s photo.
My intern Audra Jackson led Democratic Interns in their own selfie 2day showing #DemInternDiversity #DemInternSelfie pic.twitter.com/83UcIOKS5s
— US Rep E.B.Johnson (@RepEBJ) July 19, 2016
Johnson herself took to Twitter to highlight the differences between the two photos.
“The picture of the Democratic interns look a lot different than the #speakerselfie,” Johnson wrote.
The picture of the Democratic interns look a lot different than the #speakerselfie #DemInternSelfie #Diversity pic.twitter.com/B7MucXwLwB
— US Rep E.B.Johnson (@RepEBJ) July 19, 2016
