Paul Ryan ‘Selfie’ With Young Republicans Backfires When Internet Notices One VERY Telling Detail

[Photographer]

GOP House Speaker Paul Ryan loves to pretend that the GOP doesn’t have a race problem. The 2012 autopsy report from the spectacular loss of the Romney/Ryan ticket to President Obama and Vice President Biden had a lot of so-called “minority outreach” goals. Clearly, none of those goals have been accomplished. After all, the current GOP standard-bearer, Donald Trump, has run a campaign that is steeped in racism. He kicked off his campaign by calling Mexican immigrants rapists and criminals, he has called for a ban on all Muslims entering the United States, has called women fat pigs and dogs, and accused Fox host and debate moderator Megyn Kelly of being menstrual when called out on this, and a whole host of other things that play to the bigotry that is so inherent in the current incarnation of the GOP.

All of that aside though, there is one very telling photo making the rounds on the internet that perfectly illustrates just how, well WHITE the Republican Party is, despite the wide range of diversity that makes up the actual country. It’s a priceless selfie of Paul Ryan showcasing himself with bunches of young republicans, and you won’t see one face of color in that grand sea of white. For your viewing pleasure (or disgust) here is the tweet of that photo:



http://www.ifyouonlynews.com/racism/paul-ryan-selfie-with-white-young-republicans-backfires-when-internet-notices-one-very-telling-detail/

[rjsquirrel]

1. I know I know!!

They all have such nice teeth!

Lol.

[betsuni]

12. Looks like an advertisment for Crest Whitestrips.

[tom_kelly]

34. And the males all have the same hairstyle/cut. n/t

[Danascot]

79. They suffer from an acute lack of melanin.

Amirite?

[bjobotts]

93. It's an audition for the Mickey Mouse Club

[raven mad]

98. Oh, that IS perfect!!! n/t

[NurseJackie]

104. It's kinda creepy and reminds me of THIS photo ...

[writes3000]

2. I see two Asian faces and one black female. But it's a shockingly white room.

[rufus dog]

4. You must have been good at where's Waldo

I see what may be an Asian girl, maybe a girl with Indian heritage, possibly an Asian guy, can't find the black female.

[toddwv]

5. There are two. One on the left about 3 rows behind the Asian girl.

And one all the way in the back. Just make a straight line from the douche's head to the very back and then over left a few.

[dhol82]

7. Damn!

You must have a magnifying glass.

[toddwv]

21. I just opened the pic up and magnified. ;)

[Ms. Toad]

32. I can see two without magnification.

But I do a lot of photo editing, so I'm very sensitive to color variation. I'm having much more difficulty picking out the Asian individuals - which is much more dependent on fine details.

[mythology]

28. You need to be more specific. There are a lot of douches there

[k8conant]

37. The one in back seems a lot shorter: I just found her.

The other woman I found earlier.

[awoke_in_2003]

67. "Line from the douche's head"

Uh, the room is full of them

[greymattermom]

87. So she is sitting in the back of the

bus?

[Nevernose]

17. There was a great article in Slate about why Asians left the Repubs

The premise was this: until the 70s, Asians in America were split about 50/50, and were primarily of Japanese and Chinese descent. Some of the families had been here more than a hundred years.

In the 70s, what with the US bombing the shit out of Southeast Asia, lots of Asian refugees arrived. They were obviously very anti-communist, so flicked in droves to the Republican Party and especially Reagan.

In the early 90s tbe Cold War is over, there's no reason to worry about the Communists anymore, and things in their home countries have settled down. But the Republicans didn't have anything more to offer than "Liberals Bad."

In 1994, California voters pass, despite great consternation, the anti-immigrant Prop 187. It's mostly aimed at Latinos, but the Asian community keeps hearing "Immigrants Bad! Immigrants bad!"

Combine the with the fact that, despite the myth of being the model minority, there is an incredible amount of poverty in first and second generation Asian families. The Democrats have services and solutions for that; the Republicans have bootstraps.

So in the last twenty years, we've seen Asian voters go from 80%, solidly Republican, to 80%, solidly Democratic.

[JI7]

29. They also tend to support public education and the anti science shit from republicans

Is a turn off.

[rug]

27. I see Alfred E. Newman just above his right ear.

[lastlib]

46. And a big Eddie Munster right in front!!

[Islandurp]

36. After looking at the picture for an unhealthy amount of time...

I count:

4 asians
1 maybe asian
1 black woman
2 people with dark skin tone but of undetermined race.

[Chemisse]

40. I see a second black woman (I think)

Left side aisle seat, 9 rows back. She's short.

[AntiBank]

54. yes my rough estimate is out of 150 to 175 people around 15 are PoC

less than 10%

[Monk06]

64. You should get a job at the CIA analyzing satelite photos of the main market in Islamabad

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You got the eyes

[Blasphemer]

71. Plus it's problematic to assume that you can discern a person's ancestry from looks alone...

But yes, the room appeared to be pretty homogeneous. We should also not forget that a profound lack of diversity can be found in many supposedly liberal spaces.

[Motley13]

101. Where??? I only saw one that was maybe Latino

[eleny]

3. And his thumb looks like it's holding up that gal's left breast

It's always better to snap a few pics and choose the best one to post anywhere. For pols, it's a must.

[Jopin Klobe]

15. Yeah ...

... I mean he took the time to burst in unannounced and set this up without permission ...

Whatta yutz ...

[senseandsensibility]

6. There are some who could be Asian

or Hispanic. Not enough, of course. I'm not interested in defending this creep, but there are some people of color there.

[Warpy]

8. 30 years ago, few would have remarked on that picture as anything special

except that male Republicans all seem to look like they were born 40 with their suits painted on.

Now it looks like a bloody box of mushrooms.

[busterbrown]

10. Asked why they are Republicans?

90% would begin their answers by stating.. "Cause we love our freedoms"

[Monk06]

65. The answer being because my parents are rich and I want to make sure it stays that way

New Audi A10 for graduation Woo Hoo !!!

[calimary]

11. ROFL!!!!

GOOD one, Warpy!

They do look like a box of mushrooms. Those little shiitake mushrooms. White as the proverbial sheet!

[scscholar]

14. Body painted Republicans...

is a terrible image. Gee thanks.

[awoke_in_2003]

70. I wouldn't mind SE Cupp in body paint

as long as she didn't speak.

[ReRe]

74. And if she took those damn glasses off!

[Wise Child]

44. I was thinking,

after identifying the few minorities in the room, the bigger challenge - find a young man without a necktie. One big thing about college aged kids who self-identify as "young Republicans" - they appear to be so uptight. Like they are going to revive the Fifties or something.

[spooky3]

51. I suspect they were told to dress that way.

Ryan does not do "spontaneous."

[Warpy]

52. I've found that most Young Republicans over the years

have concentrated into business oriented education with a sprinkling of engineering and poli sci majors. They're dressing for the jobs they want, not that they're all likely to get them these days.

[Wise Child]

60. True.

Well, I dress for the job I want, at a job interview. I would think that chapters of the Young Republicans and Young Democrats were just social clubs where they network with each other, and volunteer for campaigns. Perhaps meet politicians and media personalities on occasion. I have never joined the Young Republicans or Young Democrats, so I don't know what a club meeting is like. I have seen Young Republicans, in public, overdressed for the occasion, and with a little too much product in their hair.

[Wednesdays]

66. It's a roomful of Felix Unger and Niles Crane clones.

nt

[rurallib]

9. He could have borrowed Trumpy's if he got along better with Don the Con

looks like the pugs best get to hiring.

[Doctor Jack]

13. Reminds me of this picture

[Jopin Klobe]

16. All the lonely (White) people ...

... where do they all come from? ...

[Pakid]

18. So this is what a collections

of not very nice people look like. Anyone who would support this granny starving pile of garbage needs to take a long hard look in the mirror to see the kind of person they have become.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

19. ...

[font color=white]Yeah,...it's like that.[/font]

[nolabear]

20. LOL! they should just stop. I swear I'm tempted to believe in God.

One with a WICKED sense of humor.

[PatSeg]

22. That's what someone on Fox News

would call "regular Americans".

Paul Ryan looks like some self-help guru!

[Hoppy]

77. Yeah, Ex Lax doesn't cost that much.

[TheBlackAdder]

23. Perhaps this is some perverse form of "Where's Waldo"? Are they behind the pillar?

.


Could be be the shoulder in the upper right, wearing grey, that's cropped out?


.

[TheBlackAdder]

24. Take that photo, add an unclickable box that moves around titled, "Click to reveal the POC"

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

25. Still more diverse than the Huffinton Post photo

[liberal N proud]

26. Awful bright in that room

[Botany]

30. once again paul bags some white tails

[frogmarch]

31. Reminds me of

this line from the 1992 movie Buffy the Vampire Slayer:

Andy says when interviewed after the vampire attack, "They had fangs. They were biting people. They had this look in their eyes — totally cold. Animal. I think they were Young Republicans."

[rocktivity]

35. Which reminds me of a scene from Love At First Bite

"I want to report a demon who lives on sucking innocent peoples' blood."

"A loan shark -- what's his name?"


rocktivity

[rocktivity]

33. He most certainly DID leave out an obvious and telling detail

It can't possibly be a selfie -- the angle of the camera is completely wrong!


rocktivity

[Music Man]

38. Looks like they were trying to recreate the cover of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

Instead they ended up with the White Album.

[montana_hazeleyes]

39. It could be mistaken

for a Duggar family reunion.

[TexasBushwhacker]

41. 50 shades of white! n/t

[baldguy]

42. The black guy was gonna be there, really.

But he got waylaid by the cops for "acting suspicious".

[Liberal In Texas]

43. Stepford Children. n/t

[Skittles]

45. I am blinded by the white

yes INDEED

[left-of-center2012]

47. Where's Waldo? n/t

[IronLionZion]

48. One of the most idiotic recruitment drives I've ever seen

was when the college republicans tried to convince minority males (including Indian, Asian, and Latino) that joining them is a great way to meet pretty blonde women who totally won't take you for granted like those elitist democrats do or be difficult to be with like those hairy feminists. The whole selling point was that republican girls/women are prettier, friendlier and more womanly. They showed the fact that Dinesh D'Souza dated Laura Ingraham as an example.



It was hilarious and sickening at the same time.

I looked for the website but can't find it. Hopefully it's been taken down.

[PatSeg]

49. Ugh

Dinesh D'Souza dated Laura Ingraham??? I don't know which one to feel badly for.

[IronLionZion]

50. Supposedly they bonded over their hatred of the gays

in college they outed their gay classmates who were keeping it secret

[PatSeg]

62. That is really disgusting

I guess they deserved one another.

[OldRedneck]

53. WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? They REALLY ARE diverse . . .

After all, they are not all blondes.

That's what passes for diversity in GOP circles.

[zz-la]

55. It's a diverse group of white people

I mean just look at all the different types of white people. You probably have some bankers, junior execs, nurses, teachers, and maybe even a lawyer or two. Can't get much more diverse than that.

[L. Coyote]

56. K & R

[Initech]

58. "Diversity? Why I believe that is a very old wooden ship from the Civil War era."

[Rex]

59. Wow that is a hard puzzle...it took me a bit to find the one black person in the room.

HINT - all you can see is their face. Goodluck

EDIT - CORRECTION! There are TWO black people in that room! The diversity blows da mind!

[ellenfl]

61. i'm surprised at the number of women. eom

.

[JI7]

69. majority of white women vote Republican

[tblue37]

63. The second guy back from Ryan might be a POC. in

[Xyzse]

68. He looks photoshopped(added) in that picture.

It really does not look like a selfie.

I guess, he just naturally looks unnatural.
(Note how the quality of the picture quickly changes in graininess just slightly behind him)

[Chicago1980]

72. Salt meet cracker.

[0rganism]

73. i... see... white... people...

damn that's a lot of white people, lily white
is that a white people convention or something? is he addressing the NAAWP?

[hatrack]

75. Biff, Muffy and J. Quentin IV from front to back . . . .

A glaring sea of Republican whiteness - way to go on that "outreach", guys!

[DetlefK]

76. Bullshit. There is no diversity problem: They have an asian guy in that photo.

Upper left, with a burgundy tie.

[Hoppy]

78. Yeah, but some of the blond snowflakes are hotties. ---wait --- I just spotted an Asian.

I did.. I did.. He's kinda behind and to the left of the Munster guy in front of the picture.

[dicksmc3]

80. Little Eddie Munster just doesn't get it!!

These young adults who probably are going to college don't have a clue that with the Republicon party they are going to be mired in debt before they finish or start college. With Hillary and the Democrats I say it will be a better chance to go without piling up enormous debt before they graduate. What's wrong with these young people?? I really don't care about the race issue here, the more important issue for me is why do they support such assholes like Little Eddie Munster??

[Ford_Prefect]

81. Ryan is the designated leader of the Trumpian Youth Corps.

[tenderfoot]

82. Look at all those hands that have never seen a day's work.

eom

[MrModerate]

83. That is jaw-dropping.

Republicans -- if that's the picture of your future, you are utterly effing doomed.

[HenryWallace]

84. Additional Confirmation

Not only can they not fix the problem, apparently they cannot see it!

[heaven05]

85. I see one PoC

just about right for the Racist Party.

[youceyec]

86. i see

a few Asians here and there and one east Indian upper right.

[seanbnewyork4]

88. This is so hilarious

Ryan is a true buffoon, just like the other fools in the GOP. It's no wonder they're losing so much lately.

[BlackM]

89. If only it were possible

to harness the tightness of these sphincters, we could turn coal into diamonds...

[Bucky]

90. There's about 150 people in that photo. I've found 6 minorities so far.

mostly in the back. 4%




my OCD is showing

[vkkv]

91. A sea of white - no surprise at the obvious non-inclusiveness monotone.. nt

[Bigmack]

92. Anybody have a pic of Democratic interns...? nt

[tclambert]

94. Couldn't they photoshop in a few minorities at least?

Geez, do I have to think of everything? Wait, maybe they photoshopped all the minorities OUT, so it would appeal more to true Republicans.

[Wednesdays]

95. The young GOOPER on just now:

"It's the Republican Party, not the Democrats, who are the REAL party of youth and diversity!"

[Helen Borg]

96. I see an Asian guy, I think...

No?

[Eleanors38]

97. This is fake -- all that reefer smoke.

[tallahasseedem]

99. The DNC posted theirs...

and it was as diverse as can be. A true representation of America.

[mucifer]

102. do you have a link?

[tallahasseedem]

103. I stink at posting photos, but here is a link!

https://mic.com/articles/149048/the-dncc-just-showed-paul-ryan-what-a-diverse-intern-class-looks-like

[thesquanderer]

100. Not a single person with facial hair. (n/t)

[gregcrawford]

105. It's amazing...

... how much the Pod People resemble actual humans.

[Johonny]

106. In twenty years they'll mostly be hateful ignorant idiots wishing for the days of Scott Baio

and Duck Dynasty again. It's it a pity.

[liberalnarb]

107. Lets be fair here.

I see one African American girl in that crowd.

[mdbl]

108. It looks like an AMWAY convention.

They all wouldn't look so happy if they knew what Ryan wanted to do to screw them in their senior years.