Speaker of the House Paul Ryan was pretty proud of himself when he set the “record for the most number of #CapitolHill interns in a single selfie.” Of course, he also took the whitest selfie of all-time, and was widely criticized for it, especially by diverse Democratic House interns. You’d think other Republicans would have learned from Ryan unintentionally revealing his favorite Beatles record is The White Album — but of course, that would require more people of color in the House. That’s not the case. FiveThirtyEight reported before the election that “87 percent of House Republicans are non-Hispanic white men, compared with just 43 percent of House Democrats.”
Here’s visual proof of the GOP’s snowflake whiteness:
UNIFIED. pic.twitter.com/QqXrIClMtX
— House Republicans (@HouseGOP) November 17, 2016
Great having @mike_pence visit today! I’m excited to work with him and @realDonaldTrump to shake up the status quo in Washington, D.C. #MAGA pic.twitter.com/2xQIGs2a9Z
— CathyMcMorrisRodgers (@cathymcmorris) November 17, 2016
According to the House Republicans’ Twitter account, Vice President-elect Mike Pence “just joined House Republicans at our planning conference meeting.” He met with, among others, Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers, who serves as the Chairman of the House Republican Conference. Needless to say, once the photos hit Twitter, everyone noticed one thing.
https://twitter.com/SeanMcElwee/status/799279506477449216
https://twitter.com/justinjm1/status/799281344329216000
https://twitter.com/wez/status/799283895267131392
had to cram all the women up front to make it look like diversity, huh?
— Queen of the Universe (@QofTU) November 17, 2016
https://twitter.com/HireMeImFunny/status/799283085078626304
— SG (@itsStephGee) November 17, 2016
And you wonder why people of color aren't big supporters of your party.
— TweetKaufmak (@Kaufmak) November 17, 2016
https://twitter.com/jjooee/status/799283511731568641
https://twitter.com/med11n/status/799289849345875968
Mike Pence, already starting shit with Paul Ryan, taking away his record for 'whitest selfie of all time' https://t.co/YV8EnHJm7K
— Sean Morrow (@snmrrw) November 17, 2016
@HouseGOP @mike_pence @realDonaldTrump Somewhere a Golden Corral is missing all its customers.
— mach5potato (@mach5potato) November 17, 2016
To be fair to Pence — who had his picture taken while he was taking a picture with a selfie stick, and now blood is dripping out of my nose like Eleven from Stranger Things — his photo was slightly more diverse than Ryan’s.
https://twitter.com/WyoWeeds/status/799284464144683009
Progress? Also, don’t forget to donate to Planned Parenthood in Pence’s name.
(Via House Republicans)