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Paul Ryan’s latest Instagram post reveals a major problem with political representation

On Saturday, House Speaker Paul Ryan snapped a selfie with a large — and largely homogenous — pool of Capitol Hill interns and posted it to Instagram. In light of the picture’s racial makeup, his caption struck many users as somewhat tone deaf. Unfortunately, the photo reflects the very white reality of Capitol Hill.

Update: House Speaker Paul Ryan released a remarkably white selfie Sunday with Capitol Hill interns. Now, writer and journalist Colleen Mondor just offered the perfect response.

It goes beyond race, gender and ability. The DNC interns are just as diverse in their pursuits, interest and backgrounds. 

Update: Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, a congresswoman from Texas, just took this to the next level by showing the Democratic Interns working at the Capital. 

Johnson isn’t the only person to point out the striking difference between the two classes of interns.