My intern Audra Jackson led Democratic Interns in their own selfie 2day showing #DemInternDiversity [1] #DemInternSelfie [2] pic.twitter.com/83UcIOKS5s [3]

— US Rep E.B.Johnson (@RepEBJ) July 19, 2016 [4]

Over the weekend, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan posted a photo [5] of the Republican house interns to Instagram. It doesn't take a detective to understand why people were outraged by the photo: the room was overwhelmingly populated with white people. Ryan didn't seem to notice the lack of diversity, and the picture prompted backlash and criticism [6].

I think this sets a record for the most number of #CapitolHill interns in a single selfie. #SpeakerSelfie. [7]

A photo posted by Speaker Paul Ryan (@speakerryan) on Jul 16, 2016 at 11:12am PDT

In response to Speaker Ryan's selfie, Eddie Bernice Johnson, a congresswoman from Texas, tweeted [8] her own selfie of the Democratic interns. With just a glance, it's clear that the Democratic intern group is obviously more diverse. Other Democratic congressmen also posted pictures to demonstrate the disparity between intern classes, and Chairman of the House Democrats Xavier Becerra, even shared a photo [9] thanking his interns.

The picture of the Democratic interns look a lot different than the #speakerselfie [10] #DemInternSelfie [11] #Diversity [12] pic.twitter.com/B7MucXwLwB [13]

— US Rep E.B.Johnson (@RepEBJ) July 19, 2016 [14]

Thank you to all my hardworking #CapitolHill [15] interns! We had a great group this summer. #BecerraSelfie [16] pic.twitter.com/VEJIiL3UtJ [17]

— Xavier Becerra (@RepBecerra) July 18, 2016 [18]