Half of 8th grade class from New Jersey refuses to pose with Speaker Ryan

abc7 NY Eyewitness News ^ | Friday, May 26, 2017 11:24PM | N.J. Burkett

[COBOL2Java]

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey (WABC) -- A group of middle school students from New Jersey caused quite a flap, after half of them refused to take a picture with Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan.

It happened Thursday during a field trip to Washington.

Reaction from the students' parents are as politically divided as the country.

"It's not just a picture," said Matthew Malespina, a student.

Matthew says he couldn't go through with it.

It didn't matter that Paul Ryan is the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, or that he is third in-line to the presidency.

When he and his classmates from South Orange Middle School had the chance to take a picture with the speaker. Matthew watched from the parking lot with 100 of his fellow students.

[dfwgator]

See Ryan, it doesn’t matter how much you suck up to the Rats, they will only see you as a “Fascist” Republican no matter what.

[Ace's Dad]

Where were the adults?

[meyer]

Is it because they’re liberals, or because Ryan is a RINO?

[Still Thinking]

Good thing we have leftists to oppose the party of hate.....oh, wait....

[dragnet2]

This reeks bad...

I’d bet a cup of coffee these kids were *totally* influenced by the school administration/teachers and parents at this venue.

[dfwgator]

As much as I may dislike Ryan, if the Speaker of the House came to my kid’s school, I’d make damn sure they’d pose with him.

It’s just childish to do otherwise.

[a fool in paradise]

Bet they couldn’t pick him out of a lineup of the past 10 speakers.

[dragnet2]

Where were the adults? They were the one’s who influenced the kids to to this. Bet the rent.

[Sasparilla]

....Where were the adults...
Liberals don’t act like adults anymore.

[Gene Eric]

>> It’s just childish to do otherwise.

Well, the libtard parents are childish.

[dfwgator]

Well, the libtard parents are childish.
Redundant.

[jmaroneps37]

The operative phrase in this story is "South Orange" It's a ghetto school so it is actually an improvement​ that half of the infected little dears actually posted with lil Paulie.

[Lurkinanloomin]

I would refuse too.

Because while he wears an R jersey he does the Democrat’s bidding.

[Forgotten Amendments]

Sorry, but I am not outraged.

I’m sick of politicians posing with captive kids. And Ryan is a weasel anyway.

[Rusty0604]

I agree.

[Williams]

Matthew and his parents are the new Nazi America. But it’s a free country - until he and those like him take over.

[ColdOne]

"The point was, 'I don't want to be associated with him, and his policies and what he stands for,'" said Elissa Malespina, Matthew's mother........seems she is indoctrinating her son to be a hitler youth.

[dfwgator]

The new Red Guards.

[olezip]

A group of middle school students from New Jersey caused quite a flap, after half of them refused to take a picture with Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan.

Very sad to see that such bias and hate are being taught in our public schools. It is as though respect for authority is much less important than civil disobedience to future low information voters.

Such behavior seems to be indicative of the bias and hate being spewed forth by the MSM and transferred to youngsters by misguided authority figures. Talk about lemmings!