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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

Posted on 05/28/2017 11:34:08 AM PDT by 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.

(Excerpt) Read more at abc7ny.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: 115th; education; newjersey; paulryan; rudedems; snowflakes; snub; speakerryan
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To: COBOL2Java

And as a conservative Trump supporter, I wouldn’t have my picture taken with Ryan, either.


121 posted on 05/30/2017 9:53:46 AM PDT by WASCWatch
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To: WASCWatch

LMAO


122 posted on 05/30/2017 9:54:20 AM PDT by Sidebar Moderator
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