HALF OF VISITING SOMS STUDENTS REJECT SPEAKER RYAN PHOTO-OP

When a group of South Orange Middle School eighth graders were given a chance to have a picture taken with House Speaker Paul Ryan about half of them declined.

For those youngsters, who were part of a school trip to Washington D.C. on Thursday, Ryan's politics and support for many policies they oppose was enough to remain camera shy. In all, about 100 students rejected the photo offer.

When Ryan posted the image on Instagram, it drew dozens of positive and negative comments. See HERE.

And their act of defiance made New York TV news take notice.

Both WNYW and WABC came to town to tell the story.

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