Paul Ryan prevents Roger Marshall's son from dabbing during swearing-in

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Guardian

Speaker of the house believed Cal Marshall was about to sneeze when he moved his face down to his forearm while his family posed for photographs

Elle Hunt
Tuesday 3 January 2017 22.28 EST Last modified on Tuesday 3 January 2017 22.54 EST




The teenage son of a Kansas congressman flummoxed the speaker of the US house of representatives by dabbing during a photo call at his swearing in.

Paul Ryan believed Cal Marshall, the 17-year-old son of Roger Marshall, was about to sneeze when he moved his face down to his forearm while he and his family posed for photographs at Tuesday’s swearing in.

He was in fact dabbing: a viral dance move popularised by US athletes and rappers, and embraced by teenagers as an irreverent or celebratory gesture.

Video footage shows Cal Marshall determinedly doing the dab despite Ryan’s attempts to dissuade him.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/04/paul-ryan-prevents-roger-marshalls-son-from-dabbing-during-swearing-in

[Tatiana]

1. I love it.

I love it even more that he flummoxed Ryan.

I keep saying, our youth... they're the ones that are going to lead us out of this hell.

[lunasun]

2. I know Dabbing is very popular right now but personally I would give Ryan the Nae Nae

[Hortensis]

11. My go-to to stay up on kiddie culture, the WaPo

(LOL, of course), says it was old long ago. Frankly, as usual I missed the whole thing, even Hillary's version. Charming boy, and I think he handled Ryan's clueless and intrusive "You all right?" and "can you put your hand down?" really well.

[Fast Walker 52]

13. haha, yes!

[Drahthaardogs]

17. How about a #12 boot in the ass?

That's what my dad would have offere

[JI7]

3. is he dressed up as that ken bone guy ?

[elmac]

4. I first noticed Dabbing at Girls softball games last summer

Didn't know what it was called or what it meant at the time. By the way, for some reason it reminded me of something from the 1920's, Art Deco period, don't know why.

[dixiegrrrrl]

5. Dabbing is also a method to use cannabis...I had not heard of the gesture thing the kid did.

Dabbing. To press a piece of cannabis extract known as Butane Hash Oil against a heated surface of an oil rig pipe and inhale the smoke.

Urban disctionary

[dionysus]

6. That's what my brain thought, lol

[Vinca]

7. The kid looks like an idiot.

None of us are Paul Ryan fans, but it's a serious moment that should be treated with an iota of respect. This is an illustration of how freaking stupid a good chunk of the population is and why Republicans have the majority in Congress and the White House.

[7962]

10. +1000000

[Wabbajack_]

8. This is the first I've ever heard of "dabbing"

One can hardly fault Ryan, I'd have thought it was a sneeze too.

[Codeine]

9. The kid is about a year behind.

Fuckin' hillbillies; desperate to do trendy shit that the rest of the country already forgotten about. Even my awkward 12-year-old has moved on from that nonsense.

[TNNurse]

12. 17 does seem to be a little old for this behavior.

I am sure no one is surprised that Ryan is clueless about anything in popular culture.

In the 90s I encountered an MD where I worked who had no idea who Jimmy Buffett was. This guy was maybe 3 years older than me. Never heard of any titles of Buffett songs. He could only list religious titles. We grilled him about Elvis and the Beatles. We ended the encounter while humming....Why don't we get drunk and screw.....totally went past him.

I will admit that I know very little about popular music today but I was tuned in to what was popular in my teens and 20s......this guy was clueless.

[WinkyDink]

14. Ridiculous kid.

[RonniePudding]

15. Vile creatures, including their spawn.

[treestar]

16. Only just now learning what it means

[Sunlei]

18. I thought the dabbing thing, way he was 'licking' his cuff was a marijuana oil? or Hash? tactic.