Mitt Romney's New Black Grandchild

(The Root) โ€” Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney threw Twitter for quite a loop today. Suggested Reading Finally, We Know Whether Diddy Will Take The Stand in His Own Trial Jalen Hurts and Our Other Favorite Children’s Books Written By Black Celebrities Mother Allegedly Bashes Her 6-Year-Old Daughter’s Head in with Hammer, But How…

(The Root) โ€” Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney threw Twitter for quite a loop today.

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He surprised everyone by tweeting a picture of his newly adopted grandson, who is absolutely, positively gorgeous and adorable and precious โ€” and also black, judging from the picture.

https://twitter.com/MittRomney/status/381154281673355264

Given Romney's history of being perceived as not the most open-minded man when it comes to race, Twitter had quite a few jokes to toss about.

https://twitter.com/theferocity/status/381157099025088512

I can't wait for the "I'm not racist. We adopted a black baby" thing to come up.

โ€” Xavier D'Leau (@TheXDExperience) September 20, 2013

https://twitter.com/fivefifths/status/381155800032743424
https://twitter.com/prime_bee/status/381174938763137024

Laughs aside, no one can deny how darling little Kieran James is.

https://twitter.com/AshTayMarie/status/381166541883981824
https://twitter.com/tnwhiskeywoman/status/381164288028966912

Fun fact: Kieran's name is Gaelic for "black" or "little dark one."

https://twitter.com/rembert/status/381166112227868672

Congrats, Romeys!

Tracy Clayton is a writer, humorist and blogger from Louisville, Ky.

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