When a person is being sworn into office to serve as a city council member, he or she usually has to recite an oath while raising one hand and placing the other on a Bible.
This time around, San Jose Councilman Lan Diep decided to go for a more superhero approach by using Captain America’s shield for his swearing-in ceremony on Tuesday, the Mercury News reports.
San Jose Councilman Lan Diep dons Captain America shield for swearing in https://t.co/lPW3TYOWmh @RamonaGiwargis pic.twitter.com/dNmmDRSInf
— Mercury News (@mercnews) January 24, 2017
“[Captain America is the embodiment of America’s ideals, which] are the same ideals I hope to live up to as a representative of San Jose,” Diep told Mercury News. “Plus, I had this really cool shield I wanted to show off.”
Diep, 32, added that the shield is a limited-edition replica from “Captain America: The First Avenger” and only 1,000 were made.
On Twitter, some people liked the legal aid attorney’s superhero twist while others thought it was not appropriate. Check out some of the responses below.
Captain America fights for freedom. I hope Councilman Lan Diep will fight for freedom tonight. The whole world will be watching. https://t.co/HDEhknZeHQ
— Chris Le (@ChrisleforSJ) January 24, 2017
@mercnews @RamonaGiwargis I’m a fan of comics too but this seemed very inappropriate. Doesn’t seem like he’s taking the position seriously
— Bobby N. Cognito (@bobbyincognito) January 24, 2017
.@SanJoseD4 Another first for San Jose! pic.twitter.com/tybRLZOqMZ
— Teresa Alvarado (@TAlvaradoSJ) January 24, 2017
