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Today the woman whose romantic attachment led Ryan, to experience racism first hand has been FOUND!

The Republican vice-presidential candidate dated Deneeta Pope, now 40 and a realtor living in Chicago (LINCOLN PARK), after they met at Miami University, Ohio in the early 1990s.

Michael Steel, campaign spokesman for Ryan says “Mr Ryan dated Ms Pope in college.”

In a 2005 interview, Mitt Romney’s future running mate said that he had been confronted with racism personally, because he had dated an African- American and also had a brother with a black wife. “I have a sister-in-law who’s African American,” he told Milwaukee Magazine.

“My college sweetheart was black,” he added.

“I just experienced some ugly comments, some racist views from people who I thought were friends of mine.”

Pope, who married her second husband in Italy in May this year, loyally declined to comment on their relationship when approached by blogs.

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