Donald Trump Jr. likens Syrian refugees to poisoned Skittles
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Donald Trump Jr., seeking to promote the presidential campaign of his father, who has been advocating sharply restraining immigration, posted a tweet featuring a bowl of the candy Skittles with a warning.
"If I had a bowl of skittles and I told you just three would kill you, would you take a handful?" said the tweet on the verified @DonaldTrumpJr handle. "That's our Syrian refugee problem," said the post, which caused a stir and negative tweets on the internet into Tuesday.
Skittles parent company Wrigley Americas distanced itself from the tweet with a terse response opposing Trump Jr.'s premise. "Skittles are candy. Refugees are people. We don't feel it's an appropriate analogy," Vice President of Corporate Affairs Denise Young said in the statement. "We will respectfully refrain from further commentary as anything we say could be misinterpreted as marketing."
