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Donald Trump’s son likens Syrian refugees to bowl of poisoned Skittles

“Skittles are candy. Refugees are people. We don’t feel it’s an appropriate analogy," Skittles said in response to Donald Trump Jr.

Donald Trump Jr., son of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, posted a message on Twitter likening Syrian refugees to a bowl of poisoned Skittles.Donald Trump Jr., son of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, posted a message on Twitter likening Syrian refugees to a bowl of poisoned Skittles.  (J. Scott Applewhite / The Associated Press file photo)  

WASHINGTON—Donald Trump Jr. has posted a message on Twitter likening Syrian refugees to a bowl of poisoned Skittles.

Seeking to promote his father’s presidential campaign, the younger Trump 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.

Young Trump’s tweet said, “This image says it all. Let’s end the politically correct agenda that doesn’t put America first.”

His father has advocated sharply restraining immigration and has accused opponent Hillary Clinton of advocating acceptance of tens of thousands of refugees.

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.”

The tweet came as world leaders meeting at the United Nations on Monday approved a declaration aimed at providing a more co-ordinated and humane response to the global refugee crisis, among which Syrians are a major grouping.

During the campaign Trump has repeatedly called for a moratorium on accepting Syrian refugees. This is part of a more wide-ranging policy on immigrants that has ranged from an outright ban on foreign Muslim immigrants entering the United States “until we know what the hell is going on” to “extreme” vetting and an ideological test for would-be immigrants from countries and regions plagued by extremism.

Clinton has said she would expand President Barack Obama’s refugee program to accept about 65,000 Syrian refugees. This would be in addition to the tens of thousands of refugees accepted from around the world every year. Clinton said she would continue with the vetting currently in place, an effort that can take multiple years to complete.

Hundreds of thousands of Syrians have sought refuge in Europe while many others wait in neighbouring countries and refugee camps for the war to end or a chance to move away from the carnage. Obama pledged the U.S. would accept 10,000 Syrians this budget year, which ends Sept. 30, and achieved that number a month early. This is in addition to about 75,000 refugees from other parts of the world.

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Based on actual odds of getting killed by terrorist refugee, you'd need 10.8 billion skittles to find 3 killers https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/09/19/donald-trump-jr-inadvertantly-encourages-america-to-scoop-up-refugees-by-the-handful/ 

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Donald Trump Jr. inadvertently encourages America to scoop up refugees by the handful

Trump's tweet vastly misrepresents any threat posed by refugees from Syria.

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1. Not one Syrian refugee has been implicated in any terrorist attack in the USA.

2. The Muslims who have engaged in terrorism in the USA aren't people who Trump's immigration policies would capture. Many are US born, and almost all were US citizens.  Those Chechen boys from the Boston marathon would have been welcomed as Trump has a hard on for Russia.

But Trump appeals to the ignorant and this is evident by who his most ardent GNI supporters are.

FM

Trump's son already looking and sounding presidential.  We will see Christmas every day in the white house with them. I hope the first lady don't forget to put on her robe when she comes down to greet her guests.  

FM
caribny posted:

1. Not one Syrian refugee has been implicated in any terrorist attack in the USA.

2. The Muslims who have engaged in terrorism in the USA aren't people who Trump's immigration policies would capture. Many are US born, and almost all were US citizens.  Those Chechen boys from the Boston marathon would have been welcomed as Trump has a hard on for Russia.

But Trump appeals to the ignorant and this is evident by who his most ardent GNI supporters are.

The Trumps; Donald and others; ramble on as if all other must abide by their words.

FM

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