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Donald Trump Jr's Skittles Tweet Provokes Hilarious Responses

"Can I elect the bowl of Skittles president instead of your dad?"
Ryan Barrell
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Writer, The Huffington Post UK

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Continuing his father’s legacy of bigoted fearmongering and borrowing memes from white supremacists, Donald Trump Jr posted a tweet on Monday night likening Syrian refugees to a bowl of Skittles.

This image says it all. Let's end the politically correct agenda that doesn't put America first. #trump2016 pic.twitter.com/9fHwog7ssN

— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) September 19, 2016

The image, emblazoned with Trump’s presidential branding, is a re-working of similar sentiment shared by the alt-right.

And it didn’t take long before the people of Twitter were pointing out how ridiculous and error-ridden the image was.

@DonaldJTrumpJr pic.twitter.com/GtbPbdtLYT

— Jenna Mullins (@JBomb11) September 20, 2016

@DonaldJTrumpJr Skittles are candy.
Refugees are people.

You, sir, are a racist tool. #nevertrump

— MikeBrendan (@MikeBrendan) September 20, 2016

"If I had a bowl of Skittles and I told you th—"

"Can I elect the bowl of Skittles president instead of your dad?"

"..."

— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) September 20, 2016

To: @DonaldJTrumpJr
From: Me
CC: @Skittles pic.twitter.com/zhSm2RZV9d

— Andy McDonald (@iamandymcdonald) September 20, 2016

@DonaldJTrumpJr pic.twitter.com/LGRUUUQQb8

— yasmin (@yqasem_) September 20, 2016

Anyone for ice cream?#Trump2016 pic.twitter.com/USLoKWfkDa

— Mockeree (@mockeree) September 20, 2016

Pause to reflect on the fact that this was sent from an iPhone, which was created by the son of a Syrian immigrant. https://t.co/N13gXgRozn

— Binyamin Appelbaum (@BCAppelbaum) September 20, 2016

.@DonaldJTrumpJr if I put 3 Trumps in front of you and said 1 would destroy the country, would you elect any of them president?

— Scott Schmidt (@Scosch4) September 20, 2016

Around 3000 Americans die every year from choking on food. Zero have been killed by refugees. So I'd be more worried about the Skittles tbh. https://t.co/imLSZckjsI

— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) September 20, 2016

Three very dangerous Skittles. Just takes three. pic.twitter.com/AISnm2w3L4

— Dr Kelly Sennholz (@MtnMD) September 20, 2016

Donald Jr: I made a Skittles meme and now I'm trending!

Ivanka: Well dad gave me extra hugs today.

Eric: I drank 3 juice boxes really fast

— andy lassner (@andylassner) September 20, 2016

you're not supposed to eat the refugees @DonaldJTrumpJr we've been over this https://t.co/d8XnbIzk0o

— MAX IM A KOOPA (@meakoopa) September 20, 2016

@DonaldJTrumpJr pic.twitter.com/DHBQZrx8fT

— Myke (@MikeWehner) September 20, 2016

If Trump wins I'll eat a 100% poisoned bowl of skittles

— Fred Delicious (@Fred_Delicious) September 20, 2016

I am calling for a total and complete shutdown of Skittles entering the US until our leaders can figure out what is going on.

— Alex Seitz-Wald (@aseitzwald) September 20, 2016

Some people decided to take a moment to think of the poor people at Skittles who were probably being inundated with requests from journalists.

Skittles PR team staring at Twitter rn pic.twitter.com/lCWaho0C6O

— Marcus Gilmer (@marcusgilmer) September 20, 2016

But in the end, they came out with the perfect reply.

A rep for @Skittles gives me their response to @DonaldJTrumpJr pic.twitter.com/OmkJQkIqug

— Seth Abramovitch (@SethAbramovitch) September 20, 2016

Trump Jr’s Skittles controversy comes just a few days after he was widely panned for a Holocaust joke.

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