Donald Trump Jr. compares Syrian refugees to killer Skittles

Donald Trump Jr.
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Not wanting to leave the provocative Twitter posting just to his father, Donald Trump Jr. tweeted out a graphic on Monday likening Syrian refugees to poisonous Skittles candy.

A spokeswoman for Wrigley Americas, wanting nothing to do with the argument, told The Hollywood Reporter's Seth Abramovitch that "Skittles are candy. Refugees are people. We don't feel it's an appropriate analogy. We will respectfully refrain from further commentary as anything we say could be misinterpreted as marketing." One fan of the analogy did step forward — former Congressman Joe Walsh, who took credit for it, tweeting to Trump, "That's the point I made last month. Glad you agree." Like the Kit Kat slogan says: Gimme a break.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.