On Monday, Donald Trump’s eldest son, Donald Jr, sought to explain his father’s tough policy on refugees and terror by comparing the issues to rainbow-coloured candies. Let’s end the politically correct agenda that doesn’t put American first. Would you take a handful?” the graphic read, while Trump Jr. commented, “This image says it all.
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Trump has called for building a safe zone at the same time as he has stiffly argued against allowing any more Syrian refugees into the US.
Which prompted the generally apolitical Skittles’s parent company, Wrigley Americas, to make the following statement: “Skittles are candy”.
“We will respectfully refrain from further commentary as anything we say could be misinterpreted as marketing”, said Vice President of Corporate Affairs Denise Young.
On social media, people shared pictures of child refugees to remind Trump Jr. of the magnitude of the refugee crisis.
Kittos wants Trump Jr. and the Trump campaign to stop using his photo.
Trump Jr.’s denigrating tweet has not been deleted yet, even after Mars Candy pointed out just how flawed it is to compare humans who are fleeing a civil war to candy, an inanimate object. “I don’t think he was comparing refugees to candy at all”, he said, saying some percentage of refugees are going to be “bad actors” without giving specific details.
Wrigley, the CEO company to brands like Skittles and Juicy Fruit, must have been shocked that Jr. used the sugary snack as an advertising method to promote the anti-refugee clause.
“This is disgusting”, Hillary Clinton’s traveling press secretary replied on Twitter.
David Kittos said he woke up Tuesday morning to find his photo, which he shot in 2010 and posted under copyright protection on Flickr, had become a major story in the us presidential campaign. “I was 6 years old”.
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“We all had to kind of just take our stuff and run away”. The brash tycoon has spearked a wave of criticism over his comments on race, immigrants and refugees, including calling for a ban on Muslim travelers to the United States.
