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Donald Trump Jr. Compares Syrian Refugees to Poisoned Skittles...Twitter Goes Insane

via: Sammy Nickalls @ Esquire
Like father, like son: On Monday night, Donald Trump Jr. took to Twitter to comment on the massively complex Syrian refugee crisis with a dehumanizing, vastly oversimplified, and xenophobic image that compares actual, real lives with poisoned Skittles.

"If I had a bowl of Skittles and I told you just three would kill you...Would you take a handful? That's our Syrian refugee problem," the text reads above a bowl of Skittles and the Trump-Pence logo.

"This image says it all," Trump Jr. tweeted. "Let's end the politically correct agenda that doesn't put America first. #trump2016"

Ah, good ol' fear-mongering rhetoric that erases lives under the disguise of patriotism. Ain't America great?

Of course, this isn't the first time Syrian lives have been equated to candy. Late last year, a similar meme equating the situation to 10 poisoned M&Ms out of 10,000 went viral (among racist xenophobes, that is). Shocker: Trump Jr. isn't even original.

The original tweet...

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