Donald Trump Jr. was being roasted on social media yesterday after he tweeted out a controversial meme comparing refugees to poisoned 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
Now Skittles responded — and people all across various social platforms are raving about its message.
The company that owns Skittles, Wrigley America, later released the following statement to media organisations:
“Skittles are candy. Refugees are people.
We don’t feel it is an appropriate analogy. We will respectfully refrain from further commentary as anything we say could be misinterpreted as marketing.”
and people are praising it on Twitter:
Well done @Skittles for distancing themselves from latest Trump ill-informed & prejudicial statement https://t.co/9jOn8lF7q4
— Tom Burke (@tomwburke) September 20, 2016
https://twitter.com/LDBurnett/status/778199879927554048
https://twitter.com/darth/status/778096596311506944
https://twitter.com/AmanaFK/status/778224707460005888