Skittles Would Like The Trumps To Stop Using Them In Anti-Refugee Memes, Please

We’re not sure if the Trumps love Skittles or hate Skittles, but either way, they’ve pulled them into an unexpected social media fracas.

Donald Trump Jr., son of the Republican Presidential contender, today pushed out a meme comparing the plight of the Syrian refugee to that of a skittle.

Needless to say, with the innocent social media manager at Skittles HQ wisely staying silent, the denizens of the web jumped at the opportunity to share their thoughts on the metaphor (and the general absurdity of the U.S. election to date).

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

so tough to choose between a bowl of skittles and a basket of deplorables

— andy levy (@andylevy) September 20, 2016

If I had a handful of skittles and I told you three of them would kill you, would you eat them?

Of course not.

This is our gun problem.

— Allen (@ussherpress) September 20, 2016

I love you whoever has to work @Skittles and I will send you wine if you need it tonight and quite frankly whenever. ❤️

— Sara Benincasa (@SaraJBenincasa) September 20, 2016

More significantly, they reminded the Trumps that Skittles are not people.

These aren't Skittles, @DonaldJTrumpJr. pic.twitter.com/h8DXvdFtVM

— Jason Sparks (@sparksjls) September 20, 2016

Eventually, Wrigley Americas’ VP of Corporate Affairs, Denise Young, released a statement on the Trumps' usage of their product as a point of comparison to Syrian refugees (which is certainly not how Denise thought her day was going to end).

“Skittles are candy. Refugees are people. We don’t feel it’s an appropriate analogy,” she wrote.

In other words…

Skittles be like "I would very much like to excluded from this narrative, one that I have never asked to be apart of."

— Simar Ahluwalia (@sahluwal) September 20, 2016

This has been the latest update from the world of politics in 2016.

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