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bigtree

(86,005 posts)
Tue Sep 20, 2016, 07:41 AM Sep 2016

Mars, Inc. to Donald Trump Jr.: "Skittles are candy"

Last edited Tue Sep 20, 2016, 10:00 AM - Edit history (1)

BuzzFeed News ?@BuzzFeedNews 6h6 hours ago
Statement from Mars, Inc. on Donald Trump Jr tweeting a meme comparing Syrian refugees to Skittles: “It’s an inappropriate analogy." _ in response to @SethAbramovitch



Laura Seay ?@texasinafrica 10h10 hours ago
Othering refugees by wink-wink referencing a white supremacist's murder of a black child carrying Skittles is where the Trump campaign is.

Simon Maloy ?@SimonMaloy 13h13 hours ago
Syrian refugees are mainly family units, mostly kids, fleeing a war zone
and this pampered shit heel calls them all potential murderers

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Mars, Inc. to Donald Trump Jr.: "Skittles are candy" (Original Post) bigtree Sep 2016 OP
Thank you, Mars, Inc., and thank you, Ilsa Sep 2016 #1
going to buy a pack of Skittles today bigtree Sep 2016 #3
Mars is a great company. greatauntoftriplets Sep 2016 #5
ME, TOO! AwakeAtLast Sep 2016 #16
The apple doesn't fall far from the GWC58 Sep 2016 #10
Adam Lanza, Jason Dalton, and Dylann Roof weren't skittles or refugees ck4829 Sep 2016 #2
Lil'D relates to White American psychopaths, tho. elehhhhna Sep 2016 #4
He'd probably love to be known as Lil'D lunatica Sep 2016 #15
Is one, has one. Totally. elehhhhna Sep 2016 #22
When a white guy does it, it's "mental illness", not terrorism Rocknrule Sep 2016 #21
Very well said, Mars. Takket Sep 2016 #6
my thought too dembotoz Sep 2016 #8
tRump meals Scarsdale Sep 2016 #7
Thank you Mars. You want Skittles should KICK HIS ASS? trof Sep 2016 #9
Pampered Shit Heel. tavernier Sep 2016 #11
Yes indeed. lpbk2713 Sep 2016 #12
K & R Scurrilous Sep 2016 #13
thank you, mars. niyad Sep 2016 #14
Don't mess with Mars! George the Retiree Sep 2016 #17
Great on Mars to respond this way SFierro2004 Sep 2016 #18
THANK YOU MARS, INC Skittles Sep 2016 #19
Chris Hayes ties Skittles to one of the worst people who ever lived: Gabi Hayes Sep 2016 #20
Well-said, Mars!! Touché!! ailsagirl Sep 2016 #23

Ilsa

(61,698 posts)
1. Thank you, Mars, Inc., and thank you,
Tue Sep 20, 2016, 07:46 AM
Sep 2016

Judd. Looks to be 524 people if he's referring to squares.

Apparently Dumb Donald Jr. believes Daddy and thinks we have open borders.

greatauntoftriplets

(175,750 posts)
5. Mars is a great company.
Tue Sep 20, 2016, 08:47 AM
Sep 2016

There's a big Mars chocolate plant in Chicago, and I used to drive past there on my commute. Every Halloween, they give out tons of candy to kids. They get so many takers that there are Chicago police doing traffic control and helping a steady stream of people cross the street.

I've always thought it's a great thing to do for the neighborhood.

GWC58

(2,678 posts)
10. The apple doesn't fall far from the
Tue Sep 20, 2016, 09:54 AM
Sep 2016

rotten apple tree. That whole bunch is "rotten to the core!"

ck4829

(35,091 posts)
2. Adam Lanza, Jason Dalton, and Dylann Roof weren't skittles or refugees
Tue Sep 20, 2016, 07:50 AM
Sep 2016

We should ask lil' Donnie what actions we should take against the groups those three were part of as well.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
15. He'd probably love to be known as Lil'D
Tue Sep 20, 2016, 04:08 PM
Sep 2016

I haven't seen any indication that the Donald's kids are independent from their father in any way.

dembotoz

(16,834 posts)
8. my thought too
Tue Sep 20, 2016, 09:35 AM
Sep 2016

was working on a pun using the mars name but
that would detract from the simple to the point answer they gave

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
7. tRump meals
Tue Sep 20, 2016, 09:15 AM
Sep 2016

He should have compared refugees to eating at one of Daddy's hotels or casinos, where roaches gather, and salmonella is common.

tavernier

(12,401 posts)
11. Pampered Shit Heel.
Tue Sep 20, 2016, 10:05 AM
Sep 2016

Got to be my favorite yet!!

Perhaps irony will pay a visit, and he'll choke on an orange skittles.

 

SFierro2004

(11 posts)
18. Great on Mars to respond this way
Tue Sep 20, 2016, 06:11 PM
Sep 2016

By the way, Skittles are awesome. Trump? Not so much. He is the most sorry excuse of a "human being" I've known. And I've met some really reprehensible people over the years.

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