Spare a thought for the public relations department at Wrigley Americas, who are currently pulling an all-nighter trying to deal with the shitstorm inflicted upon them by one Donald Trump Jr and his quite terrible candy/refugee analogy that was so thin Lays could sell it in bags.
Earlier this morning Trump the Junior decided to give his hot take on the whole Syrian Refugee crisis by comparing living, breathing human beings to a bowl of 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
Yeah. The “Seinfeld throwing his hands up and leaving the theatre GIF” of Twitter posts.
And though loathe as we all are to entertain the musings of this clearly insane person, comment must be sought from all parties involved.
Seth Abramovitch of The Hollywood Reporter managed to get the definitive response from Skittles via a lovely, if not utterly exasperated-sounding PR rep for the company by the name of Denise Young.
In simple terms, it’s as quick and vicious a washing-of-the-hands as you’re ever likely to see from a corporate brand.
A rep for @Skittles gives me their response to @DonaldJTrumpJr pic.twitter.com/OmkJQkIqug
— Seth Abramovitch (@SethAbramovitch) September 20, 2016
“Skittles are candy. Refugees are people. We don’t feel it’s an appropriate analogy. We will respectfully refrain from further commentary as anything we say could be misinterpreted as marketing.”
YOWZA.
And if, for whatever reason, that response needs any further clarification, allow us to re-interpret it through the only medium we truly know inside-and-out: Bastardised Simpsons quotes and shitposting:
“Donald, Skittles are a family candy. Happy families. Maybe racist people eat Skittles, we don’t know. Frankly, we don’t want to know. It’s a market we can do without.”
Photos: Bill Clark, Alex Wong/Getty.
