At 7:41 p.m. on Monday, Draco Malfoy’s discarded skin suit Donald Trump Jr. tweeted a Trumpian meme meant to compare a few poison Skittles with a few poison Syrians, our mouth with border security, and our gastrointestinal tract with America.
In the tweet, Trump Jr. argued that the few Syrians who might be intent on causing America harm were, statistically speaking, about three in a bowl, and that risk was worth throwing away the whole bowl. It was a statement not only brimming with humanity and sensitivity, but policy accuracy and rigor.
And it turns out he couldn’t even think of this bananas comparison on his own. He plagiarized it from the virulently pro-life former congressman Joe Walsh, who once declared war on Twitter against President Barack Obama and said it was impossible for a woman to die from pregnancy.
In a statement given to the Hollywood Reporter, a Skittles representative wrote, “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.” Good job, Skittles.