Last night, Donald Trump Jr. fired off a tweet comparing Skittles to Syrian refugees, and that tweet has since gone über viral. Earlier this morning we posted the best Twitter reactions to Donald Trump Jr’s tweet because there gave been some fan-fucking-TASTIC reactions so far. Something lost in the shuffle though is that Donald Trump Jr. appears to have straight up plagiarized his tweet from a man Jezebel describes as ‘virulently pro-life former congressman’ Joe Walsh:
Hey @DonaldJTrumpJr, that's the point I made last month.
Glad you agree. pic.twitter.com/Nssw6KC1HY
— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) September 20, 2016
LOLOLOLOLOL. See above, see below, and then tell me that’s not plagiarism because clearly the original author didn’t know they were going to jack his tweet:
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
Walsh obviously echoes the sentiment but is calling out Donald Trump Jr. for plagiarism, presumably because he’d like the credit for coming up with such a xenophobic analogy.
Naturally, Skittles couldn’t allow themselves to be caught in the crossfire and they had to release a statement:
A rep for @Skittles gives me their response to @DonaldJTrumpJr pic.twitter.com/OmkJQkIqug
— Seth Abramovitch (@SethAbramovitch) September 20, 2016
Bros, Skittles wants to be VERY CLEAR that Skittles are candy and refugees are not candy. They don’t want people thinking that their candy is refugees. So please keep that in mind next time you’re sauntering on through the candy aisle at Walmart.
Now here are just a few of the reactions to Donald Trump Jr.’s plagiarized tweet (you can see all of the best reactions HERE):
https://twitter.com/saladinahmed/status/778070209085120512
https://twitter.com/andylassner/status/778087457925595136
https://twitter.com/Bro_Pair/status/778062176728657920
you're not supposed to eat the refugees @DonaldJTrumpJr we've been over this https://t.co/d8XnbIzk0o
— Anthony Oliveira (@meakoopa) September 20, 2016
For more on this alleged plagiarism of Donald Trump Jr. you can CLICK ON OVER to Jezebel.com!!!