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September 21, 2016

Man Who Shot Photo of Skittles in Donald Trump Jr. Anti-Refugee Tweet Himself was Refugee
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Meanwhile, Trump's son, Donald Trump Jr., continues to spark controversy
with his comments that compared Syrian refugees to poisoned Skittles. On
Monday, he tweeted a graphic reading, "If I had a bowl of Skittles and I
told you just three would kill you. Would you take a handful? That's our
Syrian refugee problem." Now, the man who shot the photo of the Skittles
in the graphic has come forward, revealing he himself is a former
refugee. David Kittos lives in Britain. He said, "In 1974, when I was
six years old, I was a refugee from the Turkish occupation of Cyprus, so
I would never approve the use of this image against refugees." The
parent company of Skittles has also pushed back against the tweet,
saying, "Skittles are candy. Refugees are people. We don't feel it's an
appropriate analogy."


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