Trump Jr. slammed for callously comparing Syrians to poisoned Skittles: ’Are you suggesting we eat refugees?'

Not long after GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump wowed a crowd in Florida by comparing undocumented immigrants to snakes, his namesake retweeted a meme equating Syrian refugees fleeing their war-torn country to poisoned Skittles.

On Twitter, Donald Trump Jr. wrote:  "This image says it all. Let's end the politically correct agenda that doesn't put America first. #trump2016" accompanied by the following graphic bearing the Trump/Pence logo:

With the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees reporting that the bulk of refugees are women and children, Twitter users blasted the younger Trump, with one calling him "a refugee from simple human decency."

"Skittles are candy. Refugees are people. We don't feel it's an appropriate analogy," Vice President of Corporate Affairs Denise Young said in the statement. "We will respectfully refrain from further commentary as anything we say could be misinterpreted as marketing."

A sampling below along with Trump Jr's original tweet.

And then a simple brutal statement without words