How Not to Be a Better Bloke: Compare Syrian refugees to Skittles

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Donald Trump Jr compares Syrian refugees to Skittles

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-us-2016-37416457

Skittles controversy

In the US, each year, you are far more likely to die due to choking on candy than due to a terrorist attack by a refugee

  • 1 in 3,408 chance of choking to death on food

  • 1 in 3,640,000,000 chance of being killed by a refugee in a terror attack

Source: US National Safety Council, Cato Institute

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There has been no reaction from Donald Trump’s campaign.

But Nick Merrill, Hillary Clinton’s travelling press secretary, earlier tweeted that Donald Jr’s postwas “disgusting”.