Media attempts to use math to bust Donald Trump Jr.'s Skittles analogy, gets reality checked instead

As we told you last night, Donald Trump Jr. is under fire for his tweet comparing Syrian refugees to Skittles (yes, the delicious candy). Here it is again in case you missed it:

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

And today liberals are fighting back — with math! — to explain to Americans why Trump Jr. is wrong. For example, here’s Judd Legum of Thing Progress who says the bowl has 784,000 Skittles in it and none are dangerous:

5. In this refrigerator filled with 784,000 Skittles none of them will kill you https://t.co/j5sxC1o5yG pic.twitter.com/ln2TuOTGFZ

— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) September 20, 2016

784,000? Pfft. How about some bigger numbers, like in the billions? We’ll be seeing this one a lot we predict:

https://twitter.com/elisefoley/status/778022958442876929

This number is from a Cato Institute study. Here’s Philip Bump of the Washington Post talking about it on CNN this morning:

Trump Jr. likens Syrian refugees to Skittles: https://t.co/4rsdPxgvoL @ChrisCuomo and @pbump discuss. https://t.co/BQj0xxYH8D

— New Day (@NewDay) September 20, 2016

But these numbers just aren’t believable, especially since we have two examples from this weekend alone that bust the narrative:

https://twitter.com/MarkDice/status/778075169961095169

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Exactly. Ahmad Khan Rahami came to this country as a 9-year-old and then became radicalized:

https://twitter.com/davidharsanyi/status/777968957286445056

And as we told you on Sunday, the suspect in the Minnesota mall attack came to America when he was 12:

What's the opposite of assimilated? Dahir Adan, a 22-year-old Somali immigrant, identified as mall attacker https://t.co/SBcQK62Y15

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) September 18, 2016

Of course there’s an immigration angle to all of this and to pretend that there isn’t is one of the major reasons Donald Trump is as popular as he is. It’s also the reason why Hillary Clinton herself has called for a better system to screen the Skittles so to speak:

Hillary Clinton calls for "tough vetting" and "a better visa system" following this weekend's terror attacks pic.twitter.com/JDIdIgGPtf

— FOX & friends (@foxandfriends) September 20, 2016

Refugees have committed terrorist attack in this country and Hillary Clinton wants tougher vetting of refugees. So,why is Donald Trump Jr. wrong?

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