Donald Trump Jr. tried to mock a report showing that air pollution disproportionately hurts blacks and Hispanics, and he was met with scorn and ridicule.

A new study found that black Americans are exposed to 56 more pollution than they cause through consumption, while Hispanics are exposed to 63 percent more than they add to the atmosphere, and the president’s son attempted to joke away the research findings.

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“Just when you thought you’ve seen it all… now we have RACIST AIR,” Trump Jr. tweeted. “This insanity has to stop.”

Just when you thought you’ve seen it all… now we have RACIST AIR. This insanity has to stop. https://t.co/fWPl4esIAu — Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) March 13, 2019

About 100,000 Americans die from air pollution each year — more than car crashes and murders combined — and other social media users blasted the president’s son for making light of the problem.

Trust me…the air in Malibu is a lot different than the air downtown. — Christopher (@iMakeItRainMan) March 13, 2019

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Did you even read the article?

Can you read?

Your dad did give a lot of money to the college you went to. Did you read there? — VickieM_WV (@vickiemwv) March 13, 2019

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You really are ignorant. Its obvious your daddy bought your way through school. When's the last time you saw an industrial plant surrounded by million dollar homes? Sewage plants mixed in with wealthy homes? Yet minority homes are! — Kenton Cole (@kentoncole) March 13, 2019

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Idiocracy was supposed to be a SCI FI movie not actual reality ! — Aswin Periyadan (@aswinperiyadan) March 13, 2019

You’re right. We must stop dumping pollution in low income, disproportionately minority areas. It’s immoral and insane. Oh, but I forgot. You’re unfamiliar with the concept of morals. Insanity, on the other hand, is an old, familiar friend. — Jenny C (@JennyCaldwell) March 13, 2019

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Let's connect the dots for the thinking-impaired. NIMBY means people with wealth and power can block development of pollution-generating enterprises where they live. Neighborhoods in poverty are the default location. — A Dissident is Here (@Pulpiteer) March 13, 2019

It’s not the air dumbass. It’s the corporations and politicians that enable this disparity. — BernieBro99 (@BernieBro99) March 13, 2019

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Junior, I really didn't think it was possible, but you've outdone yourself with this one. #PeakStupidity — Dave Bratton (@Dave_Bratton) March 13, 2019

Take a day off, Junior. — Donna (@donnasaysso) March 13, 2019

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Someone should study this guy to scientifically prove whether or not ignorance is actually bliss — L.H. (@Flomousy) March 13, 2019

Are you actually saying that from the top floor of #trump tower, you hear the same level of noise, breathe in the same level of car exhaust? I mean I know you’re just a low life elephant murderer but at least you ought to know that privilege protects you, right? — Carole Raphaelle Davis (@caroleraphaelle) March 13, 2019