Mayor Mike Rawlings admits he’s more afraid of white terrorists than Syrian refugees

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While some public officials would have you think Syrian refugees are a national threat, the mayor of Dallas couldn’t disagree more.

Saturday, Mayor Mike Rawlings told MSNBC that the United States should welcome refugees and also admitted there are bigger homegrown threats to be worried about.

“I am more fearful of large gatherings of white men that come into schools, theaters and shoot people up, but we don’t isolate young white men on this issue,” Rawlings said, responding to questions about the threat of terrorists sneaking into the country through refugee programs.

“I was out in the streets last night in Dallas looking at a great part of town that has had some recent robberies. Those are the things that mayors are concerned about.”

“This is a big issue, and we as a nation must step up and make sure we are secure — but we must not do things that change the soul of who are are,” Rawlings continued. “We’ve got to use the words carefully to show [Muslim Syrian refugees] that we care about them. ISIS is no more Islamic than the Nazi senior staff was Christian.”