Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings elaborated on a tweet that some people are calling divisive.
During the taping of "Lone Star Politics," which will air Sunday, November 27 at 8:40 a.m. on NBC 5, Mayor Rawlings said he was thinking about this year's fiery political campaigns when he published the following Tweet on Thanksgiving:
Dozens of Mayor Rawlings' Twitter followers liked the tweet. But a few people criticized it as "divisive."
The mayor told NBC DFW he was not directly referring to the election of Donald Trump as U.S. President, but he was referencing some of the campaign rhetoric.
"[There have been] really some terrible things that was said about the Hispanic population of our country," said Mayor Rawlings. "It's such a growing population and I want to encourage them."
See more of his in-depth interview on Lone Star Politics, Sunday, November 27 at 8:40 a.m. on NBC 5. The show is joint production between NBC 5 and our media partners, The Dallas Morning News.
