President Obama’s plan to resettle tens of thousands mostly Muslim refugees from the Middle East is creating a “lethal, toxic cocktail” in Arizona, Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., said Wednesday.

Arizona has accepted 27,900 refugees during the past decade. That number will no doubt increase significantly moving forward. Gosar, who appeared Wednesday on “The Laura Ingraham Show,” suggested that people from war-torn Syria are likely to create a culture conflict in his home state.

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“Disproportionately, this administration says that those refugees coming in will be 97 percent Islamic, 3 percent Christian,” he said. “Over 70 percent will be young men, and not families. This administration has been building a lethal, toxic cocktail in Arizona.”

Gosar, who has endorsed Florida Rep. Daniel Webster in his long-shot race for Speaker of the House of Representatives over establishment favorite Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said federal authorities have no effective way to screen applicants.

“We bring in people — we have no idea who they are,” he said. “We’ve already released convicted felons, murders and rapists into our communities. We’re looking for total chaos.”

“We bring in people — we have no idea who they are,” he said. “We’ve already released convicted felons, murders and rapists into our communities. We’re looking for total chaos.”

Gosar said liberal groups in Arizona are petitioning the government to settle refugees — at taxpayer expense — in his state.

“We’ve taken our fair share,” he said.

Gosar said he is supporting Webster because the Florida congressman has pledge to spread power and decision-making to Republican members of the House. He said that would be a sharp change from the current leadership, which moves from “crisis to crisis,” refuses to push back against Obama, and fails to use its power of the purse.

“This leadership is actually condoning the problem,” he said.