Veteran newsman Tom Brokaw has been forced to apologize for saying that 'Hispanics should work harder at assimilation' and claiming Republicans 'fear having brown grandbabies'.
The broadcasting icon took to Twitter to say he felt terrible that his comments had offended members of the 'proud' Hispanic culture
Brokaw made the controversial comments during a roundtable on the NBC show discussion on the government shutdown and President Donald Trump's demand for funding a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
'The fact is, on the Republican side, a lot of people see the rise of an extraordinary, important, new constituent in American politics, Hispanics, who will come here and all be Democrats.
Do you feel Hispanics need to work harder at assimilating?
Rod will be talking about this on today's show...
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