“… on the Republican side…I don’t know whether I want brown grandbabies.”

Brokaw later said he felt “terrible a part of my comments on Hispanics offended some members of that proud culture.”

On Sunday, during an appearance on “Meet the Press,” NBC News’ Tom Brokaw reiterated what he called his long-held belief that “Hispanics should work harder at assimilation.”

The veteran news reporter offered his thoughts on immigration during a roundtable discussion on the government shutdown over President Donald Trump’s demand for funding a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

“The problem is in Wyoming and in South Dakota, they think they need a wall. And in Texas and in Arizona, they don’t,” host Chuck Todd said.

“And a lot of this, we don’t want to talk about,” Brokaw said. “But 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. Also, I hear, when I push people a little harder, ‘Well, I don’t know whether I want brown grandbabies.’ I mean, that’s also a part of it.”

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