MSNBC’s Wallace apologizes for remark on Trump and Latinos
FILE - In this Dec. 9, 2018, file photo Nicolle Wallace poses for a photo at the 92nd Street Y in New York. Wallace has apologized for falsely saying on her show that President Donald Trump was “talking about exterminating Latinos.” She apologized on Twitter Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019, for a comment made on her show the day before. She tweeted that her mistake was not intentional and she was sorry. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File)
NEW YORK (AP) — MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace has apologized for falsely saying on her show that President Donald Trump was “talking about exterminating Latinos.”
She apologized Tuesday on Twitter for a comment she made on her show the day before. She tweeted that her mistake wasn’t intentional and that she was sorry.
Wallace was responding to a remark by USA Today columnist Raul Reyes, who was a guest on her afternoon show. Reyes had noted that Trump has talked about an infestation through illegal immigration, and the natural conclusion is to attempt an extermination.
Wallace was a communications director for former President George W. Bush and has been a harsh critic of Trump.