UPDATED: MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace claims Trump is ‘talking about exterminating Latinos’

“Then he ramped it up again to the invasion, the warning people of a caravan and words like ‘infestation.’ What do you do with an infestation? With an infestation, the natural conclusion is attempt an extermination. So, to me there’s very little distinction between his inciting this violence and the fact it’s now happening,” NBC News’ Paul Reyes said.

Reyes went on to discuss how his rhetoric “resonates with a portion of his base.”

“What do you do when, certainly, the last Republican president fought for, sought and — it’s not ideal — but had 44% of Latino voters. So politically powerful inside the last Republican administration,” Wallace countered. “President Obama used the power of the presidency to try to pass comprehensive immigration reform, with the Latino community, Latino leaders, at the table. You now have a president, as you said, talking about exterminating Latinos.”

Reyes added, “To me it’s not even a question what this president could do. It brings me no pleasure saying this. I just think with this administration, it’s too late. And it’s not even a political question because Obama, George W. Bush, H.W., all of the presidents in modern history have made sincere outreach to Latinos, whether or not their views happen to align with mainstream Latinos. They wanted him their parties. They wanted their support.”

UPDATE: Wallace took to Twitter on Tuesday evening to say she “misspoke” in her claims, writing, “I misspoke about Trump calling for an extermination of Latinos. My mistake was unintentional and I’m sorry. Trump’s constant assault on people of color and his use of the word ‘invasion’ to describe the flow of immigrants is intentional and constant.”