Are you f*cking kidding me?

Update to this story.

Via Politico:

NBC News correspondent and MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell said on Thursday that fiscal conservatives who oppose immigration reform should be “ashamed of themselves” for ignoring the calls of local community leaders.

Speaking on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Mitchell also described Sen. John McCain as “heroic” for fighting against conservatives who only want to increase border security.

“The piecemeal approach is basically saying, ‘Let’s throw a lot of money at border security,” she said. “John McCain has pointed out — and he’s been heroic on this issue — he has pointed out that it is a total waste of money, what they did in the Senate, but it is political cover. But just to do border security and nothing else — these fiscal conservatives ought to be ashamed.”

Asked for comment regarding her stance on the issue, Mitchell referred POLITICO to an NBC News spokesperson.

“Andrea has not taken a position on this issue,” said Erika Masonhall, the director of NBC News communications. “In the full context of her comments, she was noting that business and agriculture interests, clergy, and labor communities have all said the current policy is unsustainable, and that there is no economic argument for doing nothing or only adding to border security.”