Ana Navarro was quick to correct her cohost, Sunny Hostin, during Friday’s episode of The View when the latter claimed the Republican had ‘lost friends’ when she voted for Democrat Hillary Clinton in the 2016 US presidential election.
The panel were discussing Liz Cheney’s decision to show her support for Vice President Kamala Harris, despite being a Republican, when Navarro, 52, shared her own experience of voting for the opposing party.
‘Let me tell you, so I voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016. It was the first time I voted for a Democrat and it was a very difficult thing to do because when politics has been such a part of your profession of your social circle, of your family life, it really is a very hard thing to do,’ the Nicaraguan-American political strategist admitted.
Hostin, 55, then butted in and commented: ‘You lost friends because of that,’ but Navarro was quick to fire back: ‘And they can go away!’ before adding: ‘They lost me!’
‘They lost you,’ Hostin repeated, but as she went to say something else, Navarro cut her off, gestured with her hands and told her: ‘Let me finish my point, please!’ before going on to praise Cheney, who this week branded Trump ‘depraved’ and even mocked his spray tan.
Ana Navarro was quick to correct her cohost, Sunny Hostin, during Friday’s episode of The View
Liz Cheney hit the campaign trail with Vice President Kamala Harris in Wisconsin on October 3
‘I want us to recognize just how hard what she did is, and Liz Cheney has been paying a price for standing on principle since January 6th,’ Navarro said.
‘This is a woman who could have been like Elise Stefanik, this is a woman who could have been like Nancy Mace and changed everything she believed.
‘She could still be in Congress, and she could still be in Republic leadership, hell, she might be speaker right now but instead she chose principle. She chose having a backbone, she chose democracy and I think we need to thank her for that.’
When Joy Behar predicted: ‘Maybe Liz Cheney will be in the cabinet, I think she probably will be,’ Navarro fired back: ‘Well, let’s get Kamala elected before we start getting into the cabinet…,’ as the live studio audience cheered.
Behar, 81, responded: ‘I’m more optimistic than you maybe…,’ but Navarro was keen to have the final word and replied: ‘I remember being optimistic in 2016. Do not leave anything for granted, be nervous and go out and vote.’
Behar, who will celebrate her 82nd birthday on October 7, then said: ‘I would say to those Republicans out there who are sitting on the fence, just do it this one time. Do it this one time. Vote for the Democrat to save the country. Listen to Liz Cheney.
‘When everything goes back to normal then become a Republican again like Alyssa will become and probably Ana,’ she added, but Alyssa Farah Griffin was quick to let her know, ‘I’m still a Republican,’ as she laughed awkwardly.
Navarro then spoke up again and said matter-of-factly: ‘Listen, the thing is this: we can have policy differences. You can have policy differences with Kamala, you can have policy differences with Liz Cheney.
Joy Behar urged Republicans who are ‘on the fence’ to vote Democrat ‘just this one time’
Alyssa Farah Griffin (right) stressed that she was ‘still a Republican’ as Sunny Hostin watched on
Alyssa served as the White House Director of Strategic Communications and Assistant to President Donald Trump in 2020
‘We are not at a point right now to be talking about policy differences. This is not about economic difference because we are not running against a normal human being. We are running against Donald Trump, who is an existential threat to humanity and democracy!’
Former White House aide Griffin, 35, added: ‘I do wanna say like, I am still a Republican and I don’t believe it’s my job to tell people how to vote, but to give them the facts and I have facts having worked closely with him that they just may not know.
‘I feel that’s my duty to the country. So, I think allow the chips to fall where they may, people will decide how they vote, but that’s what I’m going to do,’ the Republican said.