The Monday after the confirmation of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, the cackling coven of ABC’s The View kicked off the show by boasting about it with co-host and NeverTrump Republican Ana Navarro lashing out at Florida’s (her home state) Republican senators for not supporting Jackson’s nomination. And she targeted Senator Marco Rubio specifically with a thinly veiled accusation that he was a race traitor who forgot his parents’ struggles.
Navarro’s disgusting suggestion came at the end of the segment as they were talking about how different communities celebrate when one of their own scores a big achievement. “I remember the Italian community even with Scalia. It was like, ‘oh,’ it's exciting for the group,” Joy Behar noted.
“You remember what it was like for Italian immigrants. It's hard. It's a moment of accomplishment for an entire community,” Navarro added.
Using that point as a springboard, Navarro launched into the suggestion that Rubio had forgotten the hardships of Cuban immigrants, particularly his parents when they came to America. “Listen, when Marco Rubio's parents got to Florida, it used to say ‘no blacks, no dogs, no Cubans.’ I'm so sorry he seems to have forgotten that,” she sneered.
Earlier in the conversation, Navarro congratulated President Biden by declaring, “whether you like him or not, whether you voted for him or not, this is his legacy.” And she showed just how much she cared about the significance of the moment by getting the Justice’s name wrong, calling her “Ketanji Jackson Brown.”
“When you think of Ronald Reagan, whether you liked him or not, he appointed the first woman justice. And Joe Biden did this. He delivered,” she touted.
Beyond just demanding Jackson be confirmed based on her skin color, Navarro was upset that Florida’s Republican senators weren’t shallow enough to confirm her just because she’s from their state:
She grew up and the school she graduated from, Palmetto High, the band was out there celebrating. And then I thought to myself: my God, it's such a huge, huge moment and the two senators from Florida could not bring themselves to vote for the first Floridian, the first Miamian on the Supreme Court. They couldn’t even get themselves to stay there and clap.
“I'm so grateful for Susan Collins for Lisa Murkowski for Mitt Romney for having the moral compass to stay there and recognize the significance and clap,” she proclaimed.
And keeping the subject on supposed race-traitors, co-host Sunny Hostin whined about Republican Senator Tim Scott (SC) not supporting Jackson either. “I was surprised that Tim Scott. I was surprised by Tim Scott as well,” she huffed.
Ana Navarro’s disgusting smears of Senator Rubio were made possible because of lucrative sponsorships from Crest and Consumer Cellular. Their contact information is linked.
The transcript is below, click "expand" to read:
ABC’s The View
April 11, 2022
11:06:16 a.m. Eastern(…)
ANA NAVARRO: And I thought that part where she said, “we've arrived, we’ve made” was so important because she understands the significance, the transcendental moment. No woman of color gets to a place like that by herself. And she is the first to acknowledge it.
I was so touched by this image I saw when they were first coming out of the White House and Biden was flanked by Ketanji Jackson Brown [sic] and Kamala Harris on the other. And let me tell ya’ this, whether you like him or not, whether you voted him or not, this is his legacy. And it's going to outlive him, it’s going to outlive his administration.
When you think of Ronald Reagan, whether you liked him or not, he appointed the first woman justice. And Joe Biden did this. He delivered.
And I was so touched when I got to Miami because she's from Miami.
SUNNY HOSTIN: Yes, she is.
NAVARRO: She grew up and the school she graduated from, Palmetto High, the band was out there celebrating. And then I thought to myself: my God, it's such a huge, huge moment and the two senators from Florida could not bring themselves to vote for the first Floridian, the first Miamian on the Supreme Court. They couldn’t even get themselves to stay there and clap.
I'm so grateful for Susan Collins for Lisa Murkowski for Mitt Romney for having the moral compass to stay there and recognize the significance and clap.
Romney has 24 or something grandchildren. One of them is African-American, adopted by his son Ben. And I thought, “you know what, Mitt, when that little boy grows up he's going to know his grandfather did the right thing. And he’s going to be so proud of what his grandfather did.
JOY BEHAR: What gets me is there were a few guys who walked out when she was being confirmed.
SARA HAINES: A few? It was a whole party.
BEHAR: Yeah, a lot of them then. What I mean to say was, a few of them will be resigning – retiring.
HAINES: Yeah, so they had nothing to lose.
BEHAR: They had nothing to lose to stand up for what was right and for history and they chose not to.
HOSTIN: I was surprised that Tim Scott. I was surprised by Tim Scott as well.
(…)
11:08:58 a.m. Eastern
BEHAR: The group is happy. They're happy when someone -- I remember the Italian community even with Scalia. It was like, “oh,” it's exciting for the group.
NAVARRO: It’s hard, right? You remember what it was like for Italian immigrants. It's hard. It's a moment of accomplishment for an entire community.
HOSTIN: When Sotomayor was appointed.
NAVARRO: It tells you that's within our grasp. That is something can be achieved.
Listen, when Marco Rubio's parents got to Florida, it used to say “no blacks, no dogs, no Cubans.” I'm so sorry he seems to have forgotten that.
