Even after the second assassination attempt on former President Trump, the liberal ladies of ABC’s The View had refused to tone down their incendiary rhetoric. But, during Friday’s show, fake Republican Ana Navarro actually turned up the rhetoric to a very dangerous level. According to her, Trump was not a “normal human being,” but rather “an existential threat to humanity and democracy.”
Her disgusting dehumanization of Trump was spurred on by former Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney’s endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris. The ABC News co-host sympathized with how hard the decision was: “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.”
Navarro went on to declare that policy differences were not allowed to be discussed this election cycle because a non-human, existential threat was on the ballot:
NAVARRO: we can have policy differences. You can have policy differences with Kamala. You can have policy differences with Liz Cheney. 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.
HOSTIN: Right!
NAVARRO: We are running against Donald Trump who is an existential threat to humanity and democracy.
The context around Navarro’s comments made things even worse. Shortly before she made her dangerous assertions, pretend moderate Sara Haines declared: “When we speak of Donald Trump, we are not speaking in hyperbole or elevated rhetoric, we are speaking in facts.”
Earlier in the week, co-host Sunny Hostin claimed Trump was a Nazi who was literally planning a second Kristallnacht. She also claimed we will "not have elections after this election if the former president wins."
Not speaking in hyperbole or elevated rhetoric? Who could tell?
The View cast was also really desperate to have Republican vote for Harris. “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…” Friday moderator Joy Behar begged.
Haines paraphrased Cheney in insisting that the Republican Party was “dying” and somehow the only way to save it was voting for Democrats:
But that party is dying and being co-opted by an extreme MAGA nationalist-wing that doesn't fit everyone. So, if you love that party, if you have conservative beliefs and you want that to be represented again you have to vote for Kamala Harris to save it. And I thought that was so effective last night.
Behar rambled on about how Americans needed to “meet this moment” and vote for Harris. “This moment, I mean we have been in trouble over the centuries. Slavery was almost going to take hold again after it was done. And this is another moment in time where just vote the right way this time because meet the moment,” she proclaimed.
The transcript is below. Click "expand" to read:
ABC’s The View
October 4, 2024
11:06:35 a.m. Eastern(…)
SARA HAINES: I think Liz Cheney made it very clear that there's only one option when you fill out your ballot in November for two major reasons. So, if you're a Republican or an independent struggling to vote for Vice President Harris, I thought she spelled out so perfectly that, when we speak of Donald Trump, we are not speaking in hyperbole or elevated rhetoric, we are speaking in facts.
And the facts she laid out so smoothly in her speech last night, she also pointed out are not from his rivals, are not from other parties. They are from his inner circle, his cabinet, his campaign. That's what she was quoting to show you that this isn't the other side saying this, this is his people saying this.
And then, the second reason I thought it was so important is, she reminded us there that are people with conservative values and beliefs and she is one of them. But that party is dying and being co-opted by an extreme MAGA nationalist-wing that doesn't fit everyone. So, if you love that party, if you have conservative beliefs and you want that to be represented again you have to vote for Kamala Harris to save it. And I thought that was so effective last night.
ANA NAVARRO: So, 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.
SUNNY HOSTIN: You lost friends because of that.
NAVARRO: And they can go away.
[Laughter and applause]
They lost me.
HOSTIN: They lost you.
[Crosstalk]
NAVARRO: But let me finish my point, please.
So, 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 6. This is a woman who could have been like Elise Stefanik. This is a woman who could be like Nancy Mace and changed everything she believed and she could still be in Congress and she could still be in Republican 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.
I'm also incredibly impressed by what Kamala Harris is doing. She has said that she's going to be the president for all Americans and think of the coalition she's building. She's got Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on the left, she's got Liz Cheney on the right, she’s got Bernie Sanders on the left, she’s got Dick Cheney on the right. Who would have thunk there was a tent big enough to fit all of those!
So, I think Kamala is being very consistent to what she said she would do.
JOY: 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 –
HAINES: Kamala said, the day for a two-party system will come back.
ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN: I’m still a Republican.
NAVARRO: But 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. 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.
HOSTIN: Right!
NAVARRO: We are running against Donald Trump who is an existential threat to humanity and democracy.
[Applause]
ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN: I do want to say though, I am still a Republican and I don't believe -- 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. And 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.
BEHAR: This is the part that stood out from what she said, to me, ‘I ask you will of you here and everyone listening across the great country to join us. I ask you to meet this moment.” This moment, I mean we have been in trouble over the centuries. Slavery was almost going to take hold again after it was done. And this is another moment in time where just vote the right way this time because meet the moment.
(…)
