“The View”'s Ana Navarro thanks Liz, Dick Cheney for endorsing Kamala Harris over 'disgusting' Donald Trump

“The View”'s Ana Navarro thanks Liz, Dick Cheney for endorsing Kamala Harris over 'disgusting' Donald Trump

"Thank you for putting country first."

Ana Navarro is commending former Vice President Dick Cheney and his daughter, former Rep. Liz Cheney, for endorsing Kamala Harris for president over the “disgusting” Donald Trump.

“I have something I’d like to say to Liz Cheney and Dick Cheney: thank you,” The View cohost said during Monday’s episode. “Thank you for doing this. Thank you for putting country first.”

Liz publicly endorsed Harris during an appearance at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy on Wednesday. Just two days later, her father, who served under President George W. Bush from 2001 until 2009, announced that he too would be voting for Harris in his own statement.

In response to the former vice president's statement, Trump lashed out at both Cheneys on Truth Social, calling Dick an “irrelevant RINO” — an acronym for ‘Republican in name only’ — “along with his daughter.”

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<p>ABC; David Hume Kennerly/Getty</p> Ana Navarro on 'The View,' former Rep. Liz Cheney with former V.P. Dick Cheney

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Ana Navarro on 'The View,' former Rep. Liz Cheney with former V.P. Dick Cheney

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This isn’t the first time that Liz has spoken out against Trump. She previously voted to impeach him over the Jan. 6 Capitol riots and also served as the Vice Chair of the House Committee investigating the attack. Still, Navarro acknowledged, “It is hard when you are a Republican — particularly when you’re a Cheney, when you’re with somebody who’s been in politics your entire life, since the womb — to do something which feels disloyal to this party that’s been part of your life forever.”

She noted, however, that these are "special circumstances" right now. "To me, this is not about policy — we can have all the policy differences in the world," she said. "This is about basic humanity, moral compass, and fitness to serve.”

The 52-year-old then read a segment from Dick’s statement, wherein he noted that Trump “tried to steal the last election using lies and violence to keep himself in power after the voters had rejected him.” She continued, “As citizens, we each — each, that means me, you, you, you — we each have the duty to put country over partisanship to defend our constitution.” 

Especially when current political polls are predicting a close election. “Do I think the Liz Cheney, Dick Cheney endorsement is going to win Kamala Harris the election? No. But when it’s this close, every little bit counts,” Navarro said. “I lived in Florida when it was decided by a little over 500 votes. Georgia was decided by 11,000 votes the last time, so every little bit counts and I think it offers safety in numbers to Republicans who don’t want to vote for Donald Trump, know he is a disgusting, disgusting human being, but are feeling the pull of the party.”

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Sunny Hostin added that she considered the most important takeaway from Liz’s speech was that sitting out this election was “not an option” for voters.

“You have so many people talking about, ‘I’m not voting. I’m gonna sit on the couch. My vote doesn’t count.’ Your vote counts because of these slim margins everywhere,” she said. “What I loved about what Liz Cheney did — and I’ve never been someone who says Liz Cheney is the savior of the party — but she’s giving people not only permission, but that off ramp that independents need, that young people need, that moderate Republicans need.”

Navarro ended her speech by recalling a moment she had with Hillary Clinton at the Democratic National Convention.

“She told me that, after 2016, people kept coming up to her for four long years telling her, ‘We are so sorry we didn’t go out to vote. We thought you had it in the bag. We thought you had it won. We thought you didn’t need us.’ And they had voter’s remorse for four years,” she said. “That is a mistake we cannot make again.”

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