Ana Navarro said conservatives should be ready for a future in which people openly chant “f*ck Trump” once the next Democratic president takes office.
Speaking on CNN’s NewsNight on Monday, the View co-host addressed the Trump administration’s silence after UFC heavyweight Josh Hokit claimed after a fight that former first lady Michelle Obama “is a man.”
Navarro said that kind of rhetoric has circulated in “right-wing extremist circles for years and years and years.”
She argued that President Donald Trump has avoided addressing it because doing so would require him to challenge a segment of his own supporters.
“He doesn’t want to condemn it or apologize for that, because he thinks that shows weakness,” the CNN political commentator said.
Navarro also pointed to actor Robert De Niro’s anti-Trump remarks at a concert in New York on Sunday, where the Oscar winner led chants of “Shut the f*ck up” aimed at the president.
‘All I’ll say is this: Whenever there is a Democrat back in the White House, and they invite Robert De Niro, and Robert De Niro stands in the White House and says, “f*ck Trump,” or starts talking about, you know, what Melania Trump did.
‘I don’t want anybody who has remained silent right now, raising their hand or saying a thing,’ Navarro said.
Ana Navarro warned conservatives to be prepared for people to proudly say ‘f*ck Trump’ during the next Democratic presidency while making a Monday night appearance on CNN
The ABC and CNN star had been discussing the administration’s lack of a reaction to UFC heavyweight Josh Hokit’s post-fight remarks about Michelle Obama
Scott Jennings visibly bristled and looked directly at the camera as Navarro cursed.
‘Because it’s got to, you know – there’s things that are just condemnable,’ she continued.
‘These are the same people who want a comedian fired because of a lame joke about Melania Trump.’ The remark was a nod to Navarro’s ABC co-star Jimmy Kimmel joking in April that the current first lady exuded all the grace of an ‘expectant widow.’
‘But [Trump] doesn’t have the balls to condemn what is clearly condemnable,’ Navarro quipped.
Hokit’s comments Sunday – which were cut out of the official UFC YouTube version of Hokit’s post-fight speech – latched on to an unfounded, fringe conspiracy theory about the former first lady.
‘Lastly, Michelle Obama is a man! Am I right, America?’ Hokit told Joe Rogan after his win, following a moment with Trump outside the Octagon where the fighter adorned him with a medallion.
Rogan remained straight-faced during the comment.
Jennings looked at the camera, stunned, as Navarro cursed
The White House has not condemned Hokit’s remarks, which latched on to an unfounded conspiracy theory Navarro said has long been present ‘in right-wing extremist circles.’ The two shared a moment together outside the Octagon just before Hokit’s post-fight speech
Trump was sitting cage-side with UFC CEO Dana White.
White dismissed the remarks as ‘nasty’ and ‘false’ on Monday.
The Daily Mail has approached the White House for comment.
Jennings, a frequent Trump defender, said he personally would condemn the remarks, if asked.
He also admitted that he didn’t know why the White House had yet to address it.
‘My assumption is that they get asked to condemn things all the time, everybody everywhere that says something, they’re constantly being asked to condemn things, and my guess is they just sort of have a policy not to do it,’ Jennings theorized.
