‘The View’s Ana Navarro responds to Pete Hegseth calling Democrats the country’s “biggest adversary”: “The hypocrisy is glaring”

Ana Navarro and the hosts of The View had some choice words to share with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth after he testified before Congress about the impact the ongoing war in Iran could be having on everyday Americans.

Navarro pointedly took issue with a statement Hegseth made in which he called Democrats an “adversary” to the country.

“The biggest adversary we face at this point are the reckless naysayers and defeatist words of congressional Democrats and some Republicans,” Hegseth said.

Navarro pointed out that Hegseth’s controversial statement has come after the recent shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinner, after which the Trump administration has made a point of condemning “heated rhetoric” that could incite violence.

“I don’t want us to lose sight that in a week where the Trump administration and Trump himself, from the podium at the White House, they’ve been wagging their fingers at Democrats and telling them to tamp down the heated rhetoric,” she stated.

“Pete Hegseth goes into this hearing and calls – not the Mullahs, not the Ayatollahs, – the biggest adversaries, but the Democrats the biggest adversaries,” she continued. “So the hypocrisy is glaring.”

As she prepared to throw the segment to commercial, Joy Behar pointedly agreed with Navarro.

“They don’t care about being hypocrites. It goes in one ear and out the other,” Behar lamented. “It’s like they redefine the word hypocrite.”

Navarro’s statement comes just days after Trump’s former personal counselor and ousted official Alina Habba also condemned this during a recent visit on The View. Navarro was not present during the broadcast, but Habba told The View hosts at the time that they also “have responsibilities” regarding how they speak about the president.

Habba condemned former FBI Director James Comey’s controversial social media post about President Trump that read, “86 47,” which she claimed she believes was a threat to President Trump’s life.

“This is an FBI director. We have responsibilities,” she said, before turning to the hosts to remind them, “You guys have responsibilities not to call the president certain things, or say things that can incite violence.”

Habba noted that being present for the attempted shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinner this past weekend gave her a “completely new perspective on how important our voices are and how we use them.”

However, when Hostin asked Habba if she had seen President Trump’s social media post calling for “death to Democrats,” Habba stated she had not seen the post and did not comment on whether he should be held responsible for that.

The View airs on weekdays at 11/10c on ABC.