Ana Navarro Calls for Republican Accountability Following Buffalo Mass Shooting: “Time to Name Names and Point Fingers”

Ana Navarro used her Monday appearance on The View to directly call out republican lawmakers for spreading racist rhetoric, specifically replacement theory, following Saturday’s (May 14) mass shooting in Buffalo, New York. Navarro, who is a republican, lashed out at members of her party for “peddling hate” to the public after a white nationalist shot 13 people in a supermarket, killing 10.

Navarro said she was “so incredibly upset” about the shooting that it was “almost hard” for her to speak about it. After mentioning another recent mass shooting in which “another white supremacist, domestic terrorist, racist piece of crap” killed 23 shoppers at a Texas Walmart in 2019, Navarro said, “It’s absolutely the same thing replaying itself over and over again in places that are supposed to be safe.”

The co-host then pressed for accountability, particularly from those spreading replacement theory, or the extreme conspiracy belief that white Americans are being “replaced” by minorities. A manifesto allegedly written by the Buffalo shooting suspect cites “the great replacement” and detailed plans to target Black people, according to NBC News.

“I think it’s time to name names and point fingers. Tucker Carlson mentioned the great replacement theory, or some version of that, more than 400 times on his show since 2016, according to the New York Times. Elise Stefanik bought ads on Facebook. And it’s not just them,” Navarro said, before tearing into “other republican leaders.”

“They need to be called out,” she continued, before directly naming her friend, former House Speaker Paul Ryan. “If you sit on the board, and are trying to be a civilized person — Paul Ryan, my friend, I’m talking to you — you are part of the problem. If you’re a republican donor tweeting about how bad you feel about this but you’re donating to people like Elise Stefanik, you are part of the problem.”

Navarro grew more impassioned as The View audience applauded and she continued, “If you are a staffer working for them, you are part of them problem. If you are voting for them, you are part of the problem.

“So I’ll tell you what great replacement theory should be: we should replace all these people peddling hate and making financial and political gain from spreading racism,” she said. “We should replace them with people who hold up American values!”

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