The View’s Ana Navarro has called out Newt Gingrich after he criticized a commercial encouraging women to hide their votes from their husbands in the upcoming US presidential election.
The advertisementproduced by Vote Common Good, a nonprofit aimed at mobilizing religious voters, suggests that wives of Donald Trump supporters could quietly vote for Kamala Harris.
Gingrich, 81, slammed the ad, saying, “How do you govern a country? where you go around saying that’s what women should do lying to their husbands, husbands have to lie to their wives? What a totally amoral, corrupt, the Democrats have a sick system developed?’ while Fox News host Jesse Watters said his wife lying about her vote was “like having an affair.”
After watching clips of both men during Friday’s episode of The View, Navarro, 52, decided to speak up, telling the panel: “It’s almost comical, if it weren’t so serious it would be comical: when people like Newt Gingrich say we shouldn’t go around saying that women should lie to their husbands or that men should lie to their wives… he cheated on his first and second wives.”
Ana Navarro called out politician Newt Gingrich during Friday’s episode of The View
Newt Gingrich and his wife Callista pictured at the Republican campaign rally in New York City on October 27
The political commentator continued, “Look, I have people in my family who call themselves closet Kamala voters, and some because they might vote differently than their spouses, by the way, it goes both ways, some because they vote Democratic and they are Republican.
“Here’s what I think: We’re in America, it’s 2024, we all have the right to vote according to our principles and our consciousness and our beliefs.
‘We don’t have to explain it to anyone. We don’t have to tell anyone. If you want to keep it private, do so. If you want to make it public, do so.
“But this is what Susan B. Anthony, this is what the Suffragettes, this is what all those women fought over a hundred years ago to give us the right to vote however we want!” she added as the live studio audience applauded her.
Her cohost Sunny Hostin also shared her thoughts on the commercial, saying, “It’s a fantastic ad. You know, I think this rhetoric that he’s using has really struck a chord with women across the country.
“If you look at early voting, over 65 million Americans voted early, mostly women. Women have indicated that… especially young women… reproductive health rights are one of the most important issues.
“My assessment is that Kamala is at the forefront of women and is going to win this election because of women and because women are going to vote against their husbands,” the 56-year-old added.
Alyssa Farah Griffin also commented, saying, “Honestly my first reaction when I saw this was that I couldn’t relate to it at all because in my marriage my husband respects my views and if we disagree, I freedom of choice, we can, and that is true. fine.
The ad, produced by Vote Common Good, a nonprofit aimed at mobilizing religious voters, suggests that wives of Trump supporters could quietly vote for Harris.
Sunny Hostin (left) and former White House aide Alyssa Farah Griffin both praised the ad
“But I started talking to my producers and talking around… we all know women who are going to vote differently than their husbands, they’re going to keep it quiet. They’ve shared this with friends and they’re tricking their spouses into thinking they might vote for Trump.
“I want to be honest, I think I have family members who may not tell me THAT they are voting for Trump, so this works both ways. But I think there is something to the gender gap in this election and why Kamala Harris has a fifteen point lead over women.
“I think it works, it’s a smart ad,” the former White House aide added.