“The View” co-host Ana Navarro recommended Monday that lawmakers happening to Mar-a-Lago to fulfill with President-elect Donald Trump forward of his inauguration was like “like trekking right down to Mecca to see the prophet.”
The co-hosts weighed in on Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., and his assembly with Trump on the Florida residence. Trump advised the Washington Examiner after the assembly that Fetterman was “fascinating” and he could not be “extra impressed.”
Navarro was cautious of the go to, “Just like the optics of him happening to Mar-a-Lago as a result of I feel that’s grow to be type of like, you already know, Donald Trump’s little palace, and it’s like trekking right down to Mecca to see the prophet. I don’t like that. I don’t, and it looks like he’s yucking it up, however this was once regular.”
Co-host Sunny Hostin agreed, “I don’t just like the optics of happening to Mar-a-Lago and kissing the ring. He’s going to be, Donald Trump will probably be in Washington. He ought to have been in Washington already as a result of he ought to have been transitioning along with his crew, however he has refused to signal the GSA settlement and he needs to go along with his personal ethics plan. I take objection to that.”
Co-host Ana Navarro recommended visits to Donald Trump by lawmakers was like “trekking right down to Mecca.” (Screenshot/ABC/TheView)
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Nonetheless, each hosts praised Fetterman and mentioned he had sturdy political judgment, noting that he was proper to fulfill with Trump. Navarro went on to say that it was once regular for Democrats and Republicans to kind relationships, however then argued Trump was not regular.
“The issue is Donald Trump shouldn’t be regular, and so what was once regular turns into one thing that we discuss. I feel John Fetterman frankly is correct, however I hope this doesn’t imply he received’t name out the abuses of energy, that he received’t criticize him when there’s legit criticism,” Navarro mentioned.
The co-hosts expressed comparable frustration after MSNBC hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough met with the president-elect at his Mar-a-Lago house, and in addition recommended the pair had been bending the knee to Trump.
Co-hosts Sara Haines and Alyssa Farah Griffin applauded Fetterman for assembly with Trump and mentioned he was a really goal politician.
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., speaks to a reporter as he leaves the Senate chamber after a vote within the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, June 4, 2024. (Invoice Clark/CQ-Roll Name, Inc through Getty Pictures)
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Fetterman has additionally expressed openness in assembly and having conversations with Trump’s cupboard nominees.
“I imagine that it’s applicable and the duty of a U.S. Senator to have a dialog with President-elect Trump’s nominees. That’s why I met with Elise Stefanik and Pete Hegseth, simply wrapped with Tulsi Gabbard, and sit up for my conferences with others quickly,” Fetterman declared in a post on X in December.
“My votes will come from an open-mind and an knowledgeable opinion after having a dialog with them. That’s not controversial, it is my job,” he continued.
