Ana Violeta Navarro-Cárdenas (

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Navarro Flores;Stated on ''

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'', November 14, 2017 born December 28, 1971) is a Nicaraguan-American political strategist and commentator. She appears on various television programs and news outlets, including CNN,

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, and

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. She is also a co-host of the daytime talk show '' The View'', garnering

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nominations for her work. She is a member of the

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Early life and education

Navarro was born in 1971 to a wealthy land-owning family in

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. She is the daughter of Violeta Flores López and José Augusto Navarro Flores. She and her family moved to the United States in 1980 because of political turmoil, though her father stayed behind to continue to fight with the

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against the

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government. She later said that then- U.S. President

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of the Contras made her a lifelong Republican. Navarro attended the Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart, a private Catholic

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day school for girls in

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. Navarro earned a

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in Latin American Studies and Political Science in 1993 from the

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. In 1997, she earned her

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from St. Thomas University School of Law. During her first year in university, Navarro campaigned for aid to the Contras. As a law student, Navarro successfully fought to keep Nicaraguan refugees from being deported during the mid-nineties.

Career

Navarro has served in a number of Republican administrations, including the transition team for

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Governor

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in 1998, as well as his Director of Immigration Policy. She also served as ambassador to the

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, where she condemned human rights violations in

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. She later served as the National Co-Chair of the Hispanic Advisory Council for

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in 2008 and

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in 2012. In February 2014, she became a political commentator for

. In addition, she is also a political commentator on CNN and

. Navarro became a contributor on the ABC daytime talk show '' The View'' from July 2013 to August 2018. She joined the series as a weekly guest co-host on November 2, 2018 and was named a permanent co-host of ''The View'' on August 4, 2022. She received

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nominations for Outstanding Informative Talk Show Host in 2020 and 2022.

Political positions

Navarro has described herself as a

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In February 2013, Navarro publicly supported the legalization of

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in an ''

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'' brief submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court. Navarro supported Jeb Bush's 2016 presidential campaign. In October 2016, she made headlines when she strongly criticized Republican presidential nominee

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on CNN after the

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surfaced, and called for party leaders to disown Trump. She also harshly criticized Trump's comments about immigrants, labeling him a racist. Navarro has been labeled a " Never Trumper." She voted for Democratic presidential candidate

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, stating that she decided to do so after seeing how close the race in Florida had become. Navarro was a vocal opponent of Roy Moore in the 2017 Alabama Senate election, due to the

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of sexual assault and molestation against him. In the

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, Navarro voted for Democrat Andrew Gillum over Republican

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because of DeSantis' ties to Trump. On August 11, 2020, she stated that she would be voting for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden in the

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. She and George Lopez hosted an online concert fundraiser for Biden on October 25, 2020. After the Supreme Court overturned ''Roe v. Wade'' - which had legalized abortion nationwide - she spoke out in support of abortion rights, citing family members who have difficulty caring for relatives with

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and developmental disabilities.

Personal life

Navarro resides in

. She married lawyer and lobbyist Al Cárdenas on March 2, 2019.

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