Meghan McCain is continuing to clap back at Ana Navarro‘s apparent claim that she used her famous last name to get ahead. According to the former co-host of The View — who previously threatened to take legal action against Navarro — “no one has trafficked on the McCain last name and legacy more than” Navarro.
While venting on a recent episode of her Meghan McCain Has Entered the Chat podcast, McCain explained her “long history” with the current View co-host.
“She was dating a funder of my dad’s campaign and then joined the campaign, I guess,” she said, per Deadline. “I have no memory of her ever working on my dad’s campaign, but she claims to.”
McCain added, “No one has trafficked on the McCain last name and legacy more than Ana Navarro. She throws around the fact that she worked for my dad [and] knew my dad… I mean, all day long and again, pull the receipts.”
The columnist further denied any comparison to Joe Biden‘s son, Hunter Biden — whom Navarro had seemingly compared her to — telling her listeners, “I am nothing like Hunter Biden, I am the exception. A lot of nepo babies, particularly in politics, they struggle, they have addiction issues, there’s a lot of darkness. I am very proud of the fact that I never went down that road.”
McCain, who left her job as the Republican co-host on The View in 2021, further expressed her fear that she won’t ever escape the “bullying” from her former colleagues.
“I feel like no matter what kind of life I live, no matter how much joy I find, no matter what I do with my life, I am still going to be used in this way by a national television show and it is very hard,” she said. “It feels very bullying and very abusive and I don’t know how to get them to stop.”
Earlier this month, Navarro found herself in hot water with McCain after seemingly accusing her of “influence pedaling” like Hunter.
“Did Hunter Biden influence peddle on his father’s last name? Yes, he did, [and] so did half of Washington,” Navarro noted on an episode of The View. “People sitting at this table did it!”
When Alyssa Farah Griffin questioned who she was talking about, Navarro replied, “I’m not talking about currently,” but didn’t name anyone specific. The comment led many to believe that she was talking about McCain, who is the daughter of the late Sen. John McCain.
After McCain caught wind of the speculation, she posted a scathing tweet on X (formerly known as Twitter) threatening to take legal actions against the “absurd, defamatory and slanderous” accusations.
“I don’t understand why my former colleagues @TheView @ABC bring me up and slander me on an almost weekly basis. It has been years — move on, I have,” she wrote. “I have never been accused of a crime in my life and am a patriotic American — I would never and have never “influenced peddled” in my life, let alone with foreign adversaries. Not all politicians’ children are the same – and I am no Hunter Biden.”
McCain added, “I will be consulting my lawyers regarding what was libeled against me on The View this morning.”
Your move, Navarro.
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