Ana Navarro

Ana Violeta Navarro-Cárdenas (née Navarro Flores; born December 28, 1971) is an American Republican strategist and political commentator for various news outlets, including CNN, CNN en Español,[3] ABC News, Telemundo,[4] and The View.[5]

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Navarro and the second or maternal family name is Flores.
Ana Navarro
Born
Ana Violeta Navarro Flores[1]

(1971-12-28) December 28, 1971[2]
Chinandega, Nicaragua
EducationCarrollton School of the Sacred Heart
Alma materUniversity of Miami (B.A)
St. Thomas University (J.D.)
OccupationPolitical commentator, strategist
EmployerCNN
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)
(
m. 2019)

Early life and education

Navarro was born in 1971 in Nicaragua, the daughter of Violeta Flores Lopez and José Augusto Navarro Flores.[1] She and her family moved to the United States in 1980, because of political turmoil,[1] though her father stayed behind, having joined the Contras who were fighting the Sandinista revolutionaries. She later said that Ronald Reagan's support of the Contras made her a lifelong Republican.[6] She attended the Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart, a private Catholic college preparatory day school for girls in Coconut Grove, Miami.[5] Navarro earned a Bachelor's degree in Latin American Studies and Political Science in 1993 from the University of Miami. In 1997, she earned her Juris Doctor from St. Thomas University School of Law.[7]

During her first year in university, Navarro raised funds for the Contras.[6][8]

Career

Navarro has served in a number of Republican administrations, including the transition team for Florida Governor Jeb Bush in 1998. She also served as his Director of Immigration Policy.[9] She also served as the National Co-Chair of the Hispanic Advisory Council for John McCain in 2008[3] and Jon Huntsman Jr. in 2012.[10]

In February 2014, she became a political commentator for ABC News.[11] In addition, she is also a political commentator on CNN and CNN en Español.[5] Navarro became a contributor on the ABC daytime talk show The View from 2015 to 2016.[12] She joined the series as a weekly guest co-host in 2018.[13] She received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Informative Talk Show Host in 2020.[14]

Political positions

In February 2013, Navarro publicly supported the legalization of same-sex marriage in an amicus curiae brief submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court.[15] She supported Jeb Bush's 2016 presidential campaign.[16] In October 2016, she made headlines when she strongly criticized Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on CNN after the Donald Trump and Billy Bush recording surfaced, and called for party leaders to disown Trump.[17][18][19] She also harshly criticized Trump's comments about immigrants, labeling him a racist.[20] Navarro has been labeled a "Never Trumper."[21]

On November 7, 2016, she revealed that she voted for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, stating that she decided to do so after seeing how close the race in Florida had become.[16] She was a vocal opponent to the 2017 election of Roy Moore to the Senate, due to allegations of sexual assault and molestation.[22] In the 2018 Florida gubernatorial election Navarro voted for Democrat Andrew Gillum over Republican Ron DeSantis because of DeSantis' ties to Trump.[23]

On August 11, 2020, she announced her intention to vote for Trump's Democratic opponent Joe Biden in the 2020 United States presidential election.[24]

Personal life

Navarro resides in Miami.[6][25] She married former Florida Republican Party and American Conservative Union Chairman Al Cardenas in Miami, Florida on March 2, 2019.[26]

References
  1. Stated on Finding Your Roots, November 14, 2017
  2. Vilchez, Anagilmara (June 8, 2016). "A Nicaraguan who Advises Republicans - Havana Times.org". Havana Times. Retrieved October 6, 2016.
  3. "Ana Navarro". Harvard Institute of Politics. Fall 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  4. "Ana Navarro (@ananavarro) | Twitter". Retrieved 2016-10-11.
  5. "Biography". The View. Archived from the original on 2016-08-30. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  6. Blitzer, Jonathan (October 19, 2016). "Ana Navarro's One-Woman Revolt Against Donald Trump: Off the air with the Republican strategist". The New Yorker. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
  7. "Ana Navarro | The Institute of Politics at Harvard University". iop.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
  8. Smith, Adam C. (February 7, 2013). "GOP operative Ana Navarro a warrior for the cause". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved September 19, 2018.
  9. "GOP operative Ana Navarro a warrior for the cause". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
  10. Smith, Adam C. (1 February 2013). "GOP operative Ana Navarro a warrior for the cause". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  11. Horowitz, Jason (12 May 2015). "Jeb Bush, Ana Navarro and the Question That May Have Been Misheard". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  12. "Season 19 of 'The View' kicks off with new cast, old favorite". August 25, 2015. Archived from the original on July 29, 2017.
  13. Setoodeh, Ramin (November 2, 2018). "'The View' Adds CNN's Ana Navarro as Guest Co-Host (EXCLUSIVE)". Archived from the original on November 3, 2018. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
  14. Nordyke, Kimberly; Howard, Annie (May 21, 2020). "Daytime Emmy Awards: 'General Hospital' Tops Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  15. Avlon, John (February 28, 2013). "The Pro-Freedom Republicans Are Coming: 131 Sign Gay-Marriage Brief". The Daily Beast. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
  16. Navarro, Ana (November 7, 2016). "Ana Navarro: I'm voting for Hillary Clinton". CNN.
  17. "'That's 50 shades of crazy!': Ana Navarro blasts Trump rep for blaming his crudeness on erotic novel". The Raw Story. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
  18. Crockett, Emily (2016-10-08). "GOP strategist Ana Navarro unleashed hellfire on CNN over Trump. It's must-see TV". Vox. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
  19. "Ana Navarro has become the voice of the outraged Republican woman". miamiherald. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
  20. Rebecca Shapiro (2016-10-07). "CNN's Ana Navarro Demolishes Trump In 2 Languages: 'He Is a Flat-Out Racist!'". The Huffington Post.
  21. Manchester, Julia (2018-10-11). "'Never Trump' Republicans are 'extinct,' says pollster". TheHill. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  22. "10 Latinas who dominated 2017 – The Lily". The Lily. 2017-12-26. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
  23. Ana Navarro: Why I'm voting for Andrew Gillum (a Democrat!). CNN. 3 November 2018.
  24. "https://twitter.com/ananavarro/status/1293266614272626694". Twitter. Retrieved 2020-08-12. External link in |title= (help)
  25. "Ana Navarro". Politic365. Archived from the original on 2016-08-27. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  26. Team, Page Six (2019-03-04). "CNN contributor Ana Navarro marries in Miami". Page Six. Retrieved 2019-03-04.

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