Vice President J.D. Vance was slotted to be a particular gu
est on ABC’s The View subsequent Tuesday, however in an look on their Behind the Desk podcast on Thursday, co-host Ana Navarro was ungrateful that he was taking trip of his schedule to talk with them. She huffed about him there to solely promote his ebook and didn’t what him to have the ability to create a viral “second” when he was there.
After a fast introduction to the present, host and The View’s government producer, Brian Teta famous that Vance was “the third sitting vp that we have had on The View. The primary Republican.”
Teta then appeared to Navarro hoping to get an concept of what she wished to speak about with Vance. As an alternative, she went off about how he was solely exhibiting as much as assist promote books. With out proof, she advised everybody knew they have been actually good at promoting books for folks:
TETA: What do you need to hear from him? I believe persons are form of shocked he is coming truly. So –
NAVARRO: Nicely, it should not be shocking. He is bought a ebook.
TETA: Proper.
NAVARRO: And I believe that everyone, together with Republicans, know that at The View, we’re actually good at promoting books.
On The View’s podcast, Ana Navarro whines about Vice President J.D. Vance being on the present subsequent week. She gripes that he is simply approaching to promote books and fears he will strive have a “second.” AKA name them out on their BS:
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Navarro finally pivoted to sharing the matters she wished to hit with him. In fact, she hoped to drive a wedge between Vance and President Trump:
NAVARRO: I believe it is a very related time. And I need to ask him questions on Epstein. I need to ask him questions the place – There’s a number of points the place there’s daylight between him and Donald Trump, proper? The battle going into army motion, all of those new wars. He appears to me to be much more tuned into the MAGA, man-o-sphere than Trump is, truly.
TETA: I believe that’s proper.
NAVARRO: And actually works these relationships excess of virtually anyone else within the White Home.
Echoing feedback made by fellow View co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin on the podcast in November 2025, Navarro was fearful that Vance was going to attempt to create a viral “second” together with his look:
So I do not know. I simply, you recognize, I hope we get to have a constructive dialog concerning the points that People care about and are on American’s minds. And that it would not flip into some free for all for the sake of making a second for him in order that he can exit and promote books, which is what typically occurs with Republicans.
Simply as with Farah Griffin, what they have been truly involved about was a visitor that was going to embarrass them by calling them out on their nonsense, hypocrisy, lies, and conspiracy theories. You recognize, face precise push again and counter factors.
Seemingly sensing the necessity to do some injury management, Teta reiterated how a lot they appreciated Vance giving them his time and his hope for “passionate debate that is respectful”:
I imply, there’s clearly plenty of points that you simply and different hosts of The View and the Vice President disagree on, however let’s hear what he has to say about them. Let’s hear his arguments for why they’re proper and also you guys are incorrect and again forth. Hopefully, it is passionate debate that is respectful.
“And, you recognize, it is the Vice President. It is a huge deal. So we’re, we’re excited to do it,” he concluded earlier than abruptly shifting the dialog to Maine Democratic Occasion Nazi Graham Platner.
NewsBusters might be protecting the Vice President’s look dwell.
The transcript is beneath. Click on “develop” to learn:
ABC’s Behind the Desk
June 11, 2026BRIAN TETA: All proper. So we had a giant announcement on the present as we speak. We introduced that Vice President J.D. Vance goes to be on the present subsequent Tuesday. That is the third sitting vp that we have had on The View. The primary Republican.
What do you need to hear from him? I believe persons are form of shocked he is coming truly. So –
ANA NAVARRO: Nicely, it should not be shocking. He is bought a ebook.
TETA: Proper.
NAVARRO: And I believe that everyone, together with Republicans, know that at The View, we’re actually good at promoting books.
TETA: Sure.
NAVARRO: I believe it is a very related time. And I need to ask him questions on Epstein. I need to ask him questions the place – There’s a number of points the place there’s daylight between him and Donald Trump, proper? The battle going into army motion, all of those new wars.
He appears to me to be much more tuned into the MAGA, man-o-sphere than Trump is, truly.
TETA: I believe that’s proper.
NAVARRO: And actually works these relationships excess of virtually anyone else within the White Home.
So I do not know. I simply, you recognize, I hope we get to have a constructive dialog concerning the points that People care about and are on American’s minds. And that it would not flip into some free for all for the sake of making a second for him in order that he can exit and promote books, which is what typically occurs with Republicans.
TETA: I imply, there’s clearly plenty of points that you simply and different hosts of The View and the Vice President disagree on, however let’s hear what he has to say about them. Let’s hear his arguments for why they’re proper and also you guys are incorrect and again forth. Hopefully, it is passionate debate that is respectful.
And, you recognize, it is the Vice President. It is a huge deal. So we’re, we’re excited to do it.
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