“The View” host Ana Navarro labeled President Joe Biden the “most religious president” she can recall in her lifetime.
On Tuesday, during Navarro’s appearance on CNN, the “View” cohost and former GOP strategist defended Biden against former President Donald Trump after Trump told Christian voters that the Democrats are “against your religion,” Fox News reported.
‘It’s crazy for him to say Democrats are against religion at a time when we are led by Joe Biden, who, in my lifetime, is the most religious president I can recall,” Navarro told the host. “[Biden’s] not a Christian conservative. He’s an Irish Catholic church-going practicing Catholic.”
Navarro also called out evangelical voters who are still standing by Trump despite wanting to see the former president take a harder line on abortion.
“I think a lot of evangelicals crossed that bridge already and they did so in 2016 after they voted for Donald Trump after they heard him boast about sexual assault on video and on tape,” she added.”
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After the United States Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that ultimately overturned Roe v. Wade, Trump has largely stayed out of the conversation only to say recently that it’s a state’s right issue and abortion will be handled on the state level.
“My view is now that we have abortion where everybody wanted it from a legal standpoint, the states will determine by vote or legislation or perhaps both, and whatever they decide must be the law of the land. In this case, the law of the state,” Trump said.
Trump said he “proudly” takes responsibility for the Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe, which happened in June 2022 with a conservative majority he helped put together. He acknowledged that states will have varying degrees of limits on the procedure.
The former president also noted that he is “strongly in favor of” exceptions for rape, incest, and saving the life of the mother.
“At the end of the day, this is about the will of the people,” Trump said, adding later, “You must follow your heart on this issue, but remember: you must also win elections to restore our culture and, in fact, to save our country.”
During his pre-taped address at the Life & Liberty Forum on Monday, the former president urged Christian voters to support him in the 2024 election.
“You just can’t vote Democrat. They’re against religion,” Trump said to the group, according to POLITICO. “They’re against your religion in particular.”
Daniel Chaitin contributed to this piece.
