CNN’s ‘Republican strategist’ Ana Navarro to host Joe Biden campaign event
Pundit will host Hispanic-focused virtual organizing event
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}CNN political analyst Ana Navarro is hosting a Joe Biden campaign event on Thursday despite being labeled a “Republican strategist and commentator” by the liberal network.
Biden’s event is billed as a “Hispanic-focused virtual organizing event and roundtable conversation” that will feature Navarro leading a discussion on the presumed Democratic candidate’s agenda for the Hispanic community.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}CNN’s ‘Republican strategist’ Ana Navarro is hosting a Joe Biden campaign event on Thursday.
CNN’s website identifies Navarro as a Republican strategist, but she has been among the mainstream media’s biggest critics of President Trump for years.
CNN did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Navarro's scheduled appearance on behalf of Biden.
The number of CNN's token pro-Trump pundits dwindled during his presidency. Conservatives such as Jeffrey Lord and Steve Cortes are no longer with the network that now relies largely on so-called Never Trump pundits, such as Navarro, when seeking diversity of thought.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Navarro regularly attacks Trump on social media, but she used to mock Biden with the same passion.
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In 2012, long before Trump entered the world of politics, Navarro wrote that Biden had “amnesia for real” when he made a series of gaffes.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Ironically, Navarro took offense to being called part of “the left,” during a bizarre exchange with Cortes in 2019.
“I have asked you in the past and I will ask you again today to stop referring to me as ‘left.’" Navarro said. "Let me remind you that I was a Republican when Donald Trump was a Democrat!”
“You’re a very leftist Republican,” Cortes shot back.
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“I was a Republican when Donald Trump was an Independent,” Navarro continued. “The fact that I do not kowtow to Donald Trump does not make me left.”
Meanwhile, CNN political analyst April Ryan pulled out as moderator of a campaign event for 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg last year after receiving backlash for being on the bill for what turned out to be a fundraiser.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Fox News’ Joseph A. Wulfsohn contributed to this report.