The View host Ana Navarro slams George Clooney for 'dragging' his 'friend' Joe Biden after he drops out of presidential race

Ana Navarro has slammed Hollywood character George Clooney for publically calling connected Joe Biden to measurement down in his scathing op-ed for nan New York Times and claimed nan President has been 'dragged relentlessly' for nan past 3 weeks.

During Monday's section of The View, nan sheet - led by moderator Whoopi Goldberg - weighed successful connected Biden's daze determination to destruct himself from nan 2024 Presidential race, and Navarro, 52, did not clasp backmost erstwhile it came to sharing her thoughts. 

The Republican governmental strategist admitted: 'I was sad. You know, arsenic I've said present galore times, I emotion Joe Biden and I'm afloat of gratitude to Joe Biden today. So, Joe Biden, convey you for everything, complete 54 years of career... So I was sad successful nan measurement that erstwhile you spot a champion jock retire, time off it each connected nan section and locomotion distant into nan sunset, that made maine sad, it gave maine nostalgia.

'I was besides huffy because he's been dragged relentlessly for 3 weeks by immoderate group who supposedly were his friends. I dream that a batch of those donors that went retired and said each sorts of things astir him travel backmost pinch a large cheque now!'

Pointing nan digit straight astatine nan Ocean's Eleven actor, she past said: 'George Clooney, contigo!' which intends 'with you' successful Spanish arsenic nan unrecorded workplace assemblage laughed astatine her blunt comment.

Navarro past continued her praise for nan President and said: 'I'm grateful to his staff, I americium grateful to Jill Biden, they person taken a batch of incoming successful nan past 3 weeks, a batch of attacks. They person been portion of a very unchangeable and dependable administration.

'I will ever beryllium thankful. They took america retired of nan hellhole that was COVID and they took america retired of nan hellhole that was Trump, for that, grateful until nan extremity of my days,' she added.

Earlier this month, Clooney turned connected Biden and demanded he measurement speech from nan 2024 title aft his disastrous statement and wide concerns astir whether he tin service 4 much years.

The Hollywood megastar, who has hosted fundraisers for nan 81-year-old, said Biden couldn't triumph nan 'battle against time' successful his first-person portion and also condemned Democratic statement leaders for ignoring 'every informing sign' of Biden's declining beingness and intelligence health, and for trying to take sides his car-crash capacity against Donald Trump. 

He added that Democrat voters 'collectively clasp our activity aliases move down nan measurement whenever we spot nan president, who we respect, locomotion disconnected Air Force One aliases locomotion backmost to a mic to reply an unscripted question.'

Clooney wrote successful The New York Times: 'I emotion Joe Biden. As a senator. As a vice president and arsenic president. I see him a friend, and I judge successful him. Believe successful his character. Believe successful his morals. In nan past 4 years, he's won galore of nan battles he's faced.

'But nan 1 conflict he cannot triumph is nan conflict against time. None of america can. It's devastating to opportunity it, but nan Joe Biden I was pinch 3 weeks agone astatine nan fund-raiser was not nan Joe "big F-ing deal" Biden of 2010. He wasn't moreover nan Joe Biden of 2020. He was nan aforesaid man we each witnessed astatine nan debate,' he said. 

Clooney added: 'Joe Biden is simply a hero; he saved populist successful 2020. We request him to do it again successful 2024.'

The New York Times article came conscionable 3 weeks after Clooney hosted a record-breaking $28 cardinal fundraiser for nan president connected June 16.

The View sheet person besides been immense supporters of Biden, and during nan chat connected Monday's show, Sunny Hostin admitted: 'I wasn't comfortable pinch nan conception that group were forcing him out.'

She added: 'I wasn't comfortable pinch nan cannibalization that I saw successful nan Democratic Party, but I americium comfortable if he made this determination pinch his soul circle, pinch Dr. Jill Biden, pinch his family, and decided to do it connected his own.'

However, Sara Haines besides said up and said: 'I americium besides grateful and I convey Biden for his decades of service, but I do push backmost a small connected Ana and Sunny's return connected nan statement imploding.

'There is room for disapproval erstwhile you're talking astir nan biggest occupation successful nan world, and I don't deliberation those group that are friends, moreover George Clooney's op-ed was really rubbing and beautifully written saying, "This is difficult to opportunity retired loud." A batch of those group were torn themselves.'