By ALEX HAMMER, US MEDIA CORRESPONDENT

Updated: 16:24 EDT, 10 July 2026

Things got testy between Ana Navarro and Joy Behar on Friday's View during a segment about the panelists' preferred picks for the 2028 Democratic nomination.

Alyssa Farah Griffin kicked things off by floating Kamala Harris as a favorite, leaving Behar unconvinced.

'I loved her. She was great. But she didn’t win one time, what makes you think she’s going to win again?' the host observed.

Griffin said she found it 'hard to believe' that the Democratic Party 'would pass over [Harris] for a generic white man.'

Behar then offered her list: Jon Ossoff, Josh Shapiro, and JB Pritzker, and Gavin Newsom - all of whom are white men.

Sara Haines responded by suggesting Pete Buttigieg and Maryland Governor Wes Moore instead.

'We all love Buttigieg, but are they going to vote for a gay guy?' Behar replied bluntly.

Haines - a self-professed independent - said she refused ' to break the party down' by demographics.

'You’re not in reality about the country,' said Behar, 83, before finding herself met with a lengthy reprimand from Navarro.

Ana Navarro lectured Joy Behar about her reach after the 83-year-old named four white men when asked for her picks for a Democratic presidential candidate

Behar maintained she was merely picking the candidates who boast the best chances of success

'There's not going to be one great candidate. I think you're going to see in the Democratic nomination, I think you're going to see on the stage 10, 12, 15 great candidates and the people are going to get to vote,' Navarro, 54, maintained.

'I think you are going to see a gay man. I think you are going to see a black woman. I think you are going to see-'

Behar blurted out: 'But who is going to win, is the question.'

'They're gonna duke it out,' Navarro answered.

The statement left Behar still skeptical.

'You guys, I don't know. Maybe I'm too old at this point for this conversation. But I've been watching this country for a long time, and you've got to be in reality. These past few years [Donald] Trump's been in office, he's practically destroying democracy,' she said.

'This is an emergency we're in. We can't play around.'

Behar's warning was promptly met with applause.

Navarro, however, was not pleased.

Navarro chided her in response. 'I hate it when I hear you say that it's got to be, like, a white man, because I then feel it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. And I don't want that,' she said

She told Behar: 'I hate it when I hear you say that it's got to be, like, a white man, because I then feel it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. And I don't want that.'

Behar - a longtime comedienne - joked: 'I'm not that powerful, Ana.'

A more-serious Navarro told the table: 'Millions of people watch us on a daily basis.

'And you are a feminist. You have fought to break glass ceilings.'

'She's also a realist,' Sunny Hostin chimed in, admitting that while she wished the country could look 'beyond identity' when it comes to the likelihood of securing election, that still wasn't the reality.

Navarro still continued to contest.

'I know, but what I’m saying is, I’m not going to tell little black children or little Latino children, or little girls that they can’t run and become president,' she argued.

Behar, a lifetime Democrat, clapped back: 'I am not saying that. I am saying that we are in a burning building right now. That’s all I’m saying.

'I’m talking about winning. What is this country going to do?'

The conversation grew tense as Navarro continued her comments

'You guys, I don't know. Maybe I'm too old at this point for this conversation. But I've been watching this country for a long time, and you've got to be in reality,' said Behar at a point

The View's official X account went on to share a clip of the exchange.

The segment began with a clip of New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez responding to a prediction from JD Vance that she would surface as the Democrat's frontrunner.

'I hope he is - that's all I'll say,' Ocasio-Cortez, 36, said.

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