Meghan McCain fired back after Ana Navarro — her former cohost on ABC&#8217;s &#8220;The View&#8221; — appeared to toss a barb at her from the Hot Topics table on Thursday, accusing her of profiting from &#8220;influence peddling&#8221; in the same way that President Joe Biden&#8217;s embattled son Hunter had.
McCain, who left the show in 2021 due to what she called a &#8220;toxic&#8221; environment on set, took to X to fire back after Navarro made several pointed comments during the midday talk show&#8217;s broadcast.
&#8220;I don’t understand why my former colleagues @TheView @ABC bring me up and slander me on an almost weekly basis,&#8221; McCain posted. &#8220;It has been years — move on, I have.&#8221;
McCain went on to draw a clear line of distinction between her own life and that of Hunter Biden — who is currently at the center of a probe into alleged business dealings with foreign actors and multiple members of the Biden family, the president included.
&#8220;I have never been accused of a crime in my life and am a patriotic American — I would never and have never &#8216;influenced peddled&#8217; in my life, let alone with foreign adversaries. Not all politicians&#8217; children are the same — and I am no Hunter Biden,&#8221; McCain concluded, suggesting that her next step might be to pursue legal action. &#8220;All accusations are absurd, defamatory and slanderous. I will be consulting my lawyers regarding what was libeled against me on The View this morning.&#8221;
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I don’t understand why my former colleagues <a href="https://twitter.com/TheView?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheView</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ABC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ABC</a> bring me up and slander me on an almost weekly basis. It has been years &#8211; move on, I have. 
I have never been accused of a crime in my life and am a patriotic American &#8211; I would never and have never “influenced peddled”…
&mdash; Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) <a href="https://twitter.com/MeghanMcCain/status/1735353787462643870?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 14, 2023</a></blockquote>
&#8220;&#8216;@TheView&#8217; is an @ABC News program. I do not take it lightly when any news program suggests I engage in criminal behavior, especially as a former employee of ABC News,&#8221; she added.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/TheView?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheView</a> is an <a href="https://twitter.com/ABC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ABC</a> News program. I do not take it lightly when any news program suggests I engage in criminal behavior, especially as a former employee of ABC News.
&mdash; Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) <a href="https://twitter.com/MeghanMcCain/status/1735356575236186513?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 14, 2023</a></blockquote>
McCain was responding to Navarro&#8217;s claim that &#8220;influence peddling&#8221; was so common that even some at &#8220;The View&#8221; were guilty of it — and although she did not say McCain&#8217;s name aloud, the other cohosts immediately seemed to know who she meant.
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The View&#39;s Ana Navarro, who defends Senator Menendez and brags about introducing him to her &quot;wealthy clients,&quot; seems to suggest past co-hosts of the show <a href="https://twitter.com/MeghanMcCain?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MeghanMcCain</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/HuntsmanAbby?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@HuntsmanAbby</a> trade on their family names like Hunter Biden. <a href="https://t.co/oQtGhLrAK9">https://t.co/oQtGhLrAK9</a>
&mdash; Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickFondacaro/status/1735357254654722487?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 14, 2023</a></blockquote>
Navarro began by claiming that Joe Biden&#8217;s only crime was being a &#8220;loving father&#8221; who took good care of Hunter. Then she conceded that Hunter Biden had profited off the Biden family name — but argued that it was not a serious issue since plenty of others had also done so.
&#8220;Look, did Hunter Biden influence-peddle on his last name? Yes, he did. So did half of Washington. People sitting at this table did it!&#8221; Navarro practically shouted.
Alyssa Farah-Griffin, the show&#8217;s newest cohost, asked, &#8220;Who at this table peddled on their last name?&#8221;
&#8220;I’m not talking about currently,&#8221; Navarro said, prompting a series of gasps and laughter from the other cohosts and the audience — which many viewers interpreted as a shot at McCain.
&#8220;&#8216;The View&#8217; throws shade at former co-host Meghan McCain for influence peddling, without even mentioning her by name,&#8221; NBC&#8217;s Mike Sington commented.
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“People sitting at this table did it!” The View throws shade at former co-host Meghan McCain for influence peddling, without even mentioning her by name. (Video: ABC) <a href="https://t.co/6eyFwhYQ3R">pic.twitter.com/6eyFwhYQ3R</a>
&mdash; Mike Sington (@MikeSington) <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeSington/status/1735347619768221875?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 14, 2023</a></blockquote>

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