During The View on Monday (May 16), political strategist and commentator and guest co-host Ana Navarro, who is a member of the Republican Party, said it was time to call out the people who have disseminated information about “The Great Replacement” conspiracy theory on their platforms, including Fox News host Tucker Carlson and Congresswoman Elise Stefanik.
This comes after an 18-year-old white supremacist murdered 10 people in a supermarket in a predominantly Black community in Buffalo, New York, on Saturday (May 14). The killer cited the conspiracy theory in a manifesto he posted online, which states that there is an active attempt by Democrats to reduce the influence of white people by replacing them through immigration and other means. The racist philosophy has been promoted by white supremacists worldwide.
“I think it’s time to name names and point fingers,” Navarro said. “Tucker Carlson mentioned ‘The Great Replacement’ theory or some version of that more than 400 times on his show since 2016, according to The New York Times.”
Along with criticizing Carlson, Navarro condemned Stefanik, the third most powerful Republican in the House, for purchasing Facebook ads last year that pushed the conspiracy theory’s core ideas. “It’s not just them,” Navarro said. “It’s other hosts of Fox News. It’s other Republican leaders. And they need to be called out.”
Navarro also called out Fox News advertisers and complicit Republican leaders, donors, staffers and voters for being “part of the problem.”
“I’ll tell you what ‘The Great Replacement’ theory should be,” Ana Navarro said. “We should replace all these people peddling hate and making financial and political gain from spreading racism. We should replace them with people who hold up American values.”