Ana Navarro Defends Hunter Biden After He Is Indicted On Federal Gun Charges On ‘The View’: “He Was In A Very Bad Place”

It’s not unusual for Ana Navarro to defend President Joe Biden‘s son, Hunter Biden, whom she previously claimed was being “weaponized” by Republicans to smear his father’s presidential campaign. On this morning’s episode of The View, Navarro sympathized with Hunter just one day after he was indicted on federal gun charges.

Hunter appeared in federal court on Thursday (Sept. 14), where he was charged with allegedly making false statements and illegally purchasing a handgun. He currently faces two counts of completing a form indicating that he was not using illegal drugs when he purchased a firearm in 2018, and one count of purchasing the gun while using a narcotic, according to NBC News.

During this morning’s Hot Topics segment, Navarro blamed his alleged mistake on the “stupid choices” people make while in the “throes of addiction.”

“He was in a very bad place,” she said. “There’s something like at least a third of American families — including my own — who have had to deal with loved ones in the throes of addiction. You know what addicts do? They do really stupid sh— choices. They lie. They commit crime. Hunter Biden did that.”

Navarro noted that Hunter “filled out the form” and that he’s “not claiming he didn’t.” She also said he only had the gun for 11 days before his sister-in-law — whom he was dating at the time — disposed of it.

“He was in such a bad place and had hit rock bottom to such a place, he was dating his dead brother’s widow,” Navarro pointed out. “And that woman took the gun away and threw it into a garbage can because she was afraid he would kill himself. So this was a man who was in the rock bottom of the barrel.”

Joy Behar also mentioned how Hunter was in the car accident that killed his mother and his sister when he was only two years old.

“He was traumatized by that,” Behar assumed. “He probably has a lot of survivor guilt and all that. He needs therapy.”

Meanwhile, Alyssa Farah Griffin declared that an “addict should not be able to get a gun.” As one of 80% of Republicans who “support background checks,” she added that this is “an example of background checks working.”

“What the conviction ends up being, that remains to be seen. I do think he should be indicted on this. I don’t think you should have addicts who are easily able to have guns,” she said, to which Navarro fired back, “This is the only time that Republicans don’t want somebody to have a gun.”

The View airs on weekdays at 11/10c on ABC.

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