Ana Navarro Slams 'Inhumane' Reactions to Sen. Lindsey Graham's Death

Ana Navarro is not impressed with those rejoicing over Sen. Lindsey Graham's sudden death.

"I saw a lot of posts online this week kind of celebrating his death," Navarro, 54, said on the Monday, July 13, episode of The View. "Listen, I know that [Donald] Trump does that. He did it with Robert Mueller. He did it with John McCain. He did it with Rob Reiner, but it's inhumane, and it's really lacking empathy."

While Navarro understands if people are "disappointed" in Graham's political stances, she asked for less hate online.

"The dead person's dead and can't hear you and can't read your post, but his family, his sister - who he adopted when she was 13 because both their parents died - is alive and is hearing it," she continued. "I think that for the benefit for humanity, for having normal decency toward the family of the dead, that just has to stop. The fact that Donald Trump is indecent doesn't mean the rest of us have to do it."

Graham's office confirmed via a social media post that the South Carolina politician died unexpectedly over the weekend. He was 71.

"On the evening of Saturday, July 11, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham passed away from a brief and sudden illness," the statement, posted via X on Sunday, July 12, read. "Senator Graham's family appreciates prayers at this time and asks for privacy during this incredibly difficult period."

Graham's preliminary cause of death was an "aortic dissection due to arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease," according to officials.

Navarro said on Monday that she knew Graham "very well" and described him as a "friend of mine for many years" before he became loyal to Trump.

"There was a Lindsey before Trump and after Trump - two completely different Lindseys," she claimed. "I feel like I had buried Lindsey when John McCain died because he became just a different person."

During The View's Hot Topics segment, Sara Haines also called out the insensitive posts on social media about Graham's death.

"He was a human, and so there were people that loved him," she said. "There were people that cared for him, and whether I disagreed with him completely or not, he's gone, and so my heart goes out to the people around him that are suffering."

Alyssa Farah Griffin added, "I expected he'd be in public life for another decade. He was seeking reelection. Seventy, 71 by Senate standards is actually fairly young."

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This story was originally published July 13, 2026 at 1:11 PM.