Ana Navarro used her seat on Disney’s daytime talk show The View to suggest that the program’s studio audience and viewers consider Democrat nominee Eliott Rodriguez over Republican Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar in a Florida race, as reported [1] by Breitbart.
Her message quickly moved from highlighting the contest to calling for Salazar’s removal.
Navarro framed the race as unexpectedly competitive, contrasting Salazar’s prior margin with Donald Trump’s performance in the district.
She told the audience that Salazar had won two years earlier by 20 points, while Trump had carried the district by 15 points.
“I had taken for granted this race because she won two years ago by 20 points. And this is a district that Donald Trump won by 15 points,” she said. “The polls have her dead even!”
The polling claim became the pivot for Navarro’s appeal. Rather than merely noting that the contest was close, she asked people in several communities named during her remarks to focus on the race, vote, and consider the Democrat challenging Salazar.
Navarro named Coral Gables, Miami, Key Biscayne, and downtown Miami as places where audience members should pay attention. She said their participation would matter in the contest.
“So, anybody who lives in Coral Gables, in Miami, in Key Biscayne, in downtown Miami, pay attention to that race and go vote because it’s going matter. And we can actually knock this woman out. There’s a great guy running; his name is Elliott Rodriguez. Give him a look,” she said.
Her sharpest language targeted Salazar directly. Navarro declared that voters could knock Salazar out, praised Rodriguez as a candidate, and asked the audience to give him a look.
The discussion was also personal for Navarro because she identified herself as a resident of the district. She said, “it’s actually the district I live in.”
Electioneering is a violation of ABC’s broadcast license.
ABC News program The View tells viewers in FL-27 to “go vote” for Democrat Eliott Rodriguez over Republican Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar:“So, anybody who lives in Coral Gables, in Miami, in Key Biscayne, in… pic.twitter.com/n9s08yGCAD [2]
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) September 28, 2026 [3]
That disclosure connected Navarro’s television appeal directly to the Florida race in which she said she lives. Her comments addressed both people watching the show and those present in the studio audience.
Navarro’s remarks did not remain confined to the choice between the two candidates.
Whether the comments violated FCC rules involving electioneering and equal time became a topic of discussion among media watchdog groups and online commentators.
The source did not provide a determination from the FCC on Navarro’s remarks.
It described the compliance question as a subject of discussion, rather than reporting that regulators had ruled her comments broke election rules.
The debate around the segment arrived amid an existing legal clash involving ABC, Disney, and the FCC.
ABC and its parent company Disney had filed a lawsuit against the commission earlier this year over demands made by the regulator.
In that lawsuit, ABC and Disney claimed the demands were an unconstitutional attempt to suppress free speech and retaliate against programming.
The FCC, for its part, argued that it had been acting in the public interest.
That broader dispute supplied the stated regulatory context surrounding Navarro’s television appeal. Media watchdog groups and online commentators raised the issues of electioneering and equal time following her encouragement for voters to examine Rodriguez and her call to remove Salazar.
Navarro’s appeal combined several elements, including the prior election margins, her claim that current polling showed a dead heat, and her residence in the district.
She also issued a direct request aimed at viewers in the communities she named.
The central message was clear.
Navarro told audience members to pay attention to the race and vote, presented Rodriguez as the candidate worth considering, and said voters could defeat Salazar despite the Republican’s 20-point victory two years earlier.