“I think that for the benefit for humanity, for having normal decency towards the family of the dead, that just has to stop,” the cohost said.

The View star Ana Navarro condemns people celebrating Lindsey Graham’s death: ‘It’s inhumane’

“I think that for the benefit for humanity, for having normal decency towards the family of the dead, that just has to stop,” the cohost said.

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- Ana Navarro is paying tribute to her friend Lindsey Graham after his death at 71.

- *The View *cohost called out individuals “celebrating” Graham’s death, calling it “inhumane” and “really lacking empathy.”

- “I think that for the benefit for humanity, for having normal decency towards the family of the dead, that just has to stop,” she said.

Ana Navarro believes that people shouldn’t speak ill of the dead.

During Monday’s episode of* **The View*, the Republican panelist paid tribute to her friend Lindsey Graham and condemned those celebrating the politician’s death at 71 over the weekend.

“First thing I wanna say is I saw a lot of posts online this week kind of celebrating his death and rejoicing,” Navarro began. “And listen, I know that [Donald] Trump does that. He did it with Bob Mueller. He did it with John McCain. He did it with Rob Reiner, but it’s inhumane and it’s really lacking empathy.”

Lindsey Graham in May 2026.

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She also pointed out the potential impact of the posts. “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 said. “And so I think that for the benefit for humanity, for having normal decency towards the family of the dead, that just has to stop.”

She continued, “The fact that Donald Trump is indecent doesn’t mean the rest of us have to do it.”

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The South Carolina senator died Saturday from a “brief and sudden illness,” his office announced early Sunday. Later on Sunday, his office shared that Graham, citing preliminary medical examiner findings, died from an aortic dissection, which is a tear in the aorta.

In her tribute, Navarro explained that Graham, a close Trump ally, “became just a completely different person” after the death of his colleague McCain in 2018. “I get it that people are brokenhearted. I’m brokenhearted,” she said. “I get it that people were disappointed in him. I’m disappointed in him.”

She described Graham’s work in the Senate as his “life,” which is why she believes he did “anything that it took for him to continue getting elected and having influence,” including “sucking up to Trump.”

Alyssa Farah Griffin, who previously served in Trump’s White House, shared her own memories of Graham, adding that she was “thinking of his family and his staff” after his “shocking” death. “I expected he’d be in public life for another decade,” she said. “He was seeking reelection. Seventy, 71 by Senate standards is actually fairly young.”

Sunny Hostin described Graham as a “political chameleon,” adding that his “legacy is complicated” and that “people are speaking out about the very hypocrisy that that [Navarro] saw when he was John McCain’s friend and when he became friends with Donald Trump.”

The legal expert proceeded to read a few of Graham’s remarks about Trump in recent months, including when he informed the president that he was “not far behind God” in June. “When you’re talking about a complicated legacy and someone who may have betrayed his country for power, that seems to be, in my view, what his legacy became,” Hostin said.

‘The View’ panelists.

Sara Haines sided with Navarro against celebrating Graham’s death, noting that she was “disturbed” by people saying on social media not to “humanize” the senator.

“You don’t have to humanize a human,” she said. “He was a human and so there were people that loved him, 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.”

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She also noted that “some people posted some really cool posts” about Graham, citing Cory Booker’s statement in which he called Graham his “most unexpected friend in Congress.”

Whoopi Goldberg called Graham a “complicated cat,” sharing that she liked that he supported Ukraine, but “paid more attention” when it came to Project 2025. “He lived with himself, and him and God will figure out whatever went on, okay, but at this point in time he’s gone,” she said. “God rest his soul. God rest his soul. I don’t wish any bad on anybody, even the ones you know I really should! But I don’t.”

*The View* airs weekdays on ABC.

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