CNN touts political commentator Ana Navarro hosting second night of DNC

CNN senior political commentator and co-host of "The View" Ana Navarro told CNN why she accepted the hosting gig for night two of the Democratic National Convention and why she no longer supports the Republican Party, despite being a "registered Republican."

"You were for a long time, a Republican. I met you when you were working for Jeb Bush and Mitt Romney and John McCain," CNN co-host John Berman told Navarro on Tuesday's edition of "CNN News Central." "You‘re running the show here tonight at the convention. What does that say?"

Navarro said that she stopped supporting Republicans in 2016 after former President Trump became the GOP nominee, in part because of the infamous Access Hollywood tape.

"I broke with Donald Trump, with the Republican Party, the Trump party, way back then, and I haven't looked back," she said. "Frankly, I did all I could to get Joe Biden elected…and I'm incredibly excited, elated to help my girl Kamala accept the nomination here today."

‘THE VIEW’ CO-HOST, CNN COMMENTATOR ANA NAVARRO TO HOST NIGHT 2 OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION

"I'm loving seeing this optimism, this hope, this joy, laughter. Things you don't see in a Republican convention," Navarro continued. "I‘m struck by the contrast, right? You go to the Republican convention and it‘s gloom and doom and fear and distress and division. This is a party, this is a celebration of democracy. This is channeling optimism. I am beyond myself to have this role today because I'm a little refugee girl who fled communism in Nicaragua."

Despite regularly espousing liberal viewpoints on CNN and on "The View," Navarro said she is still a "registered Republican." She said she was offered the hosting gig on a phone call when President Biden was still