ABC's "The View" co-hosts Meghan McCain Meghan Marguerite McCainKasich to Meghan McCain: Concern over abortion 'dwarfed' by need to beat Trump Meghan McCain says she believes report Trump called fallen soldiers 'losers' Meghan McCain hits Ivanka Trump's defense of president's Twitter: It's not a 'communication style,' it's 'cruelty' MORE and Ana Navarro Ana Violeta NavarroCNN's Ana Navarro to host Biden roundtable on making 'Trump a one-term president' Cuba spells trouble for Bass's VP hopes Trump rally speaker earns criticism for calling Aunt Jemima the 'picture of the American Dream' MORE got into a tense dispute on air Friday during a discussion about a whistleblower in the intelligence community who raised alarms about a conversation President Trump Donald John TrumpFederal prosecutor speaks out, says Barr 'has brought shame' on Justice Dept. Former Pence aide: White House staffers discussed Trump refusing to leave office Progressive group buys domain name of Trump's No. 1 Supreme Court pick MORE had privately with another world leader.

In video of the exchange, McCain appears to compare the whistleblower's efforts to raise alarms about Trump's conversation to the actions of Julian Assange Julian Paul AssangePsychiatrist says Assange told him he was hearing imaginary voices, music Assange extradition hearing delayed over coronavirus concerns The Intercept's Glenn Greenwald discusses U.S. case against Assange MORE, founder of Wikileaks, which regularly posts classified materials taken from the U.S. and other countries and in 2016 posted emails stolen from Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonBloomberg rolls out M ad buy to boost Biden in Florida Hillicon Valley: Productivity, fatigue, cybersecurity emerge as top concerns amid pandemic | Facebook critics launch alternative oversight board | Google to temporarily bar election ads after polls close Trump pledges to make Juneteenth a federal holiday, designate KKK a terrorist group in pitch to Black voters MORE and the Democratic National Committee.

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“I think all interference from a foreign country in our election, all of it is bad and should be condemned and you can’t play party politics with this, and there’s a lot of people on the left who are doing that with Julian Assange," McCain said.

“There's a lot of people on the left that are OK with Julian Assange but aren't OK with this whistleblower,” she added. “There are a lot of people in this country, and a lot of people on the hard left that defend Julian Assange.”

After the panel broke down into crosstalk, McCain attempted to reenter the conversation, exclaiming loudly that she may have misspoken.

“Excuse me, maybe I was clumsy in the way that I said it!” McCain interjected.

"Don’t scream at me. I’m two feet away,” fired back Navarro.

On today’s episode of #TheView: Ana Navarro checking Meghan McCain



We love to see it!! pic.twitter.com/BPpbGTxKWS — Ryan Mitchell (@TheSlayGawd) September 20, 2019

McCain could then be heard exclaiming "so rude!" as co-host Joy Behar Josephine (Joy) Victoria BeharChelsea Clinton: Trump isn't building public confidence in a vaccine Chris Matthews ripped for complimenting Trump's 'true presidential behavior' on Ginsburg Black GOP candidate accuses Behar of wearing black face in heated interview MORE steered the show into a commercial break.

Other video taken as the show entered a commercial break showed McCain storming off the set as the cameras panned away, prompting shocked looks from the audience captured on The View's cameras.

The audience’s reaction to Meghan McCain walking off after Ana Navarro checked her is hilarious #TheView pic.twitter.com/z2OTgrUVC2 — Nicole Perez (@nicole_perez1) September 20, 2019

McCain had returned to her seat at the desk by the time commercials ended, and the show resumed without incident. A spokesperson for ABC declined to comment on the dispute when contacted by The Hill.

Navarro and McCain have clashed in the past over support for issues such as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and criticism of the media, though the two often agree on issues regarding criticism of the Trump administration.