Former Trump campaign adviser Michael Caputo was on the receiving end of CNN contributor Ana Navarro's wrath when he accused her of not representing the "Republican view" on Sunday's broadcast of State of the Union.



The heated exchange between the two began when Caputo and Navarro debated Trump's handling of the Arpaio pardon and the latter likened Trump to Fidel Castro in his support for "thugs" like the former Arizona sheriff.



"I think the messages he sent with his pardon are chilling, frankly," Navarro said. "For the vast majority of Latinos, Joe Arpaio is a symbol of racism, of discrimination, of anti-Hispanic sentiment, anti-immigrant, abuse of power. And this is the guy that Donald Trump chose to pardon."



"I also want to talk about the message to law enforcement. You know what differentiates us from places like Maduro's Venezuela or Castro's Cuba or Duterte's -- the Philippines? That here, government officials are held accountable when they behave like thugs. The message he is sending with this pardon to other government officials, to other law enforcement officials is a very bad message," she said.



Last week, it was uncovered Navarro vehemently supported Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez when the Republican Senate majority was on the line in the 2006 mid-term elections. Navarro made several donations and went as far as to organize fundraisers for the Senator in Florida.



"I want to keep a Republican majority, but not if it means losing Bob Menendez. He’s part of our extended family," Navarro said in 2006, according to The New York Times.



At the time, Menendez was in an extremely close race with Republican nominee Thomas Kean Jr.



Navarro, defending her Republican bonafides, told Caputo she was a Republican when Trump was a Democrat and that Trump himself, as well as Jared Kushner and his father, supported Menendez in that race. Navarro's shtick on CNN is that she is a principled anti-Trump Republican.



Former Democratic Governor of Michigan Jennifer Granholm lavished Navarro with praise and invited the commenter to "consider coming over" to join her party.



"I so appreciate your courage, Anna, in standing up," Granholm said. "I so appreciate those like you who are willing to call out the president face to face, by name and saying this is not who we are as a nation."



"And I would say to you and to everybody like you, consider coming over," Granholm added.



Transcript, via CNN:





GRANHOLM: He is a Republican saying essentially the same thing. This is about the soul -- he was talking about of the Republican party.



I so appreciate your courage, Anna, in standing up. I so appreciate those like you who are willing to call out the president face to face -- by name and saying this is not who we are as a nation.



And I would say to you and to everybody like you, consider coming over.



TAPPER: Let me ask you --



NAVARRO: No. We need to stay in the Republican Party.



(CROSSTALK)



CAPUTO: But you've already gone --



(CROSSTALK)



GRANHOLM: No, actually --



NAVARRO: Actually, I was a Republican when the president you support was a Democrat. And I was a Republican when the president you support was an independent.



CAPUTO: If you are a Republican I'm Luis Fonzi.



NAVARRO: Maybe you are Luis Fonzi. You can start singing "Despacito" here. But I am a Republican. I supported Ronald Reagan. I supported every single Republican nominee for president.



CAPUTO: And donated to every --



(CROSSTALK)



NAVARRO: So have -- yes, I supported Bob Menendez.



CAPUTO: -- Debbie Wasserman Schultz --



NAVARRO: You know what? (INAUDIBLE) Kushner (ph) (INAUDIBLE) so did Donald Trump.



CAPUTO: Right. OK.



NAVARRO: OK? So that doesn't bother you?



CAPUTO: No, it doesn't bother me.



NAVARRO: You know how to spell hypocrisy? Or should I spell it out for you?



CAPUTO: No, I'm just telling you that what all this charge of racism against --



NAVARRO: Donald Trump supported Nancy Pelosi. Donald Trump had Hillary Clinton at his wedding. Donald Trump had Bill Clinton at his wedding.



And you are going to accuse me?



(CROSSTALK)



CAPUTO: I'm just telling you don't represent the Republican view.



NAVARRO: No. I proudly --



(CROSSTALK)



NAVARRO: I proudly do not represent the Trump view. Donald Trump is not a Republican.



TAPPER: Let me ask another question about this.



CAPUTO: He is a Republican president.