Navarro Says Chinese Censorship of Pence Debate Remarks Was ‘Calculated’ Deception Ploy

White House trade adviser Peter Navarro listens to a news conference about a presidential executive order relating to military veterans outside of the West Wing of the White House in Washington, March 4, 2019. Leah Millis/Reuters

White House Trade Adviser Peter Navarro told Fox News in an interview Thursday that when China’s communist authorities censored parts of Wednesday night’s vice presidential debate, they did so in a “calculated” bid at deception.

“What China does is they regularly monitor international broadcast,” Navarro said. “You got your seven or 10 second delay. And this was quite calculated on their part.”