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WATCH: Peter Navarro Gets Lengthy Standing Ovation At RNC, Crowd Chants ‘FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT!’
Former Trump Administration Trade Advisor Peter Navarro received a lengthy standing ovation at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Wednesday.
Navarro arrived at the convention just hours after he was released from a federal prison in Miami for refusing to comply with a subpoena from the January 6 Committee, which was formed in violation of House rules. Navarro — much like former Trump Chief Advisor Steve Bannon — cited executive privilege when refusing to comply with the subpoena.
For this, he was held in contempt of Congress and ultimately sentenced to prison by an Obama-appointed federal judge.
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On Wednesday, Navarro was released from prison after serving a four-month sentence. He immediately traveled to Milwaukee and delivered his first public speaking event in a primetime slot at the Republican National Convention.
The trusted Trump advisor arrived on stage to a standing ovation that lasted for nearly a minute, while members of the RNC crowd chanted “fight, fight, fight” in reference to former President Trump’s iconic response to being shot at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania this past Saturday.
After joking that he picked up a new “MAGA tattoo” in prison, Navarro proceeded to deliver one of the most intense speeches of the convention.
“The legislative branch came for me first. Your favorite Democrat, Nancy Pelosi, executive privilege. What did I do? I refused. The J6 committee demanded that I break the law because they have no respect for it. I refused and a Democrat majority in the House then voted to hold me in contempt,” he said.
“All right, what happened next? The next jackboot to drop was the executive branch. Another one of your favorite Democrats, Democrat Attorney General Merrick Garland. There’s a winner. Jack Smith indicted and prosecuted me for criminal contempt of Congress,” he continued before noting that prominent Democrats like Garland and former Attorney General Eric Holder were never jailed despite also being held in contempt of Congress.
“This morning, I did walk out out of a federal prison in Miami. Joe Biden and his Department of Injustice put me there. Tonight I’m here with you in this beautiful city of Milwaukee. I’ve got a very simple message for you,” Navarro told the crowd.
“If they can come for me, if they can come for Donald Trump, be careful, they will come for you.”
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