Irony: Brad Parscale just got demoted on Facebook. pic.twitter.com/HZ2jWVS5iJ
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) July 16, 2020
BREAKING: Brad Parscale is out as Trump's campaign manager. Apparently there *is* a limit to how much you can grift in this administration (and it's a waterfront mansion, a pair of condos, a yacht and a Ferrari).
— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) July 16, 2020
Ferrari Brad’s not actually fired, because — apart from serving as the passthrough for Uday’s side piece’s and Qusay’s wife’s no-show ‘campaign jobs’ — he has too much information on the Trump campaign ‘data operations’ to be allowed outside the compound. But he’s been publicly demoted, which just may satisfy Velveetamort’s rage for a scapegoat, at least until the next rally-disguised-as-a-presser goes wrong…
Per the Washington Post, “Trump replaces campaign manager as polls show him trailing Biden in presidential race”:
… The president wrote on social media that Parscale “who has been with me for a long time,” will stay as a senior adviser focusing on digital and data strategies. Parscale has been marginalized in the campaign for several weeks, officials said, with Trump angry about a botched rally in Oklahoma, where far fewer people attended than expected, and his lagging poll numbers.
Parscale did not respond to a request for comment. The campaign referred a request for comment to the president’s Facebook and Twitter posts.
Stepien was the field director for the 2016 campaign and has worked for the president since the election. He’s known for a low-key style in Trump world and his knowledge of battleground states. He was formerly a top aide to Gov. Chris Christie…
Parscale’s standing with the president has been growing shakier since the spring, according to people close to the president who, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe the internal dynamics. The underwhelming rally in Tulsa, which failed to meet expectations Parscale had set for Trump, was broadly blamed on the campaign manager.
A senior Trump administration official said last week that Parscale “knows he screwed up” but that he maintained the trust of the Trump family.
“Trust”. Now there’s a word not usually associated with the Trump family…
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