Parscale, under pressure after disappointing Tulsa rally, demoted to senior adviser as Trump lags in the polls
Donald Trump is replacing his campaign manager Brad Parscale, the contentious figure leading the president’s re-election efforts for the last two years, in a major shakeup of campaign staff.
Parscale will be demoted to senior adviser, and Bill Stepien, the deputy campaign manager, will take over the top position. Trump made the announcement on Facebook on Wednesday evening, with Twitter temporarily unavailable due to a hacking.
Parscale has been under pressure since June after failing to materialize the hundreds of thousands of supporters at Trump’s campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, that he initially touted. At the time, the president’s daughter and son-in-law, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, were reportedly “pissed” that Parscale had promised huge crowds after only 6,200 turned up.
Continue reading…Parscale, under pressure after disappointing Tulsa rally, demoted to senior adviser as Trump lags in the pollsDonald Trump is replacing his campaign manager Brad Parscale, the contentious figure leading the president’s re-election efforts for the last two years, in a major shakeup of campaign staff.Parscale will be demoted to senior adviser, and Bill Stepien, the deputy campaign manager, will take over the top position. Trump made the announcement on Facebook on Wednesday evening, with Twitter temporarily unavailable due to a hacking. Parscale has been under pressure since June after failing to materialize the hundreds of thousands of supporters at Trump’s campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, that he initially touted. At the time, the president’s daughter and son-in-law, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, were reportedly “pissed” that Parscale had promised huge crowds after only 6,200 turned up. Continue reading…