Grifting choad Brad Parscale was demoted (via Facebook!) as the "campaign" "manager" for the Trump re- election effort (a.k.a.,
President Donald Trump announced a new campaign manager for his 2020 re-election effort Wednesday, four months before voters head to the polls, in an effort to reset a campaign that has already been through multiple failed reboots. The announcement comes as he lags further behind his Democratic rival, former Vice President Joe Biden.
Trump said in Facebook post, and later on Twitter after the cyberattack on the platform, that he is removing his top campaign manager, Brad Parscale, and tapping deputy campaign manager Bill Stepien, a veteran Republican operative, to take over.
Parscale had been bleeding the "campaign" dry to make a big score before the orange pumpkin who's been his meal ticket disappeared. It was noticed:Stepien was campaign manager for both of former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's gubernatorial runs and served as his deputy chief of staff, but he was fired in 2014 in the Bridgegate scandal that plagued Christie.
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
Nobody skims from the top in the Trump crime family except The Dumb Don! And, after he had just received public assurance that he had the whole crime family's confidence, too:
2 days ago, we took reporting about Trump’s ire w Parscale to the campaign. They sent this statement from @LaraLeaTrump:
“Brad Parscale is the longest-standing campaign manager in the history of presidential politics. He has the confidence of the President and the entire family.”— Jeremy Diamond (@JDiamond1) July 16, 2020
One day they have "confidence," the next day they don't. You'd think confidence people would be better at this.
More importantly, perhaps, in Parscale's sacking was the unmitigated disaster of the Tulsa
— Political Polls (@Politics_Polls) July 15, 2020
Certainly, the Trumpers will put a brave face on this:
Trump demoted his campaign manager because he’s winning. Right?— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) July 16, 2020
But here's the main problem, of course:
All the new campaign manager needs to do is find a new candidate.— Schooley (@Rschooley) July 16, 2020
At least Parscale can take comfort in his waterfront mansion, pair of condos, yacht and Ferrari as the "campaign" he once "managed" fades into the sunset.
BONUS: From the wayback machine --
This won't end well. https://t.co/Z1CLN5nIZx— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf) February 27, 2018
