Headline Roundup July 15, 2020
Trump Replaces Campaign Manager Brad Parscale with Bill Stepien
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WASHINGTON (AP) β President Donald Trump shook up his campaign staff Wednesday amid sinking poll numbers less than four months before the election, replacing campaign manager Brad Parscale with veteran GOP operative Bill Stepien.
βI am pleased to announce that Bill Stepien has been promoted to the role of Trump Campaign Manager,β Trump said on Facebook. βBrad Parscale, who has been with me for a very long time and has led our tremendous digital and data strategies, will remain in that role, while being a Senior Advisor to the campaign.β
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President Donald Trump announced Wednesday he was replacing campaign manager Brad Parscale. Parscale had been Trump's campaign manager since February 2018. Replacing Parscale is former deputy campaign director Bill Stepien. Parscale is expected to remain with Trump's campaign in charge of digital and online strategies.
Parscale's replacement comes as recent polls show Trump trailing presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. Data released Wednesday from a Quinnipiac University poll showed Biden ahead of Trump by 15 percentage points.
In a Wednesday tweet, Trump said both Perscale and Stepien had been "heavily...
Brad Parscaleβs abrupt demotion Wednesday night βshockedβ some inside the Trump campaign, sources familiar with the move told Fox News, even as President Trumpβs sliding poll numbers and the recent Tulsa rally debacle had raised questions about his future.
The president announced on Facebook and later on Twitter Wednesday night that Parscale would be replaced as campaign manager by Bill Stepien, who had served as deputy campaign manager.
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