特朗普总统美国广播公司新闻证实,美国前2020年竞选经理、现任竞选高级顾问布拉德·帕斯凯尔(Brad Parscale)周日晚上被劳德代尔堡警方拘留,据称他在佛罗里达州劳德代尔堡的家中威胁要伤害自己。
据Ft的一名公共信息官员称。劳德代尔警察局,帕斯凯尔的妻子拨打了911报警电话,称“她的丈夫携带武器,在住所内拥有多支枪支,并威胁要伤害自己。官员们确定房子里唯一的居住者是成年男性,”指的是帕斯凯尔。
当局说,他被拘留,没有受伤,被带到布劳沃德健康医疗中心。这一消息首先由美国广播公司新闻子公司WPLG报道。
就在两个多月前的7月,在俄克拉荷马州塔尔萨市举行了一次参加人数不多但被大肆宣传的竞选集会后,帕斯凯尔被解除了竞选经理的职务,因为总统在民调中落后。他被当时的竞选副经理比尔·斯捷潘取代,但一直担任竞选活动的高级顾问。
特朗普竞选宣传总监蒂姆·默陶今晚在一份声明中告诉美国广播公司新闻,“布拉德·帕斯凯尔是我们家庭的一员,我们都爱他。我们准备以任何可能的方式支持他和他的家人。来自民主党人和心怀不满的绿诺科技的令人厌恶的人身攻击已经走得太远了,他们应该为自己对这个人和他的家人所做的事情感到羞耻。”
根据执法部门提供的信息,尽管特朗普竞选团队发表了声明,但没有证据表明民主党人或任何其他团体参与了涉及帕斯科勒的事件。帕斯凯尔尚未对此事发表个人评论。
在这张拍摄于2018年10月2日的文件照片中,特朗普2020年竞选经理布拉德·帕斯凯尔(Brad Parscale)出现在唐纳德·特朗普总统在密西西比州南部兰德斯中心举行的集会开始之前。
这位前长期竞选经理自降级以来一直保持相对低调,除了本月早些时候参加了德克萨斯州特朗普竞选巴士之旅,偶尔在推特上发布挑衅性消息,为自己领导竞选辩护。8月,在员工变动后的几周,帕斯凯尔在推特上说,他是“勘探委员会2015年的头号员工”,他的团队“建造了历史上最大的基础设施”。
Parsacle在2018年2月中期选举之前被任命为竞选经理,并自那以后一直领导着这个团队,总统的女婿兼高级顾问库什纳(Kushner)在竞选中保留着重要的权力,包括在大多数政治行动中拥有最终发言权。
2016年竞选结束后,在被任命为竞选经理之前,帕斯凯尔作为高级顾问加入了美国第一党(America First),这是总统支持的超级政治行动委员会,致力于支持他在白宫以外的议程。
这位德克萨斯州的数字大师也代表共和党全国委员会做了工作。
Former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale hospitalized after threatening to harm himself: Police
President Trump's former 2020 campaign manager and current campaign senior advisor, Brad Parscale, was taken into custody Sunday evening by Fort Lauderdale Police after allegedly threatening to harm himself at his home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, ABC News has confirmed.
According to a public information officer with the Ft. Lauderdale Police Department, a 911 call was placed by Parscale's wife who advised that "her husband was armed, had access to multiple firearms inside the residence and was threatening to harm himself. Officers determined the only occupant inside the home was the adult male," referring to Parscale.
He was detained without injury and taken to Broward Health Medical Center, authorities said. The news was first reported by ABC News affiliate WPLG.
Parscale was removed as campaign manager just over two months ago in July following a lightly attended but much-hyped campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as the president was trailing in the polls. He was replaced by then-deputy campaign manager Bill Stepien, but has stayed on as a senior adviser to the campaign.
Trump campaign communications director Tim Murtaugh told ABC News in a statement tonight, "Brad Parscale is a member of our family and we all love him. We are ready to support him and his family in any way possible. The disgusting, personal attacks from Democrats and disgruntled RINOs have gone too far, and they should be ashamed of themselves for what they've done to this man and his family."
Despite the Trump campaign's statement, there is no evidence implicating Democrats or any other group in the incident involving Parsacle, according to the information provided by law enforcement. Parscale has yet to personally comment on the matter.
In this file photo taken on Oct. 2, 2018, Trump 2020 campaign manager Brad Parscale is seen before the start of a rally by President Donald Trump at Landers Center in Southaven, Miss.
The former long-time campaign manager had kept a relatively low profile since the demotion, other than joining a Texas Trump campaign bus tour earlier this month and occasionally posting defiant messages on Twitter defending his time leading the campaign. In August, weeks after the staff shake-up, Parscale tweeted that he was "employee number 1 in 2015 for the exploration committee" and that his team "built the biggest infrastructure in history."
Parsacle was named campaign manager in February 2018, ahead of the midterm elections, and has led the team since, with the president's son-in-law and senior adviser, Kushner, retaining significant power over the campaign, including having the final say in most political moves.
After the 2016 campaign ended and before being named campaign manager, Parscale joined America First, the super PAC endorsed by the president that works to support his agenda outside the White House, as a senior adviser.
The Texas-based digital guru has also done work on behalf of the Republican National Committee.