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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Guy Trump Just Named to Run His 2020 Campaign Has Been Interviewed by Congress on Russia
The Guy Trump Just Named to Run His 2020 Campaign Has Been Interviewed by Congress on Russia
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/02/the-guy-trump-just-named-to-run-his-2020-campaign-has-been-interviewed-by-congress-on-russia/
President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that Brad Parscale, the digital director of his 2016 campaign, will manage his 2020 presidential re-election bid. While Parscale has not been a central figure in inquiries into the 2016 Trump campaigns contacts with Russia, he hasnt managed to wholly avoid the scandal.
Parscale, who helped run the campaigns online advertising and social media targeting, has been questioned by members of at least four congressional committees, and the digital activities he oversaw have been probed by special counsel Robert Muellers investigators. Parscale has, in various statements since the campaign, broadly denied knowledge of Russian interference in the 2016 election, but he has never specifically denied knowing about any Trump campaign contacts with foreign governments.
In a November 3, 2017 letter to top Democrats on the House Judiciary and Oversight committees, Parscale said, I do not have any firsthand knowledge of foreign interference in the 2016 election. Parscales response used nearly the same wording as responses provided by several other data firms employed by the Trump campaign. But Parscales response, unlike those from two other firms, did not explicitly deny contacts with foreign governments or foreign actors.
In a December email exchange with Mother Jones, Parscale argued he had addressed the discrepency in previous public statements. I have said it on Fox News, 60 Minutes, Twitter, etc., he wrote. Not sure how many more times I can make it clear.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/02/the-guy-trump-just-named-to-run-his-2020-campaign-has-been-interviewed-by-congress-on-russia/
President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that Brad Parscale, the digital director of his 2016 campaign, will manage his 2020 presidential re-election bid. While Parscale has not been a central figure in inquiries into the 2016 Trump campaigns contacts with Russia, he hasnt managed to wholly avoid the scandal.
Parscale, who helped run the campaigns online advertising and social media targeting, has been questioned by members of at least four congressional committees, and the digital activities he oversaw have been probed by special counsel Robert Muellers investigators. Parscale has, in various statements since the campaign, broadly denied knowledge of Russian interference in the 2016 election, but he has never specifically denied knowing about any Trump campaign contacts with foreign governments.
In a November 3, 2017 letter to top Democrats on the House Judiciary and Oversight committees, Parscale said, I do not have any firsthand knowledge of foreign interference in the 2016 election. Parscales response used nearly the same wording as responses provided by several other data firms employed by the Trump campaign. But Parscales response, unlike those from two other firms, did not explicitly deny contacts with foreign governments or foreign actors.
In a December email exchange with Mother Jones, Parscale argued he had addressed the discrepency in previous public statements. I have said it on Fox News, 60 Minutes, Twitter, etc., he wrote. Not sure how many more times I can make it clear.
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The Guy Trump Just Named to Run His 2020 Campaign Has Been Interviewed by Congress on Russia (Original Post)
Miles Archer
Feb 2018
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czarjak
(11,287 posts)1. Rig another one, Brad!
secondwind
(16,903 posts)2. Hopefully, his services will not be needed for too long.
Is it me, or doesnt this fella look like a weirdo or something? I guess he will fit right in, then.
OhioBlue
(5,126 posts)3. IMO - he is never going to actually run a 2020 campaign.
He was appointed for 1 of 2 reasons -
1. - he knows where all the bots are buried and they're using this as a way to buy him off with campaign funds to buy his secrecy
2. - They know they need to keep the house and Senate or face impeachment so they are planning the same dirty tricks for 2018 that led to the 2016 electoral college win. Propaganda, bots, collusion, fake news, voter suppression, etc.