Trump campaign spokesman Hogan Gidley said on Thursday that Brad Parscale was not demoted but rather shifted into a digital strategy position on the Trump campaign team. 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. Two top campaign officials told Fox News that Parscale will serve as a senior adviser focusing entirely on the campaign’s digital operation and data collection. Gidley said that Stepien is smart, talented, politically savvy and has been in and out of Washington D.C., his entire career, and that Parscale made an impact for the Trump campaign. Stepien joined the campaign in May as deputy campaign manager after serving as a political director at the White House.

Source: Fox News July 16, 2020 16:58 UTC