Washington:
Bradley Parscale, the former campaign manager for President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign, was hospitalized on Sunday after his wife told police he threatened to harm herself, ABC News reported.
The Fort Lauderdale, Florida Police Department confirmed in a statement that a man identified as Parscale was arrested after receiving a report from his wife.
“Officers made contact with the man, developed a relationship and negotiated safely to leave the home,” the department said in a statement. They didn’t directly identify him as Trump’s former campaign manager, but a deed identifies the co-owner of the property as Candice Parscale, the same name as the wife of the former campaign manager.
At the scene, police spoke to Parscale’s wife, who told them her husband “was armed, had access to several guns inside the residence and threatened to harm himself.” , indicates the press release.
Parscale was demoted from the head of Trump’s re-election bid in July, after the president lagged behind former Vice President Joe Biden in the polls. He was internally blamed for a botched rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in June, which drew a disappointing crowd and led to a subsequent coronavirus outbreak.
“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 we can,” said Tim Murtagh, a spokesperson for the Trump campaign, in a statement. release, without specifically confirming the incident.
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