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| Brad Parscale: Trump names 2020 election campaign chief | Brad Parscale: Trump names 2020 election campaign chief |
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| US President Donald Trump has picked one of his political strategists as campaign manager for his 2020 re-election campaign. | US President Donald Trump has picked one of his political strategists as campaign manager for his 2020 re-election campaign. |
| The Trump Organization hired Brad Parscale in 2011 as a digital guru. | The Trump Organization hired Brad Parscale in 2011 as a digital guru. |
| He was asked in 2015 to create a website for Mr Trump's exploratory White House bid and a year later became the campaign's digital director. | He was asked in 2015 to create a website for Mr Trump's exploratory White House bid and a year later became the campaign's digital director. |
| This is thought to be the earliest any incumbent US president has officially declared his re-election campaign. | This is thought to be the earliest any incumbent US president has officially declared his re-election campaign. |
| There are 979 days to go until the 2020 election. President Barack Obama announced his re-election plans 582 days before his 2012 bid for a second term. | |
| Why was Parscale chosen? | Why was Parscale chosen? |
| The president's son, Eric Trump, said in a press release on Tuesday: "Brad is an amazing talent and was pivotal to our success in 2016. | The president's son, Eric Trump, said in a press release on Tuesday: "Brad is an amazing talent and was pivotal to our success in 2016. |
| "He has our family's complete trust and is the perfect person to be at the helm of the campaign." | "He has our family's complete trust and is the perfect person to be at the helm of the campaign." |
| The president's son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, said in a statement: "Brad was essential in bringing a disciplined technology and data-driven approach to how the 2016 campaign was run. | The president's son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, said in a statement: "Brad was essential in bringing a disciplined technology and data-driven approach to how the 2016 campaign was run. |
| "His leadership and expertise will be help [sic] build a best-in-class campaign." | "His leadership and expertise will be help [sic] build a best-in-class campaign." |
| Parscale likes attention | Parscale likes attention |
| Analysis by Tara McKelvey, BBC White House reporter | Analysis by Tara McKelvey, BBC White House reporter |
| He's a man eager to tell his story. That was the impression that Brad Parscale made in December 2016 when he walked through the Trump Tower lobby in New York. | He's a man eager to tell his story. That was the impression that Brad Parscale made in December 2016 when he walked through the Trump Tower lobby in New York. |
| When I asked what he knew about the new administration, he joked: "I know everything." | When I asked what he knew about the new administration, he joked: "I know everything." |
| He explained how he'd helped win the election (they knocked on a lot of doors) and yet had gone virtually unnoticed at the Republican National Convention: "No one knew I existed." | He explained how he'd helped win the election (they knocked on a lot of doors) and yet had gone virtually unnoticed at the Republican National Convention: "No one knew I existed." |
| He came across as a bit of a show off, a fatal flaw in Trumpian politics (the president doesn't like it when someone steals thunder). | He came across as a bit of a show off, a fatal flaw in Trumpian politics (the president doesn't like it when someone steals thunder). |
| Later I saw Mr Parscale on 60 Minutes, explaining how he'd used Facebook to help Trump win. | Later I saw Mr Parscale on 60 Minutes, explaining how he'd used Facebook to help Trump win. |
| Mr Parscale likes attention, and he's got it now: the president - and many others - will be watching his next move closely. | Mr Parscale likes attention, and he's got it now: the president - and many others - will be watching his next move closely. |
| Is Parscale involved in Russia inquiry? | Is Parscale involved in Russia inquiry? |
| Mr Parscale, 42, of San Antonio, Texas, has been targeted by Democrats investigating alleged Russian meddling in the US election. | Mr Parscale, 42, of San Antonio, Texas, has been targeted by Democrats investigating alleged Russian meddling in the US election. |
| He was interviewed behind closed doors last year by the House Intelligence Committee inquiry into the matter. | He was interviewed behind closed doors last year by the House Intelligence Committee inquiry into the matter. |
| Mr Parscale said he had told lawmakers he had no knowledge of the alleged Kremlin plot to influence the campaign in favour of Mr Trump. | Mr Parscale said he had told lawmakers he had no knowledge of the alleged Kremlin plot to influence the campaign in favour of Mr Trump. |
| Last July, he tweeted: "I am unaware of any Russian involvement in the digital and data operations of the 2016 Trump presidential campaign." | Last July, he tweeted: "I am unaware of any Russian involvement in the digital and data operations of the 2016 Trump presidential campaign." |
| What was Parscale's 2016 role? | What was Parscale's 2016 role? |
| Mr Parscale told a CBS 60 Minutes programme last year that his 100-strong digital team created up to 60,000 ads on Facebook to reach Trump supporters every day. | Mr Parscale told a CBS 60 Minutes programme last year that his 100-strong digital team created up to 60,000 ads on Facebook to reach Trump supporters every day. |
| But he said Mr Trump had rebuked him because he was sceptical about digital ad spending. | But he said Mr Trump had rebuked him because he was sceptical about digital ad spending. |
| Mr Parscale said Mr Trump shouted at him: "I don't believe in this mumbo-jumbo digital stuff." | Mr Parscale said Mr Trump shouted at him: "I don't believe in this mumbo-jumbo digital stuff." |
| The digital guru's firm, Giles-Parscale, billed the Trump campaign $94m for its work on the election, according to US media. | The digital guru's firm, Giles-Parscale, billed the Trump campaign $94m for its work on the election, according to US media. |
| Mr Parscale told 60 Minutes he projected Mr Trump's eventual path to victory in the US Midwest. | Mr Parscale told 60 Minutes he projected Mr Trump's eventual path to victory in the US Midwest. |
| "I took every nickel and dime I could out of anywhere else," he said. "And I moved it to Michigan and Wisconsin." | "I took every nickel and dime I could out of anywhere else," he said. "And I moved it to Michigan and Wisconsin." |
| Mr Parscale hired the British data analysis firm Cambridge Analytica to work for the Trump campaign. | Mr Parscale hired the British data analysis firm Cambridge Analytica to work for the Trump campaign. |
| On Tuesday, the chief executive of Cambridge Analytica was grilled by British MPs over its role in the US election and Brexit. | On Tuesday, the chief executive of Cambridge Analytica was grilled by British MPs over its role in the US election and Brexit. |
| The firm - which claims to have up to 5,000 data points on every adult in the US - is credited by some with helping Mr Trump win the presidency. | The firm - which claims to have up to 5,000 data points on every adult in the US - is credited by some with helping Mr Trump win the presidency. |
| Didn't Trump already launch re-election? | Didn't Trump already launch re-election? |
| The Republican president quietly filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission shortly after his inauguration last year to form a committee for a re-election bid. | The Republican president quietly filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission shortly after his inauguration last year to form a committee for a re-election bid. |
| The campaign fundraising has been ongoing, gathering $22m (£16m) by the end of 2017. | The campaign fundraising has been ongoing, gathering $22m (£16m) by the end of 2017. |
| It is little surprise that an incumbent US president would run for a second term. | It is little surprise that an incumbent US president would run for a second term. |
| "Of course he's running for re-election," White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said in June 2017 during a press briefing. | "Of course he's running for re-election," White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said in June 2017 during a press briefing. |