WTF?!? Former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale, armed, barricades self in Fort Lauderdale home, police called

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Former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale, armed, barricades self in Fort Lauderdale home, police called

FILE - In this Thursday, March 28, 2019, file photo, Brad Parscale, manager of President Donald Trump's reelection campaign, throws "Make America Great Again," hats to the audience before a rally in Grand Rapids, Mich. Trump is shaking up his campaign amid sinking poll numbers, replacing Parscale with veteran GOP operative Bill Stepien. Trump and Parscales relationship had been strained since a Tulsa, Okla., rally that drew a dismal crowd, infuriating the president. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File) (Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Former campaign manager for Donald Trump, Brad Parscale, who was replaced by the President less than four months until November’s vote was reportedly armed with a gun and threatening to harm himself at his Fort Lauderdale home on Sunday afternoon.

Police have not confirmed that the barricaded man was Parscale, who worked for Trump, but records confirm that the property in the 2300 block of Desota Drive in Fort Lauderdale is owned by Parscale, 44, and his wife, Candice. Local 10 spoke to neighbors in the Seven Isles neighborhood who also said it was the former advisor to the President.
Fort Lauderdale Police responded to a home in reference to an armed male attempting suicide Sunday afternoon. When officers arrived on the scene, they made contact with the wife of the man who told them her husband was armed, had access to multiple firearms inside the house and was threatening to harm himself. She had placed the 911 call, according to police.


Fort Lauderdale Police said that the armed subject was transported to Broward Health Medical Center where he was placed under a Baker Act.
Police determined no one else was in the home.
A statement from President Trump’s Campaign Communications Director, Tim Murtaugh, states: "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.”

Assignment desk editor Wilson Louis contributed to this story.

(Stay tuned to Local 10 at 11 p.m. and Local10.com for more developments.)

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Former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale, armed, barricades self in Fort Lauderdale home, police called

President Donald Trump's former campaign manager is in a Fort Lauderdale hospital after he reportedly barricaded himself in his home and was armed and making threats.

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[Millwright]

WTF?

I'm not taking this at face value...yet.

 

[Bogey]

WTF?

My first thought exactly!

 

[Ragnarok]

Former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale hospitalized after he was armed and threatening to harm himself, Fort Lauderdale police say

President Trump’s former campaign manager Brad Parscale was taken from his Fort Lauderdale home by police Sunday afternoon after his wife reported that he was armed and threatening suicide.

The police, called by his wife, went to the house in the Seven Isles community, an affluent area in which houses have access to the water. They made contact, “developed a rapport” and negotiated his exit from the house, the police said in a statement. He was taken to Broward Health Medical Center under the Baker Act, which provides for temporary involuntary commitment.

Fort Lauderdale Police Chief Karen Dietrich said the encounter at the house was brief.

“We went out and it was very short. We went and got him help.”

Dietrich said he didn’t threaten police and he went willingly under Florida’s Baker Act, which allows police to detain a person who is potentially a threat to himself or others.

The scene outside the home of Brad Parscale, the former campaign manager for President Donald Trump's 2020 reelection campaign, in Fort Lauderdale on Sunday evening. According to Fort Lauderdale police, Parscale was involuntarily hospitalized under the state's Baker Act after he was armed and threatening to harm himself at his home.
The scene outside the home of Brad Parscale, the former campaign manager for President Donald Trump's 2020 reelection campaign, in Fort Lauderdale on Sunday evening. According to Fort Lauderdale police, Parscale was involuntarily hospitalized under the state's Baker Act after he was armed and threatening to harm himself at his home. (Jennifer Lett)
Standing a towering 6 feet, 8 inches, with a striking full beard, Parscale had taken an unusually public role for a campaign manager, speaking at events and developing a prominent media persona.

But he was demoted by Trump in July as the president’s reelection campaign suffered a series of blows. Among these was a campaign rally in Tulsa that was poorly attended, embarrassing the president, who had expected an overflow crowd. He has also been sharply criticized by both supporters and opponents of the president over extravagance with campaign money, including millions in payments to his own companies.

Tim Murtaugh, Trump campaign communications director issued a statement Sunday night supporting Parscale and blasting his critics.

“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.”

Parscale, 44, moved two years ago to Fort Lauderdale, the biggest city in heavily Democratic Broward County, where Trump won 31.4% of the vote in 2016. In an interview with the Sun-Sentinel, he explained his move into hostile political territory by invoking his love of boating and the appeal of a state without an income tax.

Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis said he received a text message saying that there was a SWAT team standoff at Parscale’s home.

“It was indicated to me that he had weapons,” Trantalis said.

Trantalis could not confirm it was the same Parscale associated with Trump but said he knows Trump’s former campaign manager does have a home in Fort Lauderdale.

“Politics aside, this fellow obviously suffers from emotional distress,” said Trantalis, a Democrat. " ... I’m glad he didn’t do any harm to himself or others I commend our SWAT team for being able to negotiate a peaceful ending to this."

A reporter rang the doorbell of the Parscale home Sunday evening. No one answered, and as the reporter was walking away, a woman opened the door, looked at him and closed the door.

Former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale hospitalized after he was armed and threatening to harm himself, Fort Lauderdale police say

A tense situation unfolded at a home owned by Brad Parscale, the former campaign manager for President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign, after reports that an armed man in the house was threatening to commit suicide, according to police reports.

www.sun-sentinel.com

 

[Blastoff]

he got swatted I see