Former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale is speaking out for the first time publicly in a TV interview since leaving President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign.
In an exclusive interview with Fox News’ Martha MacCallum, Parscale said, “I always had a lot of confidence in our plan. I think the president and Jared [Kushner] had a lot of confidence in the plan. It was unfortunate that we diverged from the plan right as it came down the stretch.”
When MacCallum noted Parscale “left” the campaign, Parscale responded, “I was removed.” Explaining how he felt about that, he said, “I was hurt. That was an obvious sign that I was hurt.”
Parscale was the campaign manager until he was demoted in July to a senior campaign adviser and Bill Stepien replaced him in the role of campaign manager. He then stepped away from the campaign in September, saying at the time that he wanted to “focus on my family and get help dealing with the overwhelming stress.”
Watch Parscale’s interview below:
He continued, “I didn’t get a warning sign. No one asked me to change my plan, no one asked me to do anything different. I don’t know exactly why I was removed and why all of a sudden we had to challenge the plan. I have a lot of thoughts of why I think that is, but they paused the plan — eventually went back to it… but I’d had a lot of time to plan.”
Parscale also told MacCallum when asked if he has talked to Trump lately, “It is pretty hurtful, but it’s probably just as much my fault as his. I love that family. And I gave every inch of my life to him. Every inch.”
