Who Is Candice Parscale? And Did Her Husband Brad Parscale Really Attempt Suicide?

WASHINGTON, DC. (THECOUNT) — Born Candice Blount, Candice Parscale is the wife of Brad Parscale, digital consultant and political advisor currently serving as the senior adviser for data and digital operations the Donald Trump 2020 presidential re-election campaign.

Bradley James Parscale married Candice Blount in the summer of 2012. Brad entered the marriage with one child from a previous marriage born in July 1999.

The child’s mother was 22 when she met Brad while she was working at a San Antonio tanning salon. The two wed in March 2003. Parscale filed for divorce in August 2004; the divorce was finalized in October 2007.

As of July 2019, Brad and Candice Parscale, owned at least three residences in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

On September 27, 2020, Parscale was hospitalized after Candice Parscale contacted Fort Lauderdale police to report that he had guns and was threatening to harm himself.

According to the police, they were responding to a report of an “armed male attempting suicide”. Parscale was detained under terms of the Baker Act, according to reports.

According to Officer Steven S. Smith’s report, he noted the Trump campaign official “racked the slide” of his gun, cocking the weapon to prepare it for firing “right in his wife’s presence. Candace Parscale became so afraid for her safety that she immediately fled…”

Brad Parscale previously served as the digital media director for Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and as campaign manager for Donald Trump’s 2020 presidential campaign from February 2018 to July 2020, being replaced by Bill Stepien, according to wikipedia.

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