New horse, same jockey: Kushner solidifies grip on campaign with Bill Stepien as manager
by Rob Crilly, White House Correspondent & David M. Drucker, Senior Political Correspondent & Katherine Doyle, White House Correspondent |
| July 17, 2020 07:00 AM
Jared Kusher has solidified his position as the de facto chief of the Trump reelection effort by replacing Brad Parscale with Bill Stepien as campaign manager, according to multiple strategists familiar with internal discussions.
They said it was also possible that a campaign chairman will be appointed to further bolster an operation that has suffered weeks of poor polls and negative headlines.
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee are among the names being discussed, while former White House strategist Steve Bannon and senior adviser Jason Miller also have their supporters.
But President Trump’s Twitter announcement that he is moving Parscale aside on Wednesday evening shows where the power lies, at least for now.
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