Brad Parscale hospitalized after he was armed and threatening to harm himself

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13. Concatenating the title? Wouldn't shortening it have been easier?

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ETTD.

Hat tip, Betty Bowers. The first reply to her tweet is one of laughter, but as someone who has contemplated suicide in the past, I am not laughing.

Nothing ever good happens to Trump's former campaign managers.

Prad Parscale, hospitalized after barricading himself in his condo with guns and threatening to harm himself.

Link to tweet

There were too many popups in the Sun-Sentinel article for my taste. Here's another link:

LOCAL NEWS
Michelle Solomon, Podcast Producer/Reporter

Published: September 27, 2020, 8:36 pm
Updated: September 27, 2020, 9:42 pm

LATEST NEWS
Former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale, armed, barricades self in Fort Lauderdale home, police called
17 MINUTES AGO

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.

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Advice to Parscale:

Avoid upper floors.

Stay away from windows.

Do not have a cup of tea.

Move out of the way of anyone headed in your direction on the sidewalk with an umbrella.