After Jan. 6, Brad Parscale Felt "Guilty" for Helping Trump. Now He's Back on Trump's Gravy Train.

On the evening of January 6, 2021, Brad Parscale texted Donald Trump adviser Katrina Pierson about the insurrectionist assault on the US Capitol that had finally been quashed by police. "This is about [T]rump pushing for uncertainty in our country," wrote Parscale, who ran digital and data operations for Trump's 2016 campaign and managed his 2020 reelection effort before being replaced. This week I feel guilty for helping him win." "You did what you felt right at the time and therefore it was right," Pierson replied. "Yeah," Parscale answered, "but a woman is dead." The conversation continued, with Pierson texting, "You do realize this was going to happen." Parscale responded that Trump's rhetoric had "killed someone." Pierson countered, "It wasn't the rhetoric." Parscale was obviously blaming Trump for the storming of the Capitol and the death of Trump supporter Ashli Babbitt. In these private texts--which were not made public until mid-2022 during the House investigation of January ...