'You never discuss in good faith': Jenna Ellis slams fellow Trump co-defendant Jeff Clark
Jenna Ellis speaking with attendees at the 2021 Young Women's Leadership Summit in 2021. (Gage Skidmore)
December 23, 2023
Jenna Ellis, the Donald Trump attorney who tearfully pleaded guilty to 2020 election interference crimes, has been feuding on social media with Jeff Clark, an ex-Trump official and a fellow Trump co-defendant.
It appears to have started with a post by Ellis, who recently condemned Christian nationalism following the beheading of a Satanic statute by a former candidate. On Thursday, Ellis posted again about the statue, writing, "A Missouri politician vandalized a Satanist statue in the Iowa Capitol."
"Some say it's righteous civil disobedience," she wrote Thursday. "Does God require Christians to destroy monuments to false gods?"
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That's where Jeff Clark stepped in. Just like Ellis, Clark was charged for his alleged role in a conspiracy to subvert the 2020 election. Unlike Ellis, Clark is not cooperating with prosecutors.
"Oh my gosh, will you get off of the topic of defending the Satan statue? One would think it was a national monument," Clark said Thursday night. "And I’m sure you didn’t do half as many shows or tweets about NYC moving the Teddy Roosevelt Statue out of New York, which was a true travesty."
She then replied, "I’m so sorry discussing religious freedom and the Constitution triggers you this bad."
Clark wasn't standing for that.
"A Navy fighter pilot man took decisive action against evil, ready to pay the consequences of his act of civil disobedience. And you had a fainting spell. You needed 'the vapors' to revive you," Clark wrote. "The Navy fighter pilot would have been recognized and welcomed a century ago. Now he has to deal with the likes of you. We need millions of men like him. And fewer helicopter people— trying like you to keep society in a protective bubble of gentility."
He added:
"I’m triggered by stupidity, not the Constitution. Don’t raise the Constitution with me. I’ve no doubt that if Senator Kennedy gave you one of his famous legal quizzes, you’d flunk in two seconds. But, it’s three days until Christmas and in the interests of the Nativity, I wish you merriness and a return in 2024 to practicing what you preach and not just preaching it."
Ellis replied, "Quit being a jack--s, Jeff."
"Of all people, lawyers in particular should understand the difference between varying good faith arguments and actual ignorance. Yet, you never discuss in good faith. That embodies the worst part of MAGA." she wrote on Friday.