Conservative commentator Charlie Sykes and Donald Trump co-defendant Jeff Clark traded some pointed barbs Sunday.
Former Justice Department official Clark, who was arrested along with Donald Trump for allegedly trying to use the Justice Department to lean on Georgia to block its electoral count, is no stranger to internet feuds. Late last year, legal experts piled on him after he lashed out against former acting solicitor general Neal Katyal over Burning Man.
Now, however, he is picking a different fight with Sykes.
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Clark on Sunday shared a post in which Sykes is quoted saying, "At the moment Steve Bannon is the id of the American right and, if we've learned anything in the last eight years, it's don't assume because somebody sounds extreme and unhinged that they will not be influential in this party."
The quote from Sykes continues:
"Donald Trump does not look at Steve Bannon and think this guy is unhinged; he's looking at Steve Bannon and saying this is exactly what I want to hear from my supporters. Steve Bannon knows what he's doing and he will act as a gravitational pull on the rest of the right because they have to match him.”
"I don't believe Charlie Sykes is a real conservative for a second," the criminal defendant wrote in sharing the quote. "Especially not because he ran as a Democrat. But if I did, he's the most pathetic dish towel conservative that's around. Of course he's triggered by Bannon, who's an alpha and whose career puts Charlie's to shame."
Sykes responded, "Wanna-be seditionist says what?"
Clark wasn't done.
"I'll put that in my defamation file, Mr. Wet Dish Towel. Enjoy your MSNBC gig, where real conservatives always go," he replied. "You're reminding me to write up a piece sometime about how the Left (where you're really situated) on X have only got shorthands like FAFO, says what?, or FU!"
