Clark fronts Bridgeport Republican RTC’s August fundraising event.

Donald Trump lawyer and campaign operative Justin Clark will return to Connecticut to front a Bridgeport Republican Town Committee August 17th event.

Formerly of West Hartford, Clark managed Tom Foley’s 2010 losing campaign for governor and his unsuccessful 2014 rematch with Democrat Dannel P. Malloy. Clark began the 2016 on the Chris Christie campaign. After Christie’s campaign ended in tears in New Hampshire, Clark followed the former New Jersey governor to the tumultuous Trump campaign. Clark rose from his perch in the Connecticut Trump campaign to Deputy National Political Director.

Clark did a turn in the Trump White House before moving into the campaign consulting business and the losing 2020 Trump campaign. Clark has also served as a soldier among Trump’s short term recruits army of lawyers.

In 2019, Clark inadvertently provided a recorded preview of the 2020 Trump campaign. In a meeting with Wisconsin Republicans, Clark contended, “Traditionally it’s always been Republicans suppressing votes in places,” but accused Democrats in the state.”

Harriet Hageman, who in 2016 called Trump “racist and xenophobic, hired Clark’s consulting firm to helm her 2022 Wyoming race against steadfast patriot Liz Cheney. Hageman, who was endorsed by Trump, won the Republican primary and the general election by large margins.

What a singular political journey Clark has traveled from Gore 2000 to representing Trump in his efforts to stymie the work of the House January 6th committee. It is a tale of the sudden and dark unraveling of a broad major political party into the home of grievance and resentment. A party that held high the torch of freedom applauds the embracing of despots and disdains our democratic allies. And so much winning.

That ought to be some revival meeting in Bridgeport on August 17th. No wonder Abraham Lincoln looks bleak on the invitation.

Published June 19, 2023.