Ex-Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen Registers As A Democrat

Surprise surprise. President Trump’s slimy ex-lawyer Michael Cohen has registered as a Democrat.

2-Today, @MichaelCohen212 returning to the #Democratic Party another step in his journey that began with the @ABC @GStephanopolous Cohen putting family and country first -distancing himself from the values of the current Admin – Can’t wait for his first interview! #StayTuned

— Lanny Davis (@LannyDavis) October 11, 2018

Scoop: Michael Cohen is now a registered Democrat https://t.co/dqItmeUbfF

— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) October 11, 2018

WHOA, Michael Cohen changed his party registration to Democrat, Axios is reportinghttps://t.co/prJR6cqG9F

— Laura Litvan (@LauraLitvan) October 11, 2018

Michael Cohen has switched parties and is now a Democrat. That’s one good way to distance yourself from a “president” and a political party that’s conspiring with Russia.

— Ryan Knight 🌊 (@ProudResister) October 12, 2018

Dude. You’re STILL talking about Russia? Get a life.

What makes it even more awkward is the fact that, up until quite recently, Cohen “served as the Republican Party’s deputy finance chair.”

The move fits a pattern of Cohen publicly breaking from the man for whom he once said he’d take “a bullet.” Cohen went online around noon to the Albany-based New York State Board of Elections to make the change, according to the source.

Keep in mind that Cohen has been signaling his break with Trump for months now, after Trump didn’t lift a finger to defend him from charges of campaign finance violations over Cohen’s payments of hush money to keep two women quiet about their affairs with Trump.

Axios points out that this isn’t an unusual move for Cohen. After all, he was a registered Democrat before. He just kinda goes with the wind.

The backstory: This isn’t the first time Cohen has changed his party registration. He was a registered Democrat before 2017, when he became a Republican after being asked, and agreeing to become, deputy chairman of the Republican National Committee’s Finance Committee with Steve Wynn serving as chairman. (Wynn stepped down amid sexual misconduct allegations.)

Another slime ball who totally lacks principles. What’s new?

h/t Axios