"In closing, I'd like to say diectly to the President: We honor our veterans, even in the rain…" -Cohen
Odd choice of words.
Cohen, in emotional closing statement, lists everything that's wrong with Trump
Cohen delivered a brief but emotional closing statement at the end of his public testimony, in which he summed up his objections to the president and his fears for the future.
"I fear that if" Trump "loses the election in 2020, that there will never be a peaceful transition of power," he said.
He then addressed Trump directly.
"We honor our veterans — even in the rain," Cohen said referencing a trip to France where Trump opted against attending a World War 1 memorial event. "You tell the truth, even when it doesn't aggrandize you."
"You don't attack the media and those who question what you don't like or what you don't want them to say and you take responsibility for your own dirty deeds. You don't use your power of your bully pulpit to destroy the credibility of those who speak out against you. You don't separate families from one another or demonize those looking to America for a better life. You don't vilify people based on the god they pray to and you don't cuddle up to our adversaries at the expense of our allies. Finally, you don't shut down the government before Christmas and new year's just to simply apiece your base. This behavior is childish, it denigrates the office of the president and it's simply un-American. And it's not you," he said.
"So to those who support the president and his rhetoric as I once did, I pray the country doesn't make the same mistakes that I have made or pay the heavy price that my family and I are paying."
Cohen then thanked Chairman Cummings his time.
https://www.nbcnews.com/card/cohen-closing-statement-lists-everything-s-wrong-trump-n977371