Another member of Donald Trump’s inner circle admitted on Thursday that he is unable to vote for the GOP frontrunner in New York’s Republican primary contest.
“No, I’m not voting in the primary. I’m a registered Democrat,” Trump’s adviser and lawyer, Michael Cohen, said in an appearance on CNN.
Hosts Kate Bolduan and John Berman seemed shocked by the admission.
“He’s losing votes from his family and the people who work for him,” Berman said.
Trump’s children, Eric and Ivanka, both conceded this week that they would be unable to support their father in Tuesday’s closed primary because they didn’t register as Republicans in time.
The GOP frontrunner said his kids felt “very guilty” for the oversight, but Cohen seemed unconcerned about the optics of Trump losing votes from his closest confidants.
“Don’t worry about Mr. Trump,” Cohen said on CNN. “He’s around 50-plus percent in New York. This is his hometown.”
Republican National Committee spokesman Michael Short suggested on Twitter that Trump’s surrogates had no standing to attack the organization, given that several of them are not registered Republicans.
Cohen is employed by the Trump Organization, not the presidential campaign, but frequently makes cable news appearances defending Trump’s candidacy. In Thursday’s interview, he attacked RNC chair Reince Priebus for doing a “terrible job” of unifying the party.
#trumps top supporter @MichaelCohen212 WILL NOT VOTE FOR @realDonaldTrump in #NewYorkPrimary ? #NeverTrump #CruzCrew pic.twitter.com/xMiShvXGvv
— Ben Ferguson (@benfergusonshow) April 14, 2016
.@benfergusonshow @realDonaldTrump Don’t worry Ben. I’ll be voting #Trump in the general election and after you will call him Mr. President!
— Michael Cohen (@MichaelCohen212) April 14, 2016
Do we know if Trump can vote for himself?
That question must be answered!
Good question. I won’t believe it until I actually see it happen with him entering the polling booth.
It amazes me that his supporters all want to believe that he can build “beautiful walls” on the border using his own company as President, or get anything accomplished when he can’t even manage the basics in getting his own inner circle to register to vote for him properly. I guess that’s leadership for you. He fails on the most basic stuff. But oh, he builds great buildings…even if half of his shit goes into bankruptcy or he hires undocumented workers to do it.
The cognitive dissonance among his supporters believing his crap is breath-taking.
to use a bastardization (?) of that Dodgeball quote: if Trump can tie his shoes…
Will any of them be able to vote in the general?
Seeing how so civil minded Melania and Ivana are, are either of them registered to vote in the primary?