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1. Cohen testifies about Trump and Vietnam:
"During the campaign, Mr. Trump said he did not consider Vietnam Veteran, and Prisoner of War, Senator John McCain to be “a hero” because he likes people who weren’t captured.
2. Cohen: At the same time, Mr. Trump tasked me to handle the negative press surrounding his medical deferment from the Vietnam draft.
3. Cohen: He finished the conversation with the following comment. “You think I’m
stupid, I wasn’t going to Vietnam.”
Trump, TODAY:
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1. I didn’t watch the entire time Michael Cohen testified before the House Oversight Committee, but I watched a lot of it. Here are some initial thoughts.
2. First, the Republicans did not rebut anything Cohen said. House Republicans instead did whatever they could to discredit, demean, and smear the president’s former attorney. This is not unexpected or unreasonable.
3. GOP legislators have incentive to protect Donald Trump. Cohen is a liar, and whatever he says must be vetted according to the facts as we have them. What’s shocking, however, is that none of them—and I mean not one—disputed the merits of Cohen’s long and remarkable testimony.
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1. All eyes this morning and this afternoon were on Michael Cohen’s testimony before the US Congress, but I wanted to dial into something that does not get enough attention.
2. The reason it doesn’t get enough attention is because it comes off as a mere spat between the president and Richard Blumenthal. Even when reporters do pay attention to it, the reporting is often about Trump’s beef with Blumenthal’s wife, whose family is in NYC real estate.
3. The argument, however, speaks to larger themes: moral authority, patriotism and honor. More deeply, it speaks to the nature of our national identity. Are we a nation of ideals or blood?
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I wish it were better understood: Dick Blumenthal served his country for 6 years in the Marine Corps Reserve. Yes it was stateside but that's 6 more years than Donald Trump ever serve in the military.
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