She was a formidable White House correspondent, always calm under pressure, but she is also incredibly fair and facts-focused.”Ĭalm under pressure, fair and facts-focused seem like the ideal qualities for someone to moderate a town hall with Trump. New York Times’ reporter Maggie Haberman told Bauder, “She has had a pretty meteoric rise at a young age because of her talent. These days, Collins is co-host of CNN’s revamped morning show, but before that, she was a White House correspondent and has had her fair share of clashes with Trump. They could have gone with anchors more experienced than Collins, such as Anderson Cooper, Jake Tapper, Dana Bash. What’s interesting is that CNN had plenty of choices for moderators.
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Most likely, she will have to be the one to question him about being found liable of sexual assault.Īnd, as Associated Press media reporter David Bauder points out, she’ll have to do it in a “potentially hostile environment” - that is, a room full of Republicans. Sure, she likely will have help from producers in her earpiece, but it will be up to Collins to be the first, and perhaps only, line of defense against any of Trump’s potential lies. Making it even tougher, Collins will have to do all this in real time. 6 insurrection or make any false claims about his potential Republican opponents or President Joe Biden.Īnd how much will Trump have to talk about Tuesday’s news that a jury found him liable of sexual assault and defamation? That has become the question heading into the town hall. It’s her job to keep it fair, and to make sure that Trump doesn’t go off on tangents full of conspiracy theories about the 2020 election and the Jan. The audience is supposedly going to be made up of New Hampshire Republican and undeclared voters who say they intend to vote in the New Hampshire Republican presidential primary.īut once Trump starts talking, Collins’ job is to shift immediately into a fact-checker and, for lack of a better word, referee. Knowing that, Collins needs to ignore what the postgame reaction will be and simply do her job.įirst and foremost, Collins is a facilitator - setting up audience members to ask questions of Trump. If Trump’s night goes sour, Collins will be blamed by Trump supporters, and probably Trump himself, for being biased against him. If Trump has what would be considered a good night, Collins likely will get dragged by the left for letting Trump run wild. This town hall is a plum assignment for the 31-year-old, but she might be in a no-win situation. All eyes and ears are going to be on moderator Kaitlan Collins.Īlthough after Tuesday’s major news that Trump was found liable of sexual assault in a civil trial, the former president will be under a hotter spotlight than he might have previously expected when he signed up to go on CNN.įirst, let’s look at Collins.
But Trump might not be the most important person on stage tonight.
CNN’s town hall with former President Donald Trump is tonight at 8 p.m.
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