CNN’s Kaitlan Collins claims it’s not her job to ‘take down’ President Trump

CNN host Kaitlan Collins insisted it wasn’t her job to “take down” President Donald Trump as she joined him in defending her controversial 2023 city corridor on Wednesday.

Comic Hasan Minhaj requested the host of The Supply in regards to the city corridor on his podcast and whether or not it was an try by the community to win again Republican viewers. Collins stated the occasion was just like different CNN presidential city halls in that Trump was “very clearly” getting ready to run for workplace once more.

Regardless of the backlash she acquired from liberals each inside and out of doors of CNN, Collins insisted her job was to report on the fact that Trump may run for workplace once more.

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CNN confronted fierce criticism for airing a 2023 city corridor with then-former President Donald Trump. (Screenshot/CNN)

“What that second really confirmed was that there was nonetheless lots of help for Donald Trump, and I believe it was stunning for some individuals to keep in mind that and see that,” Collins stated. “However that was the fact, and it is not our job to wash issues up and say, ‘That is what you need the story to be’ or ‘That is what you wish to occur.’

“Our job is to cowl it because it’s occurring and present you what that was, and I believe the city corridor confirmed those that it is not my job to take down Trump. I am a reporter and an anchor.”

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Collins stated she wasn’t serious about the CNN viewers when getting ready for the city corridor and as a substitute centered on difficult and fact-checking Trump on his statements. She added that the city corridor “foreshadowed” the eventual 2024 presidential election primarily based on the general public’s response to Trump.

Former President Donald Trump participated in a CNN presidential debate at CNN Studios in Atlanta on June 27, 2024. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Pictures)

“When you watched that city corridor, you were not stunned when Trump gained the Republican nomination, and you were not stunned when he gained the election,” Collins stated. “Trump was reelected and returned to energy.”

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Trump spoke with Collins about a number of points in the course of the 2023 city corridor, together with the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and his claims that the 2020 presidential election was rigged. Throughout one dialog, Trump referred to as Collins a “nasty individual,” to loud cheers from his supporters within the viewers.

Collins additionally stood on the city corridor in a 2024 Elle journal interview, arguing that Trump would have attracted consideration with or with out CNN.

Collins has repeatedly defended her Trump city corridor regardless of pushback from liberal critics. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Pictures; Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters)

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“I do not assume you possibly can ignore somebody who’s the Republican front-runner, and possibly, if it had been tomorrow, the Republican nominee,” Collins stated on the time.