CNN This Morning anchor Kaitlan Collins addressed the polarizing town hall event with Donald Trump Thursday evening.
On CNN Primetime — which is reportedly going to be her new television timeslot after she was offered a new contract with the network earlier this week — Collins pointed to the elephant in the room.
“About last night,” Collins began. “The 70 minutes I spent on stage in New Hampshire with former president Donald Trump was a major inflection point in the Republican party’s search for its nominee and potentially the starting line for America’s next presidential race.
“It’s important to remember that he is, right now, the GOP frontrunner, a race that he is running, as noted, while being criminally indicted, found civilly liable and under investigation for everything from his handling of classified documents to his business empire,” Collins said.
Collins has received mixed reviews for her work as the event’s moderator. Some critics have argued Collins was too demonstrative in her pushbacks on Trump, arguing that she seemed adversarial in her approach and tone.
Meanwhile, supporters have claimed she was in a difficult position with the former President and the format of the event did not lend itself to rampant real-time fact-checking.
