collins starts now. anderson, thanks so much. good evening, and thanks for joining me. about last night, 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 front-runner, 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 wiz empire. also notable the republican reaction on capitol hill today to someone who could easily once again become their party s nominee. are you worried the party s leading presidential candidate of course. that s why i don t intend to support him for the republican nomination. last night provided a clearer view of where trump stands on the key issues that america is grappling with rig
if you re running for president? i would actually just i think there is some element of what you re saying, but i recall back in 2015, the same thing was going on. what do you mean? carson s campaign, everyone wanted to talk about what trump was doing. they would ask every single one of the 18 of us on the ballot at the time, and they would ask people on the hill, what do you think about trump? at the time the stock answer was, there s no way this guy s going to be president. we cannot put up with this. let s talk about serious issues. so i think to some extent, some of these members you showed a sample clipping of some of the members they talked to. i don t know how many he talked to overall. there s some element of, we ve got serious business we have to deal with right now. that s the last thing i want the talk about. the problem is, it s the last thing they want to be talk about in large measure because there s nothing great to say. what i was very struck by today, two t