Chris Collins

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204 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Dec 2025 last heard 22 Dec

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The Megyn Kelly Show · Top Political Soundbites of 2025, Trump's Israel and Tucker Friendships, and Life After a Pardon · 22 Dec 2025 podcast

And I spent those next couple of years flying on Air Force One meetings in the Roosevelt Room.

where he always had me sitting directly at his left.

So I got to know President Trump very, very well.

And certainly, in my case, my role in Congress shifted significantly.

And my early endorsement of him turned out to be very good timing on my part.

Well, in my case, I thought that Jeb Bush certainly had the background and looked to be the credentials with a lot of experience.

And so, yeah, I was early on with Jeb Bush, and that was well before Donald Trump even entered the picture.

And I'm not somebody who would just leave somebody at the curb.

And so I stayed with Jeb Bush.

Again, I was very early on with him, even before he formally announced it.

But when he did pretty much self-destruct during the debates and his campaign floundered, I waited until after South Carolina when he did officially drop out.

That's when I said, okay, I'm going to endorse now President Trump, a business person like me.

And when I looked at the other candidates, he was my obvious choice.

But I was loyal to Jeb Bush until he dropped out.

I can't answer that question.

They would have to.

But throughout 2016, I created what was called the Trump Caucus.

Throughout the entire election cycle, there were only 11 of us that would even stand up and say we were supporting Donald Trump.

Now, Senator Marsha Blackburn and now Senator Kevin Cramer were two of the other 10 beside me.

But

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