Katilan Collins: Doug Collins Is the Designated Survivor for Tonight’s Event

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COLLINS: “Yes. And, Erin, for those who don’t know, of course, the entire line of the presidential succession is inside that chamber tonight. So, always on these nights, there is one person who is selected to hang back in case of a catastrophic event. And I have just been told by a White House official that tonight, that person is the Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins, of course, someone who has been in that chamber himself as a former member of Congress from Georgia and has attended many of these. Tonight, he will not be doing so because he is the designated survivor. And I should note that in Trump’s first term, actually in office, there was the Veterans Affairs Secretary then, David Shulkin, who was also the designated survivor at that point. That means that person is taken to a different place in case there is a worst case scenario, a catastrophic event, and that person then serves as the designated survivor.”