U.S. Rep. Doug Collins, R-Gainesville, is trying not to let the distractions get to him this week at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. “My role is to be supportive of our party ... and making sure we are moving forward with the conservative vision for America going into the fall elections,” he said on Monday after a schedule full of meetings and meet-and-greets. But the simple business of nominating Donald Trump as the GOP candidate for president comes with a little more than usual fanfare.