The NPR interviewer asked the Congressman about the collusion, and they actually cited the time that Trump was on the campaign trail, and he brought up the Hillary Clinton "missing e-mails." I forget how he brought up the Russians into the conversation, but Trump suggested "maybe Russia could hack into Hillary's email server and find the emails?"
This comment drew plenty of laughs, and anyone could tell that Trump was joking around when he suggested it, whether there in person or if you watched or heard the audio. There were no missing context cues, no subtle innuendo, no "winks" of the eye...it was a joke.
The Democrat Congress person on NPR, with as much seriousness as he could muster, brought up Trump's remark as proof that he enlisted the Russians to help his campaign! What sane person would even suggest something like that?
The same Rats will tell you that Hitlery Rotten Clinton’s private server in a toilet was “secure” and none of her State Department communications were compromised.
Of course, we will never know because she wiped her server to cover up her guilt in selling that information.