AUSTIN, Texas — Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett spoke at the University of Texas at Austin on Wednesday night as her campaign for the U.S. Senate heads into its final weeks. Her appearance drew students and voters as part of the LBJ School’s “Conversations with Evan Smith” series.

“Our country is in need of not only real leadership, but leadership that recognizes and sees everyone,” Crockett said during the discussion. She added, “I think that this primary will come down to philosophies. I do.”

The visit comes amid ongoing attention on her primary opponent, State Representative James Talarico, and his recent interview on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. CBS said it did not block the interview from airing, but provided legal guidance that broadcasting it could trigger the Federal Communications Commission’s equal-time rule. Colbert’s show instead posted the interview on YouTube.

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When CBS Austin asked about Talarico announcing he’s raised $2.5 million in the 24 hours following the interview, Crockett said, “I mean, I think that it speaks to the moment that we’re in. I think people want to make sure that they’re pushing back on any government overreach or violation of the Constitution.”

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said during a press conference on Wednesday that he found the situation “highly entertaining,” calling it a “hoax” to blame the Trump administration for CBS’s programming decisions. He added that Talarico understood how the news media works and took advantage of it. “Yesterday was a perfect encapsulation of why the American people have more trust in gas station sushi than they do in the national news media,” Carr said.

At his rally to kick off early voting on Tuesday, Talarico expressed concern about “cancel culture coming from the most powerful people in this country” and said some are trying “to control what we watch, what we read, what we learn about the world.”

Crockett echoed those concerns, saying, “I think that it is very clear that this administration doesn’t want any naysayers and they want to control who says what, when, and how, and I think that we should all be appalled.”

CBS Austin reached out to Ahmad Hassan, the third Democratic Senate candidate, but had not yet received a response. Early voting is underway, with Election Day set for March 3.