Jasmine Crockett Says The Late Show's 'Strategy' To Not Air Talarico's Interview 'Probably Gave My Opponent The Boost he Was Looking For'

Rep. Jasmine Crockett said that she had no issue with The Late Show's decision to not air an interview with her opponent in the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate race in Texas, James Talarico, adding that it has likely served as a boost for him.

Speaking on MS Now, Crockett said "there were a number of options that could be put on the table" and The Late Show decided to not air the interview and post it directly online.

"I think it was a good strategy. Look at what happened when they tried to censor CECOT. We found out you could get a lot more views," she said, in reference to a news segment from CBS News' 60 Minutes on the infamous Salvadoran prison that was postponed and landed the network in controversy as well.

"It probably gave my opponent the boost that he was looking for. So i think it's probably better that they went straight to streaming. We know that when they try to change the rules it backfires in historic fashion," Crockett concluded.

Talarico, on his end, has rejected that the decision was a result of FCC "guidance" about enforcing equal air time for candidates in the same political race as him.

In a statement on Tuesday, he said it was the Trump administration who blocked the airing of the interview: "This is the party that ran against cancel culture, and now they are trying to control what we watch, what we say, and what we read."

"This is the most dangerous kind of cancel culture — the kind that comes from the top. Corporate media executives are selling out the First Amendment to curry favor with corrupt politicians. A threat to any of our First Amendment rights is a threat to all of our First Amendment rights," he added.

Colbert addressed the development on his show, detailing that network lawyers also prohibited him to speak about the impossibility to air the interview. "Because my network clearly doesn't want us to talk about this, let's talk about this," he said.

"Let's just call this what it is. Donald Trump's administration wants to silence anyone who says anything bad about Trump on TV, because all Trump does is watch TV."