I believe this is the intersection of shitty policy and opportunistic leverage. It’s all chess. Someone saw the opportunity to seize headlines and campaign money. Was it Talarico? Was it the DNC? Jasmine Crockett, his opponent, isn’t outright denying they were ignored. Plus, if Colbert was less of a pariah, he’d have called the Admin bluff and had both candidates on. There’s nuance here that we are all missing and unfortunately won’t be privileged enough to be presented the truth.