Congresswoman Colleen Hanabusa seemed to pull back from some of the messages her gubernatorial campaign and supporters have put out in recent days attacking Gov. David Ige’s record on homelessness, rail funding and women during a wide-ranging discussion Wednesday evening.

The hourlong livestreamed event at Hawaii Pacific University touched on super PACs, housing and living wages, among other issues.

The latest installment in Civil Beat’s “Know Your Candidates” series came hours after Hanabusa’s campaign emailed supporters with a request for donations alongside a statement from House Majority Leader Della Au Belatti that took Ige to task for an ad in which he says “criticism isn’t leadership.”

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Belatti called that a “flat-out double standard,” and said in the email that “women who speak up for what’s right are too often told to sit down and shut up.”

When asked if Ige is actually telling women to “sit down and shut up,” Hanabusa responded, “It’s Della’s words, not my words.”