Jasmine Crockett takes campaign cash from Marc Andreessen, Winklevoss twins in spite of lefty image
Rep.Jasmine Crockett, the flame-throwing Texas Dem now running for US Senate, has accepted campaign contributions from donors and PACs tied to traditionally Republican-leaning industries —including crypto, tech and defense.The contributors include Marc Andreessen, the Silicon Valley billionaire who has poured tens of millions into crypto-focused, GOP-aligned Super PACs, as well as Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, who donated directly to Crockett’s campaign while separately backing pro-Trump crypto causes, as the NOTUS news site first reported.Crockett has also taken PAC money from Lockheed Martin, one of the nation’s largest defense contractors.Andreessen donated $3,300 to Crockett’s campaign — the maximum amount allowed by the feds — after spending roughly $41 million during the 2023–24 cycle.
The vast majority of those funds backed crypto-focused and Republican-aligned Super PACs including $33.5 million to Fairshake and $4.5 million to the pro-Trump Right for America PAC, according to campaign finance records cited by NOTUS.The Winklevoss twins each gave $3,300 directly to Crockett’s campaign, even as they poured tens of millions of dollars into pro-MAGA and crypto-friendly efforts — including a $21 million bitcoin donation to a PAC backing Trump’s crypto agenda.Since 2022, Crockett has also accepted $7,500 from the PAC for Lockheed Martin, the defense giant that has historically split its political giving between Democrats and Republicans and has donated to Trump-related committees in past cycles, NOTUS noted.The Dem lawmaker has also received contributions from Ben Horowitz, Andreessen’s longtime business partner at Andreessen Horowitz, as well as a roster of crypto executives including Anatoly Yakovenko of Solana, Brian Armstrong of Coinbase and Hayden Adams of Uniswap.Progressive groups warned that even modest contributions from that world risk undermining Crockett’s populist economic message by linking her campaign to an industries that ...