Jasmine Crockett Slams Corporate Greed While Being Supported by Millions From Corporate PACs and Crypto Groups

Rep. Jasmine Crockett has built her political brand around progressive rhetoric, frequently condemning “corporate greed” and praising efforts to limit the influence of powerful business interests in American politics. Campaign finance records, however, point to a sharp disconnect between that message and the sources of her campaign funding. Since 2022, Crockett has accepted more than $370,000 in federal contributions from corporate and business-aligned political action committees, according to reporting by the Washington Examiner.

Those contributions include donations connected to major pharmaceutical companies such as AbbVie and Gilead Sciences, financial services giants like BlackRock and Goldman Sachs, defense contractors including Lockheed Martin and RTX, and mega-corporations such as CVS, Verizon, and Toyota. The funding stands in contrast to Crockett’s public positioning as a progressive lawmaker who has repeatedly criticized corporate influence over public policy and praised colleagues for challenging entrenched business interests.

Crockett’s donor base also includes organizations that are politically aligned with Donald Trump. In 2022 and 2023, she received a combined $10,000 from Pakistani American Public Affairs (PAK-PAC), an organization that endorsed Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election. Given Crockett’s frequent critical rhetoric toward Trump and his Republican allies, these donations call into question whether Crockett is willing to call out organizations that continue to enable Trump and his policies.

In addition, Crockett benefited from more than $2 million in spending by Protect Our Future PAC and WEB3 Forward, two cryptocurrency-funded PACs, during her 2022 Democratic primary campaign. The groups were backed by tech moguls including Ben Horowitz, Marc Andreessen, and Sam Bankman-Fried, the latter of whom has since been convicted of fraud. At the time, Crockett dismissed concerns about the spending as a normal feature of modern elections. But the crypto funding, combined with extensive support from corporate PACs, underscores a widening gap between Crockett’s anti-corporate rhetoric and the financial forces that have helped propel her political career.