“They don’t know what my crypto views are because they never asked,” said Katie Porter following her defeat in a primary for California’s Senate race.
California Representative Katie Porter, who lost a primary race for the United States Senate in March, suggested that targeted ads by a political action committee (PAC) may have contributed to her defeat but did not further the national conversation on crypto.
In an interview with Pod Save America released on March 19, Porter questioned the motivations behind $10 million worth of spending aimed at derailing her campaign for the U.S. Senate by Fairshake, a Super PAC backed by cryptocurrency firms including Ripple and Coinbase. According to the California lawmaker, negative ads by Fairshake specifically targeted her but failed to promote what could have been a productive discussion on crypto policy.
“This wasn’t actually a conversation that I think we should be having about crypto, about technology in Congress,” said Porter. “This wasn’t about crypto policy. This wasn’t about engaging me, seeing what I think, teaching me, coming to a policy understanding.”
