Fairshake spent over $2 million on an ad that hit Bowman’s performance, criticizing many of its actions without mentioning cryptocurrency or blockchain. As a response to these actions, Ocasio-Cortez stated:

People everywhere need to understand how disgusting and abnormal it is for special interests to dump nearly $15 million to unseat a member of Congress in a primary.

Ocasio-Cortez continued bashing this ad campaign, stressing that it was “corrupt,” “a core threat to American democracy,” and accused Fairshake of “fueling Trump,” calling to support Bowman in the primaries.