(C) Minnesota Reformer This story was originally published by Minnesota Reformer and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Rep. Angie Craig, critic of Musk, donating SpaceX PAC campaign contributions • Minnesota Reformer [1] ['Michelle Griffith', 'Madison Mcvan', 'More From Author', '- April', '.Wp-Block-Co-Authors-Plus-Coauthors.Is-Layout-Flow', 'Class', 'Wp-Block-Co-Authors-Plus', 'Display Inline', '.Wp-Block-Co-Authors-Plus-Avatar', 'Where Img'] Date: 2025-04-30 A political fund associated with SpaceX — the company founded by world’s richest man Elon Musk — has donated thousands of dollars to Democratic U.S. Rep. Angie Craig, who announced her campaign for U.S. Senate this week. The Space Exploration Technologies Corps. PAC is a corporate political action committee that has donated generously to Republican and Democratic members of Congress across the country, including U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum and Minnesota Republicans, in addition to Craig. The SpaceX PAC hasn’t received donations from Elon Musk, though he is the company CEO. The SpaceX PAC’s treasurer is the treasury director for SpaceX, and the PAC email address is that of a company lobbyist. In 2024, Craig’s campaign for U.S. House received $10,000 from the SpaceX PAC, while Craig’s leadership PAC received a $2,500 donation. Craig has been a sharp critic of Musk. “Trump and Musk are burning our government down,” Craig said in announcing her Senate run. In a statement to the Reformer, Craig’s Senate campaign said she has donated the SpaceX donations to Every Third Saturday, a veterans organization. “This donation will help support those on the frontlines of Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s reckless cuts to the VA, part of the dangerous Trump-Musk agenda that Rep. Craig has been fighting tooth and nail since day one of this administration,” a campaign spokesperson said. Musk, who’s also a close advisor to Trump, has used DOGE to drastically cut and reshape the federal government and the services it provides. Craig has criticized Musk’s access to Americans’ confidential information, and at a Lakeville town hall earlier this month, Craig said Musk is cutting crucial services for Minnesotans. “With the help of unelected billionaire Elon Musk, they’ve taken a sledgehammer to our federal agencies, laying off veterans, public health employees, FSA loan officers — jeopardizing the critical services Minnesotans rely on,” Craig said. Craig, who has represented the 2nd Congressional District since 2019, will battle Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan and former Senate Minority Leader Melisa López Franzen in what is expected to be a grueling Democratic primary. Among Minnesota’s congressional delegation, McCollum has received the most campaign donations from the SpaceX PAC — over $30,000 since 2018. When Democrats controlled Congress, McCollum held an influential position as chair of the defense subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee, giving her a major hand in hundreds of billions of dollars in Pentagon spending. SpaceX, a major defense contractor, received $3.8 billion in federal contracts in 2024, according to The New York Times. In a statement to the Reformer, McCollum’s campaign said the SpaceX PAC money was used to help elected Democrats. “In the 2022 and 2024 congressional election cycles, Congresswoman McCollum’s leadership PAC and re-election campaign contributed over $1 million to Democratic candidates for Congress and Democratic Party organizations. Every dollar donated by SpaceX employees was deployed to help elect Democrats in Minnesota and across the country.” Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar in 2017 and 2018 received $2,000 from the SpaceX PAC. Since 2018, Democrats in Minnesota’s congressional delegation have received more support from the SpaceX PAC compared to Republicans. Republican Rep. Brad Finstad received $5,000 in 2024, while GOP Reps. Pete Stauber and Tom Emmer each received a $2,500 donation. Overall, however, Musk-related entities have turned sharply right, pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into campaigns for Trump and other Republicans. Most recently, Musk dumped about $22 million for a Supreme Court race in Wisconsin, though his preferred candidate lost handily. [END] --- [1] Url: https://minnesotareformer.com/2025/04/30/rep-angie-craig-critic-of-musk-donating-spacex-pac-campaign-contributions/ Published and (C) by Minnesota Reformer Content appears here under this condition or license: Creative Commons License CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/MnReformer/