You're right, it's one of the oldest political tricks out there.
We will definitely have to deal with being called racists with Talib involved.
The other yes, but I'm not certain Talib doing it for special interests. She doesn't need to be paid or lobbied to support nonsense.
Crypto Stable coins tend to be created by financial institutions and she relies on anti-Semitic conspiracies for a lot of her support.
Someone probably mentioned Zuckerberg, Winklevoss Twins and Novogratz are all betting big in crypto and that would be more than enough to have her convinced something must be done.