But What Can You Do? tracks where 2026 candidates stand on U.S. weapons and funding for the government of Israel. How we check

Jamie Joyce

Democrat · U.S. House, California District 12
✓From their own words
How this mark works

We track key votes on sending U.S. weapons and money to the government of Israel. A check means every tracked vote they cast came down against sending more, on the side of peace and de-escalation. A question mark means a mixed record: they sided with sending up to half of the time. An X means they voted to send more weapons and money in over half of their tracked votes, even as the way those weapons and dollars were being used became more and more obvious. At exactly half, money this election cycle from a lobbying group we track, or an endorsement from a group that backs sending weapons, makes it an X. Only votes actually cast are counted. Where a candidate has no recorded votes on these bills, the mark comes instead from a reviewed reading of their public record (money from the lobbying groups we track, endorsements, and their own words since January 26, 2024). There an X also covers fully backing the conduct of the war by the government of Israel without significant reservations, and a question mark also covers speaking about Israel without saying clearly where they stand on U.S. weapons and funding. A dash means No Position Found: we found nothing in their own words about Israel, Gaza or the war.

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No recorded votes on the bills we track. In their own words on August 10, 2026.

Joyce's campaign platform lists "stop sending weapons to Israel" among her policy goals and calls to "end the genocide in Gaza." Her platform separately says she refuses AIPAC money, a campaign-funding decision distinct from any weapons or aid position.

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Deep Dive

Joyce's campaign platform lists as policy goals to "stop sending weapons to Israel" and to "end the genocide in Gaza." Both bullets were verified on her site on 2026-08-10; the page itself is undated. The direction is explicit: weapons now going to the government of Israel would stop.

The same platform lists "refusing AIPAC money and pro-Israel PAC endorsement (unlike the incumbent)". That is a decision about who funds her campaign, separate from any weapons or aid position. She also proposes to "end foreign influence in our elections" through her Mass Accountability in Democracy (MAD) Act, alongside general critiques of dark money and corporate PAC lobbying.

An initial search found no statements from Joyce on U.S. aid to Palestinians and no statements on antisemitism or Jewish community safety. Before her candidacy, in March 2021, she spoke about leading a Wikitongues project documenting endangered Jewish languages such as Ladino, coordinating with speakers in Israel; the cited article would not open, so that item is flagged on the research page.

The money

Checked the five lobbying groups we track; no direct 2026 support found

2026 support from the five lobbying groups we track
Nothing recorded (as of 2026-07-23) from the five lobbying groups we track; earlier cycles and earmarked donations not yet tracked.
Support-only OpenFEC data. Opposition independent expenditures are excluded.

Research log

The notes behind this card: what we looked at, what we found, and where each item came from.

Platform items sit on undated campaign pages; an initial search’s "as published in July 2026" is a date taken from the text itself. Bullets marked verified were confirmed on the live page 2026-08-10.

U.S. military aid and weapons to Israel

  • 2026 campaign platform [Current position; page undated; verified 2026-08-10]: Platform bullet: "stop sending weapons to Israel". Campaign site

Characterization of the conflict

  • 2026 campaign platform [Current position; page undated; verified 2026-08-10]: Platform bullet: "end the genocide in Gaza". Campaign site. Same substance as the existing stance record's "#EndTheGenocide" note (read 2026-08-03).

Rhetoric and lobbying

  • 2026 campaign platform [Current position; page undated; verified 2026-08-10]: Platform bullet: "refusing AIPAC money and pro-Israel PAC endorsement (unlike the incumbent)". A funding decision, separate from any weapons or aid position. Also: "end foreign influence in our elections" via the proposed MAD Act, with general critiques of dark money and corporate PAC lobbying. Campaign site, main site
  • 2021-03-23 [Earlier record; source did not open (forward.com, which would not open); unlinked]: As a Wikitongues board member, spoke about a project documenting endangered Jewish languages (Ladino, Judeo-Yemeni Arabic), coordinating with native speakers and volunteers in Israel. Not a political position; kept as record.

Safety and antisemitism

  • No statements or policy positions found on her platform or in public records. [Nothing found]

Sources consulted (identity and candidacy)

Also in this race

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