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

Mitch Clemmons

Republican · U.S. House, California District 41
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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. We found nothing in their own words about Israel, Gaza or the war.

Clemmons has not spoken publicly on U.S. weapons or money to the government of Israel, or on U.S. aid to Palestinians. In a 2026 candidate survey he declined to answer foreign-policy questions, including on the U.S. relationship with Israel.

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Deep Dive

We found no statement from Mitch Clemmons, a plumbing contractor running for CA-41, on U.S. weapons or money to the government of Israel, and none on U.S. aid to Palestinians. He has not characterized the Israel/Palestine conflict publicly. In the iVoterGuide survey for the 2026 primary, he declined to answer the foreign-policy questions, including those on the U.S. relationship with Israel.

His foreign-policy rhetoric is general. A 2026 campaign social media post called for leadership that rejects weak foreign policy toward regimes that chant "Death to America" and fund terror proxies; the only source for that post is a Facebook page that would not open, so it is carried unlinked on the research page. His campaign platform centers on domestic public safety and local crime, which is outside this site's scope.

Research log

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

Searched 2026-08-10 for: Clemmons foreign policy; Clemmons CA-41 2026; Clemmons Israel; Clemmons Palestine; Clemmons Israel Palestine CA-41). Three of four questions came back empty.

U.S. military aid and weapons to Israel

  • No public statements, positions, or papers found on U.S. military aid, arms transfers, or money to the government of Israel, or on U.S. aid to Palestinians. [Nothing found]
  • Undated 2026-cycle survey [Current position, dated by election cycle]: Declined to answer iVoterGuide questions on foreign policy and the U.S. relationship with Israel. Survey.

Characterization of the conflict

  • Nothing on record. [Nothing found]

Rhetoric and lobbying

  • 2026 inline (model's date) [Current position; SOURCE DID NOT OPEN, cannot be used on the card]: Campaign social post calling for strong leadership rejecting "weak foreign policy toward regimes that chant 'Death to America' for decades while funding terror proxies." Only source is his campaign Facebook page (would not open); unlinked. Not Israel-specific.
  • No Israel-related lobbying record. [Nothing found]

Safety and antisemitism (context, not a weapons or funding position)

  • No statements on antisemitism or safety of Jewish institutions found. Campaign platform emphasizes local crime and restoring law and order (campaign site, published 2026-04-15; a 2022 Knock LA voter guide covers the local context but does not name him). Out of scope.

Identity sources

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