But What Can You Do? tracks where 2026 candidates stand on U.S. weapons and funding for the government of Israel. How we check
Ashley Moody
- Backed with $15K by PACs we track that support U.S. weapons funding for the government of Israel (lifetime)
- Endorsed by Republican Jewish Coalition +1 more
- Sits on Senate Armed Services
Moody's votes run one way: against every resolution that would have blocked a U.S. arms sale to the government of Israel. As Florida's attorney general she joined twenty-five other states in demanding Congress cut all U.S. funding to the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (research).
The email has replies@butwhatcanyoudo.org in cc, so we can post their answer on their page in their own words; remove it if you prefer. Keep the subject line as it is, add your name, and send.
You asked Ashley Moody where they stand.
Deep Dive
Moody was Florida's attorney general for six years before being appointed to the U.S. Senate, and is running for the seat in her own right. Both halves of her record point the same way, and the attorney general half is the more explicit.
On United States money for Palestinians she has been unambiguous. In February 2024 she led a coalition of twenty-six states in writing to congressional leaders to cut off all funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, and said in her own name: "The United States has given more than $1 billion to UNRWA since the start of the Biden administration. That must stop NOW." That is the main channel for American money reaching Palestinian civilians, and she wants it closed.
On weapons her votes carry the direction and her state work supplies the argument. Every resolution that would have blocked a specific arms sale to the government of Israel she voted against. In the Senate she introduced a bill to claw back federal money from universities that fail to protect Jewish students, and she cosponsored a bill to cut United States funding to United Nations agencies that restrict Israel's participation.
As attorney general she also led a multistate investigation into an investment firm over its ratings of companies operating in Israeli-controlled territory, saying: "Israel is our greatest ally in the middle east, and in Florida, we unequivocally support their right to exist." She signed the multistate letters urging Brown University not to divest from companies tied to Israel and asking the president to reverse the deferral of removals for certain Palestinians.
The record
Supported sending weapons or funding in 6 of 6 tracked votes
Senate Committee on Armed Services
• Cosponsored the Stand with Israel Act, introduced April 30, 2025, which would cut off U.S. funding to United Nations agencies that expel, downgrade, suspend or otherwise restrict Israel's participation. It is modeled, per the announcing release, on the existing prohibition on funding UN entities that elevate the Palestinian Authority to member-state status. Moody was one of two Florida senators among the 24 Republican senators who introduced it.
• As Florida Attorney General and one of the three trustees of the State Board of Administration, joined the October 25, 2023 decision placing Morningstar Inc. on Florida's list of Scrutinized Companies that Boycott Israel, starting a 90-day window to rectify after which state divestment and ineligibility for state and local contracts of $100,000 or more apply. The Florida Retirement System held 26,343 Morningstar shares, worth about $5.9 million, at the time.
• As Florida Attorney General, led a multistate coalition of state attorneys general in a probe, announced March 28, 2024, of whether the index and ratings provider MSCI, Inc. had embraced the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement against Israel, announcing it with the statement that 'Israel is our greatest ally in the middle east, and in Florida, we unequivocally support their right to exist.' Seventeen other states' attorneys general joined the letter, which asked MSCI's chairman and chief executive for a response by April 18.
• In August 2022, as Florida Attorney General, joined 16 other state attorneys general in a letter to Morningstar raising "serious concerns related to reports that Morningstar—through its wholly owned subsidiary, Sustainalytics—may be furthering the boycott, divestment, and sanctions ... movement against Israel." Her office records that the letter "resulted in an internal investigation and eventual commitment to make changes to its business practices." Florida later placed Morningstar on its Scrutinized Companies that Boycott Israel list in October 2023.
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.
See a dash? Ask the candidate where they stand, then send us their answer and we'll review it and update the mark. Or volunteer to help review candidates.
Voted to send weapons or funding in more than half of their recorded tracked votes. (Supported sending weapons or funding in 6 of 6 tracked votes.)
The money
$15K in lifetime support from the five lobbying groups we track
In their words
Republican Jewish Coalition · AIPAC (2026 endorsement)
Research log
The notes behind this card: what we looked at, what we found, and where each item came from.
U.S. aid to Palestinians
- [Position, 2024-02-01] Led a twenty-six-state coalition urging Congress to defund the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, on her own office's release, confirmed word for word: "UNRWA has long been sympathetic to Islamic Jihad and other designated terrorist groups... The United States has given more than $1 billion to UNRWA since the start of the Biden administration. That must stop NOW." The letter itself, dated February 1, 2024 and addressed to the Speaker, the Majority Leader and both Minority Leaders, was opened and read in full: her signature appears in the block as "Ashley Moody, Attorney General of Florida". Direction named: against that channel of United States money to Palestinians.
- [Position, 2024-06-17] Signed the eighteen-state letter asking President Biden to reverse Deferred Enforced Departure for Palestinians. Signature confirmed in the block as "ASHLEY MOODY, Florida Attorney General". This is an immigration measure, not an aid programme, and it is described that way.
U.S. military aid and weapons to Israel
- [Position, 2025 to 2026] Her recorded votes on the tracked bills appear as badges on this card with their own roll-call sources. Every one is against a resolution that would have blocked a specific arms sale to the government of Israel. Not re-listed in prose.
- [Position, 2025-04] Cosponsored a bill to cut U.S. funding to United Nations agencies that restrict Israel's participation.
- [Position, 2026-02-12] Cosponsored S.3855 on United States and Israeli defence cooperation, missile defence, directed energy and counter-drone work, tracked at BillTrack50.
- [Reaction window, 2023-11-14] Joined a twenty-seven-state letter urging Congress and the White House to deliver military resources, intelligence sharing and humanitarian assistance to Israel; the copy hosted by Tennessee's attorney general opens. Not on the card summary.
- [Position, 2026-02-28] On the joint strikes on Iran, Fox 35 Orlando carries reaction from Florida leaders including her. Adjacent: about Iran, naming no transfer.
Characterization of the conflict
- [Position, 2024-03-28] Leading a multistate probe of the investment firm MSCI over its treatment of companies operating in Israeli-controlled territory, she said: "Israel is our greatest ally in the middle east, and in Florida, we unequivocally support their right to exist. The BDS movement has one goal, the complete elimination of Israel as a Jewish state." Confirmed word for word on her own office's release. The three-letter acronym appears in her quoted words and is not used in text we author.
- [Position, 2024-10-07] Marked the first anniversary of the attack, covered by News From The States.
Related rhetoric and lobbying
- [Position, 2024-08-26] Signed the twenty-four-state letter urging Brown University to reject a divestment proposal; signature confirmed in the block as "ASHLEY MOODY, Florida Attorney General".
- [Earlier record, 2022-08-22] Joined seventeen attorneys general writing to the financial firm Morningstar about its ratings and the boycott campaign, as her MSCI release records.
- [Position, 2026] Endorsed by the Republican Jewish Coalition among eight Senate candidates.
- The American Jewish Congress's guide entry for her predates this record and is listed so a reader can see what was read.
Safety and antisemitism (context)
- [Position, 2025-03-27] Introduced the RECLAIM Act, to recover federal grants and endowment funds from universities that fail to protect Jewish students.
- [Reaction window, 2023-10-09] Guidance to Florida sheriffs and state attorneys on enforcing protections against anti-Jewish hate crimes. Not on the card summary.
- [Position, 2024-08-26] Memorandum to Florida higher education officials on antisemitic harassment and encampments; [Position, 2025-01-13] law enforcement training on antisemitic hate crimes on campuses; [Position, 2025-12-15 and 2026-03-25] criticism of Harvard's handling of an assault on an Israeli student; [Position, 2026-06-15] a press conference urging a public venue not to host a performer over antisemitic statements. Context, not answers on what the United States sends.
Race and status context
- Appointed to the U.S. Senate in January 2025 and running for the seat, per Ballotpedia.
- Other candidates in this race have their own cards on this site.
- Alaska's former attorney general, who signed the same Brown University and Deferred Enforced Departure letters, has his own card on this site. He did not sign the letter on the United Nations agency; she led it.
Also in this race
- ✓Opposes Angie Nixon (Democrat)
- ?Mixed Neil J. Gillespie (Other)
All Florida candidates.
See everyone on the Florida ballot →But What Can You Do? tracks where 2026 candidates stand on U.S. weapons and funding for the government of Israel. Every claim on this page goes through at least two verification steps. Open Find Your Candidates for votes, funding and contact details.