Ashley Moody
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).
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.
Tracked votes: backed sending U.S. weapons or funding to the government of Israel in 6 of 6 recorded votes.
Research
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 during this pass: 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. Off the card (C1).
- [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. Off the card (C1).
- [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.
- Two other candidates in this race have their own cards in this batch.
- Alaska's former attorney general, who signed the same Brown University and Deferred Enforced Departure letters, has his own card in this batch. He did not sign the letter on the United Nations agency; she led it.
Also in this race: Angela Nixon (Democrat) · All Florida candidates.
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