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

Tony D'Arrigo

Other · U.S. House, Florida District 13
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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.

D’Arrigo is reported to have questioned the $3.8 billion in annual U.S. security assistance to the government of Israel while domestic programs face cuts, writing that the critique “isn’t about the Israeli people”; the carrier page does not open, and his own site does not carry it.

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Deep Dive

D’Arrigo is a no-party-affiliation candidate in Florida’s 13th District.

What he is reported to have said is squarely in scope and cannot be read. An August 2026 post on his campaign’s Facebook page is reported to question why the United States provides $3.8 billion annually in baseline security assistance to the government of Israel while federal policy tightens requirements for programs like Medicaid and food assistance, to argue that “American taxpayers should come first”, and to add: “This isn’t about the Israeli people. It isn’t about Jewish Americans. It’s about the decisions our government makes with American taxpayer dollars and whether Washington is putting the needs of Americans first.” The page could not be opened, so none of that wording has been read on its carrier; the addresses are on this card’s research page so you can try them yourself.

His campaign site was read in full and carries a general pledge to reject corporate political action committee, dark-money and lobbyist contributions, with no Israel content. So the readable record is a funding-independence pledge, and the reported aid critique awaits a carrier that opens.

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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 2026-09-27) 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.

U.S. military aid and weapons to Israel

  • Nothing located that opens.
  • [Reported 2026-08-13, carrier does not open] The aid critique described in the deep dive, from his campaign page (400) and a discussion-group copy (also 400, and a group page rather than his). We could not corroborate the material in external media. The first address is his own page and would change this card front if confirmed.

U.S. aid to Palestinians

  • Nothing located.

Characterization of the conflict

  • Nothing located.

Related rhetoric and lobbying

  • [Position, read 2026-08-21] His campaign site pledges to reject corporate political action committee money, dark money and lobbyist contributions. General, naming no organization; never written as a weapons or funding position.
  • [Reported, same unopenable carrier] The post is reported to frame his critique as fiscal rather than anti-Israel, quoted in the deep dive as reported.

Safety and antisemitism (context)

  • The reported post’s own distinction (“It isn’t about Jewish Americans”) is recorded with the post above; nothing else located.

Where the absence was checked

  • [Consulted, read 2026-08-21] His campaign site, read in full: no occurrence of Israel. The own-site check, run because the card would otherwise lead on unverifiable material; it did not carry the reported critique.
  • [Consulted] His Ballotpedia profile and state filing record. Administrative and race facts only.

Race and status context

  • A no-party-affiliation candidate in one of this cycle’s priority districts. He has held no federal office, so there are no recorded votes on this card.

Also in this race

  1. ✗ Anna Paulina Luna (Republican)
  2. ✗ Leela Gray (Democrat)

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