But What Can You Do? tracks where 2026 candidates stand on U.S. weapons and funding for the government of Israel. How we check
Morgan McGarvey
- ✓ Cosponsors the Block the Bombs Act
- Backed with $67K by PACs we track that support U.S. weapons funding for the government of Israel (lifetime)
McGarvey voted for the April 2024 aid package, calling it “the most difficult vote I’ve ever taken” and saying the majority “should have included conditions on the military aid to Netanyahu”; in 2026 he voted for the amendment cutting that aid. Nothing located has him addressing U.S. aid to Palestinians.
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Deep Dive
McGarvey represents Kentucky’s 3rd District (Louisville) and is the sitting member.
His recorded votes on the tracked bills appear as badges on this card and point both ways: against the standalone bills and the shipment-release bill, for the April 2024 package, and for the 2026 amendment cutting that aid. In his statement on the April 2024 vote he called it “the most difficult vote I’ve ever taken” and said: “The Republican majority should have included conditions on the military aid to Netanyahu, which is why the Biden Administration must ensure these weapons are used in accordance with international humanitarian law.” The rest of that statement is on the research page.
He declined to attend Prime Minister Netanyahu’s July 2024 address. Reporting in August 2025 said he would stop accepting contributions from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, previously a top contributor to his 2024 campaign; that report’s page no longer opens either, so it sits on the research page as reported rather than confirmed.
His fullest statement of his own position dates from November 2023 and is on the research page. Nothing located has him addressing U.S. aid to Palestinians as a funding question of its own. Ask McGarvey directly and send us the reply: it goes on this page in his own words.
The record
Supported sending weapons or funding in 2 of 6 tracked votes · Cosponsors the Block the Bombs Act
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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Voted to send weapons or funding in some, but no more than half, of their recorded tracked votes. (Supported sending weapons or funding in 2 of 6 tracked votes.)
The money
$67K in lifetime support from the five lobbying groups we track
In their words
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
- His recorded votes appear as badges on this card, both ways as the front states.
- [Position, 2024-04-20] His statement on voting for the package, verified on his own site: “the most difficult vote I’ve ever taken”; the Republican majority “should have included conditions on the military aid to Netanyahu”; the package’s humanitarian aid for Gaza as a reason to vote for it; and a continued call for a bilateral ceasefire with the hostages home. Quoted in the deep dive.
- [Reaction window, 2023-10-13] His support for military and humanitarian aid with a civilian-safety emphasis. Not on the card summary.
U.S. aid to Palestinians
- Nothing located addresses funding as its own question.
Characterization of the conflict
- [Reaction window, 2023-11-16] His statement on the violence in Gaza, verified on his own site and dated November 16, 2023 on the page: he stands with Israel and its people while opposing the Prime Minister, and with Palestinians yearning for a future without war while opposing Hamas. In the reaction window, so not on the card summary.
- [Position, 2024-07-24] His non-attendance at the Netanyahu address, per an outlet naming him among those who did not go; single source, the fact only.
Related rhetoric and lobbying
- [Reported, 2025-08] Reporting that he would no longer accept AIPAC contributions, which had been a top source for his 2024 campaign. The page carrying it now returns "not found" and no archived copy was located, so it is reported and not confirmed.
- Tracked funding totals appear as a badge on this card.
Safety and antisemitism (context)
- [Reaction window, 2023-11-16] His reported district outreach to Jewish, Muslim and Palestinian residents. Not on the card summary.
Race and status context
- Sitting member, nominated. His Republican challenger’s card carries its own record.
Also in this race
- –No Position Found Maria Rodriguez (Republican)
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