But What Can You Do? tracks where 2026 candidates stand on U.S. weapons and funding for the government of Israel. How we check
Kweisi Mfume
- Backed with $35K by PACs we track that support U.S. weapons funding for the government of Israel (lifetime)
- Endorsed by AIPAC
- Sits on House Foreign Affairs
Mfume voted for the April 2024 package, against the standalone and shipment-release bills, and against both amendments to cut aid to Israel. He co-led a 65-Democrat letter on conditions in Gaza’s displacement camps. In a video a volunteer watched, he told constituents they weren’t asking him to stop the bombs.
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Deep Dive
Mfume represents Maryland’s 7th District (Baltimore) and is the sitting member.
His recorded votes on the tracked bills appear as badges on this card: against the standalone bills and the shipment-release bill, for the April 2024 package, and against both amendments to cut aid to Israel. On the humanitarian side he has led directly: NOTUS reports that 65 House Democrats, "led by Reps. Andrea Salinas of Oregon and Kweisi Mfume of Maryland", wrote to President Trump warning of pest infestations and insufficient rebuilding in Gaza’s displacement camps, renewing calls for U.S. pressure.
From his left, pro-Palestinian groups launched a 2025 pressure campaign over a remark to constituents that his voters were not asking him to stop the bombs; the activist video carrying it was watched by a volunteer in September 2026, who confirmed the remark, though his exact words were not transcribed. His 2026 primary challenger attacked his aid votes in local commentary carried on an outlet post we could not open. His 2021-escalation statements sit on the research page in their own band, and tracked-lobby support appears as a badge on this card.
Nothing located has him addressing weapons transfers in his own words in the position band.
The record
Supported sending weapons or funding in 3 of 6 tracked votes
House Committee on Foreign Affairs
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 exactly half of their recorded tracked votes. The tie is broken by money this election cycle from a lobbying group we track and an endorsement from a group that backs sending weapons. (Supported sending weapons or funding in 3 of 6 tracked votes.)
The money
$35K in lifetime support from the five lobbying groups we track
In their words
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. military aid and weapons to Israel
- His recorded votes appear as badges on this card and split as the front states; no located position-band explanation in his own words, and the badges stand unexplained.
- [Position, 2025, watched by a volunteer] The October 2025 activist campaign’s video, in which he tells constituents they are not asking him to stop the bombs; a volunteer watched it in September 2026 and confirmed the remark. His exact words were not transcribed, so nothing is quoted.
- [Reported, uncorroborated] A March 2024 discharge-petition signature per a scorer’s page; his April 2024 vote badge carries the substance.
U.S. aid to Palestinians
- [Position, 2025-2026] The Salinas-Mfume 65-Democrat camps letter, verified: he co-led the letter warning about displacement-camp conditions and pressing for U.S. pressure on rebuilding.
Characterization of the conflict
- [Prior, 2021-05-14] His Middle East violence statement ("Hamas must stop its indiscriminate rocket..." with concern for innocent people including children) and his ceasefire statement of May 20, 2021 ("silence is not an option. The U.S. must lead..."). Both his own releases, verified; the 2021 escalation, prior band.
Related rhetoric and lobbying
- Tracked funding totals appear as a badge on this card. The primary-challenger criticism and a columnist’s opinion ride on outlet Facebook posts that do not open; the framings are theirs.
Safety and antisemitism (context)
- His own account’s items (a since-the-early-days photo post; an urging-the-Secretary video) have unopenable or unwatchable addresses; nothing claimed.
Race and status context
- Sitting member, nominated after a primary fought partly over this record. His Republican challenger’s card carries its own record.
Also in this race
- –No Position Found Scott Collier (Republican)
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