But What Can You Do? tracks where 2026 candidates stand on U.S. weapons and funding for the government of Israel. How we check
Mike Saliba
Libertarian · U.S. House, Michigan District 10
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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.
No recorded votes on the bills we track. In their own words on August 11, 2026.
Asked whether the U.S. relationship with Israel matters, Saliba answered on a 2024 questionnaire that trade should be free with all nations and "we should not be paying for their military". His platform calls for bringing U.S. troops home from the entire Middle East.
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Saliba is the Libertarian nominee in Michigan’s 10th District, a Clinton Township resident who founded the Libertarians of Macomb County. This is his fourth congressional run and he has held no federal office.
His only located statement on this question is his answer to the iVoterGuide questionnaire for the 2024 general election, when he ran for the same seat. Asked whether the United States’ relationship with Israel is important and why, he wrote: "It is important for the United States to free and fair trade with all nations. Our relationship with Israel goes beyond that and we should not be paying for their military." On the same form he picked the option that the United States "has become too involved in others' policies" and should focus on its own sovereignty unless in imminent danger, rather than the option of staying out of foreign conflicts altogether.
His campaign site sets out a foreign policy of troop withdrawal: returning U.S. soldiers "from around the world, including Korea, Japan, Europe, and the entire Middle East", ending war propaganda and dropping plans for attacks on Iran. That is a blanket non-interventionist position, and it is about troops rather than about aid.
Nothing located has him speaking on U.S. aid to Palestinians. Ask Saliba directly, and send us the reply: it goes on this page in his own words.
In their words
“It is important for the United States to free and fair trade with all nations. Our relationship with Israel goes beyond that and we should not be paying for their military.”
The notes behind this card: what we looked at, what we found, and where each item came from.
Every page named below was opened and read on 2026-09-26 unless the entry says otherwise; the questionnaire and campaign site were also read on 2026-08-11. Bands: Position (2024-01-26 onward), Reaction window (2023-10-07 to 2024-01-25), Earlier record (before 2023-10-07), Undated. He has never held federal office, so none of the congressional votes this site tracks are his, and the record carries no funding from the committees this site tracks.
U.S. military aid and weapons to the government of Israel
[Position, 2024 election cycle; the page is undated, so the answer is dated to the day it was first read, 2026-08-11] In the iVoterGuide candidate questionnaire for the November 5, 2024 general election in this district, when he was the Libertarian candidate for the same seat, asked "Is the United States' relationship with Israel important, and if so why?", he answered: "It is important for the United States to free and fair trade with all nations. Our relationship with Israel goes beyond that and we should not be paying for their military." The direction is plain: he opposes U.S. payment for the Israeli military. The page carries no date of its own; it is the guide for his 2024 race, and iVoterGuide's page for the 2026 election carries no questionnaire answers.
[Position, 2024 election cycle] On the same questionnaire, offered four views of U.S. foreign policy, he chose "C) The United States has become too involved in others' policies and should remain focused on issues regarding our own sovereignty unless in imminent danger." rather than "D) The United States should stay out of foreign conflicts completely."
[Position; live campaign page, read 2026-08-11 and 2026-09-26] His campaign site puts foreign policy first among "Mike’s Core Four Issues": "We must initiate the return of our soldiers from around the world, including Korea, Japan, Europe, and the entire Middle East. We must cease the war propaganda, threats of a blockade, and plans for attacks on Iran, nor should we re-ignite the cold war with Russia over Ukraine." The same words are on its issues page. The section is about troop withdrawal and de-escalation and says nothing about military assistance or aid. A blanket troop-withdrawal position is not an aid position, and it is not aimed at Israel. It has been summarized elsewhere as a call to end foreign military assistance; the page does not say that.
[Reported for 2026-04-13; not found on any page we could open] A Facebook statement is reported in which he criticized U.S. foreign policy for sending arms to Israel and offering military support without conditions, and said America should not be the world's police force or arms dealer. If it could be found, it would be his most specific statement on the question. The Facebook addresses offered for it and for the other reported items below are listed at the foot of this page; none opened, and none is his own page. His campaign's Facebook page, opened on 2026-09-26, showed only recent posts, none on this subject.
U.S. aid to Palestinians
Nothing located. No statement on UNRWA, Gaza humanitarian funding or the aid pipeline appears on his campaign site (the home, issues, legislation and endorsements pages), in his questionnaire answers, on his Ballotpedia page or on his campaign Facebook page as it could be read.
Characterization of the conflict
[Reported for 2026-08-08; not found on any page we could open] A Facebook post is reported in which he called an intifada a terrorist act and described attacks on Jewish civilians as no different from a pogrom.
[Reported for 2022-08-28, earlier record; not found on any page we could open] A Facebook post is reported in which he said it is not antisemitic to criticize Israel's policies or its mistreatment of innocent Palestinians, separating political criticism from religious prejudice.
[Position, 2024 election cycle] On the same questionnaire, asked "What are the causes of decline in U.S. military recruitment and retention?", he answered: "Decades of forever wars of choice. People would be eager to fight an actual threat against the U.S. People aren't very eager to fight, kill, and die in third world countries that are no threat to us just to benefit the military industrial complex". It is an answer about recruitment, not about Israel or Gaza, and is recorded here as that.
Rhetoric and lobbying
[Reported for 2026-04-13; not found on any page we could open] He is reported to have criticized a bipartisan Washington foreign-policy consensus, calling it UniParty policy. The phrase does appear on his campaign's endorsements page, in David Stockman's words, not his: "The four key positions below sharply and clearly differentiate him from the Washington UniParty policies that are leading America to economic, political, and social ruin."
[Reported for 2026-08-08; not found on any page we could open] He is reported to have criticized both people who chant for globalizing the intifada and politicians who make false accusations of antisemitism for domestic advantage.
His Ballotpedia page and the endorsements page carry nothing on Israel, Gaza or aid.
Safety and antisemitism (context)
[Reported for 2022-08-28 and 2026-08-08; not found on any page we could open] He is reported to have condemned antisemitism, writing that dehumanizing people solely for their religious beliefs through derogatory language, dog whistles and unfounded conspiracy theories is antisemitic, and later to have condemned celebration of violence against Jewish people. Context, not a position on what the United States sends.
Earlier record
He was the Libertarian candidate for this seat in 2022 and 2024 and for the 9th District in 2020; his iVoterGuide profile lists all four races.
[Earlier record, 2020] The iVoterGuide page for his 2020 race in the 9th District records "Did not answer" against every item, including one on a boycott of Israel. That shows the questionnaire was never filled in, not a choice about Israel.
[Earlier record, 2022] The iVoterGuide page for his 2022 race for this seat records his response to a statement supporting the boycott movement against Israel: "Neutral", with the comment "Such boycotts should only be made at the personal/private level. As a member of Congress, it is not up to me to decide who private citizens do business with." It concerns private boycotts, not what the United States sends.
The race
The Michigan Advance general-election guide lists him as "Mike Saliba – Libertarian Party", one of three minor-party candidates on the ballot with Christina Hines (Democrat) and Michael Bouchard (Republican). The Michigan Department of State's candidate listing (https://mi-boe.entellitrak.com/etk-mi-boe-prod/page.request.do?page=page.miboePublicReport&electionType=GEN&electionYear=2026) lists him under the 10th District as the Libertarian Party's candidate, filed on 06/29/2026 by convention.
Places that could not be read, so nothing is claimed from them
Facebook posts offered for the reported statements above, none of them his own page, none of which opened: https://www.facebook.com/WashingtonExaminer/posts/restoring-america-libertarians-have-been-among-the-most-vocal-critics-of-preside/1344820107514544/ (the Washington Examiner), https://www.facebook.com/TheJerusalemPost/posts/the-libertarian-party-of-new-hampshire-made-an-antisemitic-tweet-mocking-the-hol/5640107922777500/?locale=ms_MY (the Jerusalem Post), https://www.facebook.com/tal.salsa.7/posts/even-doug-casey-becomes-a-total-moron-when-it-comes-to-israelmodern-libertariani/26086616260962886/ and https://www.facebook.com/wladekflakin/posts/a-party-that-was-founded-and-built-by-nazi-war-criminals-is-using-false-accusati/28902633895993718/ (two private individuals posting about Libertarians and Israel in general).
Sources retrieved for this card (address; opened or could not open; date)
https://ivoterguide.com/candidate/56013/race/842/election/1244?culture=en-us (opened 2026-08-11 and 2026-09-26; the guide for the November 5, 2024 general election)
https://ivoterguide.com/candidate/56013/race/30958/election/1460 (opened 2026-09-26; the guide for the 2026 general election, no questionnaire answers)
https://ivoterguide.com/candidate/56013/race/842/election/976 (opened 2026-09-26; the guide for the 2022 general election)
https://votesaliba.com/, https://votesaliba.com/issues/, https://votesaliba.com/legislation/ and https://votesaliba.com/endorsements/ (opened 2026-09-26; the home page also 2026-08-11)
https://www.facebook.com/ElectMikeSaliba (opened 2026-09-26 as a logged-out reader: "Official Facebook page for Mike Saliba, 2026 Libertarian candidate for United States House of Reps."; two recent posts visible, on nationalism and socialism and a Cato Institute share)
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