But What Can You Do? tracks where 2026 candidates stand on U.S. weapons and funding for the government of Israel. How we check
Matt Little
Democrat · U.S. House, Minnesota District 2
✓Opposes
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.
Two reviewers, reading the public record as a whole, agree: In his own words he calls for stopping U.S. weapons to the Netanyahu government and twice calls what is happening in Gaza a genocide. Reviewed by hand on 2026-10-01. This candidate has no recorded tracked floor votes.
Little, a former state senator and Lakeville mayor, is the DFL nominee in Minnesota’s 2nd District, an open swing seat.
His position is the field’s clearest arms-cutoff stance. Speaking at the DFL state convention in Rochester in late May 2026, he said, as MPR News reported, “The truth is, what's happening in Gaza is a genocide,” and, criticizing U.S. support for the Netanyahu government, “And so let us be bold and brave and stop sending weapons to Netanyahu.” At a July 19 primary debate, Jewish Insider reported, he called for the United States to stop sending military aid to the government of Israel and for an arms embargo “on the sale of all weapons to Israel,” and said he would have voted for the Massie amendment to cut off that aid. At the same debate he said: "I’m the first person in this race to call it a genocide because that is exactly what it is." The Forward’s race report summarizes his platform as ending all U.S. military aid and weapons sales to Israel and quotes his campaign video: "AIPAC is coming after me." His own Facebook post says "Another $1.5 million dropped– that brings the total spent in favor of my opponents to $3.5 million. Most of it is AIPAC funneling money through shell" PACs, the accusation his.
He pairs the cutoff position with condemnation of the October 7 attacks as "an act of wanton slaughter against innocent civilians" (reported as his campaign statement; the passage was not found on the live campaign page) and a platform line rejecting antisemitism in the conflict’s wake. He rejects AIPAC and corporate-PAC funding; a college-paper interview reports friendly contact with J Street.
After his primary win he confirmed to MPR that ending U.S. military aid to Israel was core to his platform.
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.
✓ Endorsed by A New Policy PAC
A New Policy PACA group backing congressional candidates who want a new U.S. policy toward Israel and Palestine grounded in U.S. and international law, including conditions on military aid.These endorsements come from groups that push to restrict or end U.S. weapons transfers to the government of Israel. Endorsements from these groups are shown for information; they do not decide the mark.
In their words
“I’m the first person in this race to call it a genocide because that is exactly what it is.”
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
No votes: a first-time federal candidate.
[Position, 2026-07-19; reported 2026-08-10] At the primary debate, as Jewish Insider reported, he called for the U.S. to stop sending military aid to the government of Israel and for an arms embargo “on the sale of all weapons to Israel,” and said he would have voted for the Massie amendment and would have offered it himself if he had the opportunity.
[Position, late May 2026, the DFL state convention in Rochester; reported 2026-06-18] As MPR News reported: "“The truth is, what's happening in Gaza is a genocide,” Little said, criticizing U.S. support for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government. “And so let us be bold and brave and stop sending weapons to Netanyahu.”" The article does not give the day of his speech; the convention was held at the end of May.
U.S. aid to Palestinians
Nothing located as a program position; his genocide framing carries his characterization of the harm.
Characterization of the conflict
[Position, late May 2026] At the DFL convention: “The truth is, what's happening in Gaza is a genocide” (MPR News).
[Position, 2026-07-19] At the primary debate: "I’m the first person in this race to call it a genocide because that is exactly what it is" (Jewish Insider).
[Position, campaign statement] The wanton-slaughter condemnation of October 7, reported as on his campaign policy page; the live page did not show the passage, so it is not confirmed.
Related rhetoric and lobbying
[Position, 2026-08-06] The AIPAC-is-coming-after-me video line, as the Forward reported; his own Facebook post on the spending ($1.5 million dropped; $3.5 million total; the shell-PAC accusation is his).
[Reported, 2026-04] Friendly communications with J Street, per a college-paper interview; not corroborated elsewhere.
Safety and antisemitism
[Platform] His campaign statement rejecting antisemitism after October 7; reported, not confirmed directly, as above.
Sources retrieved for this card
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