But What Can You Do? tracks where 2026 candidates stand on U.S. weapons and funding for the government of Israel. How we check
Trent Kelly
- Backed with $18K by PACs we track that support U.S. weapons funding for the government of Israel (lifetime)
- Endorsed by AIPAC
- Sits on House Armed Services
Kelly voted for every Israel aid bill and against both amendments to cut that aid. His votes are the record here: nothing located has him addressing U.S. aid to Palestinians, and his earlier statements are on the research page.
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Deep Dive
Kelly represents Mississippi’s 1st District, is the sitting member, and is a National Guard major general.
His recorded votes on the tracked bills appear as badges on this card, all on the support side, including votes against both amendments to cut aid to Israel. His November 2023 constituent newsletter records joining a letter to Secretary Blinken "calling for the immediate delivery of Foreign Military Sales (FMS) and Foreign Military Financing (FMF) aid to Israel", the war’s first weeks, so it sits on the research page. A June 2025 radio interview exists only as unwatchable video and is not yet confirmed; a privately sponsored Israel trip appears in the travel registry.
Nothing located has him addressing U.S. aid to Palestinians at any date.
The record
Supported sending weapons or funding in 6 of 6 tracked votes
House Committee on Armed Services
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 more than half of their recorded tracked votes. (Supported sending weapons or funding in 6 of 6 tracked votes.)
The money
$18K 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, all support-side; the grounding for each sits in the record section.
- [Reaction window, 2023-11-09] The newsletter, verified: the Blinken FMS/FMF letter and the resolution-support passage ("America’s most important ally in the Middle East"). Not on the card summary.
- [Position, 2025-06, unwatchable video source] The SuperTalk interview; video only; our research. It is not yet confirmed.
U.S. aid to Palestinians
- Nothing located at any date.
Characterization of the conflict
- The newsletter passages above; in-window.
Related rhetoric and lobbying
- [Travel] The registry entry for a sponsored Israel trip. Tracked funding totals appear as a badge on this card. An adversary tracker keeps a page on him; nothing adopted. Colleague-site letters (a UNRWA-response demand naming many members) are dates checked.
Safety and antisemitism (context)
- Colleague releases on the awareness act name him among supporters; dates checked.
Race and status context
- Sitting member, nominated. His Democratic challenger’s card carries its own record.
Also in this race
- –No Position Found Cliff Johnson (Democrat)
- –Research Underway Johnny Baucom (Libertarian)
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