But What Can You Do? tracks where 2026 candidates stand on U.S. weapons and funding for the government of Israel. How we check
Gregory F. Murphy
- Backed with $23K by PACs we track that support U.S. weapons funding for the government of Israel (lifetime)
- Endorsed by AIPAC
Murphy voted for the 2024 Israel supplemental and said why: "In the face of terror and unprovoked aggression, Israel is in a righteous fight for its existence and the United States must stand behind it," adding that Israel "critically needs the support of the West to defend itself."
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Deep Dive
Murphy has represented North Carolina's 3rd District since 2019.
His February 2024 statement on voting for H.R. 7217, the Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, is his clearest: "In the face of terror and unprovoked aggression, Israel is in a righteous fight for its existence and the United States must stand behind it." He continued: "The nation is our greatest ally in the Middle East and critically needs the support of the West to defend itself against Iranian-backed, extremist militant groups who wish to eradicate it."
His position predates the current war. In a December 2019 interview, his first on the subject after taking office, he said of the U.S.-Israel relationship: "I fully support it; it's the greatest democracy that we have in the Middle East." He added: "It's a critical relationship that we support the democracy, and we support the people." The outlet reported that he agreed with a list of the administration's policies, among them defunding U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority and UNRWA, moving the embassy to Jerusalem, withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal and designating the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organisation. That list is the reporter's, not his wording.
In April 2024 he issued a further statement supporting the national security and foreign aid packages.
His recorded votes appear as badges on this card, and the February 2024 statement is his own explanation of one of them.
The record
Supported sending weapons or funding in 6 of 6 tracked votes
• Vote record imported from official House Clerk roll calls for H.R. 6126, H.R. 8034, and H.R. 8369. Other position fields remain under investigation.
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
$23K 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
- [Position, 2024-02-06] His release on voting for H.R. 7217, opened and confirmed word for word: "In the face of terror and unprovoked aggression, Israel is in a righteous fight for its existence and the United States must stand behind it." And: "The nation is our greatest ally in the Middle East and critically needs the support of the West to defend itself against Iranian-backed, extremist militant groups who wish to eradicate it." The release continues into criticism of Senate Democrats over the bill's handling; that part is about congressional process and is not carried on the card.
- [Position, 2024-04-21] Statement on the House foreign aid and national security packages. Not opened.
- [Position, 2024-02-09, reported] Spoke on the House floor urging passage of security assistance, saying "Israel is in the fight for its existence." The research's source is a YouTube video; not readable, and the fragment duplicates the verified release above.
- [Prior, 2019-12-04] Jewish News Syndicate interview, opened and confirmed word for word. His words: "I fully support it; it's the greatest democracy that we have in the Middle East," and "It's a critical relationship that we support the democracy, and we support the people." The defunding item is the outlet's summary, not a quotation: "The new congressman said that he agreed with U.S. President Donald Trump's pro-Israel policies, including recognizing Jerusalem and moving the U.S. embassy there; withdrawing the United States from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal; closing the PLO mission in Washington, D.C.; recognizing the Golan Heights; designating Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist group; defunding U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority and UNRWA; and having the United States leave the U.N. Human Rights Council and UNESCO." Before 2023-10-07, so prior band.
- [After October 7, 2023-11-02] Release on voting for aid to Israel, in which he said Israel "has the right to exist" and "the right to defend itself" and that the invasion "required immediate and decisive action." From the weeks right after October 7; not used on the card. Not opened.
- His recorded votes appear as badges on this card.
U.S. aid to Palestinians
- [Prior, 2019-12-04] Reported by JNS as agreeing with defunding U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority and UNRWA (confirmed above; the outlet's summary of his agreement with a list of policies, not his own wording). Prior band, and the only located position of his on this question. No statement located from him since October 2023 on U.S. humanitarian aid to Palestinians.
Characterization of the conflict
- [Position, 2024-10-07] One-year anniversary statement: "Israel was brutally and savagely attacked by the Hamas terrorist group" and "Israel will not be eliminated." Not opened.
- [Position, 2025-06-13] Statement on Israel's strikes on Iran. Not opened.
- [After October 7, 2023-10-07] Statement on the attack: "I'm heartbroken to see Israel under attack by bloodthirsty Hamas and Palestinian terrorists who wish to destroy them," affirming Israel's "absolute right to exist." From the weeks right after October 7.
Related rhetoric and lobbying
- [Prior, 2019-12-04] Endorsed closing the Palestine Liberation Organization mission in Washington (per the JNS interview).
- [2023-12-11] Newsweek reporting on his demand for an apology over a television sketch about a House antisemitism hearing. Third-party reporting, not opened.
Safety and antisemitism (context)
- [Position, 2025-02-05; first co-sponsored in October 2023] Co-sponsored H.R. 6090, the Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2023, and its 119th Congress reintroduction H.R. 1007, directing the Department of Education to consider the IHRA working definition (BillTrack50). Safety context, never an answer about U.S. weapons or funding.
⚠ Other people's material among the sources
- Four of the sources are Facebook posts and pages belonging to other officials, including the New York City Mayor's account, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp's account, and Rep. Nicole Malliotakis's release. None of them is about this member and nothing from them is used. Six further sources are unlabelled YouTube videos.
Also in this race
- –No Position Found Raymond Smith Jr. (Democrat)
- –Research Underway Daniel Cavender (Libertarian)
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