Addison P. McDowell

McDowell's located record is about Hamas and domestic protests, not about aid. Introducing a bill on masked offenders he called October 7 "the largest massacre of Jewish people since the Holocaust." No position on U.S. weapons or funding was located.

McDowell has represented North Carolina's 6th District since 2025.

His fullest located statement is in his March 2025 release introducing the Unmasking Hamas Act, which would raise penalties for people who wear masks or disguises while destroying federal property or violating others' civil rights. It says that on October 7, 2023, "the world saw over 1,200 men, women, and children, including 46 Americans and citizens of more than 30 countries, slaughtered by Hamas," that this "marked the largest massacre of Jewish people since the Holocaust," and that 254 people were taken hostage. Its subject is protests on American campuses and federal land rather than U.S. assistance.

In May 2025 he led a House resolution honouring Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, two Israeli embassy employees murdered in Washington, and condemning antisemitism.

His recorded votes appear as badges on this card.

What is not on the record is his reasoning. No statement of his was located on U.S. weapons or funding for the government of Israel, on conditioning assistance, or on U.S. aid to Palestinians. The research turned up a general line about standing with Israel; it could not be found on the page cited for it, so it is not quoted here.

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Tracked votes: backed sending U.S. weapons or funding to the government of Israel in 2 of 2 recorded votes.

Research

U.S. military aid and weapons to Israel

No statement located on U.S. weapons transfers, funding measures or conditioning assistance to the government of Israel, apart from his recorded votes, which appear as badges on this card.
[Position, undated, reported] He is reported to have said "Israel has the absolute right to defend itself against Iranian aggression. I will always stand with Israel and its people." **His Ballotpedia page was opened and does not contain that sentence, and no other source for it was located.** It is not quoted on the card or in the deep dive.
[Position, 2025-02-12, reported] Described as supporting House legislation on bilateral U.S.-Israel defence cooperation as part of his legislative posture. The research names no bill number and no source statement by him; recorded, not stated as his position.

U.S. aid to Palestinians

No statement or documented position located.

Characterization of the conflict

[Position, 2025-03-11] His release introducing the Unmasking Hamas Act, opened and confirmed word for word: "On October 7, 2023, the world saw over 1,200 men, women, and children, including 46 Americans and citizens of more than 30 countries, slaughtered by Hamas. This marked the largest massacre of Jewish people since the Holocaust and included 254 victims taken hostage, including 12 Americans." And: "While we stand strong in the face of terrorism and work to bring the hostages home, Hamas-inspired protests continue to ravage throughout our universities, college campuses, and federal lands."

Related rhetoric and lobbying

[Position, 2025-03-11] The Unmasking Hamas Act, H.R. 1952, would increase federal criminal penalties for wearing a mask or disguise while destroying federal property or violating civil rights (confirmed above). A domestic criminal-penalties bill named for Hamas; it is recorded here rather than as a position on assistance.

Safety and antisemitism (context)

[Position, 2025-05-23] Led a House resolution honouring Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, Israeli embassy employees murdered in Washington, and condemning antisemitism. Safety context, never an answer about U.S. weapons or funding. Not opened.

Consulted

Ballotpedia, opened; Wikipedia; a freshman-class profile; LegiScan; Legistorm. Of eleven sources found, seven are duplicates of two of his own releases.