But What Can You Do? tracks where 2026 candidates stand on U.S. weapons and funding for the government of Israel. How we check

Jomo Williams

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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Two reviewers, reading the public record as a whole, agree: On his campaign website he backs a "secure, sovereign Two-State model for long-term peace and self-determination for both Israelis and Palestinians", without saying where he stands on U.S. weapons and funding for the government of Israel. Reviewed by hand on 2026-10-09. This candidate has no recorded tracked floor votes.

Williams has not spoken publicly on U.S. weapons or money for the government of Israel, or on U.S. aid to Palestinians. No statement was found in source-checked research across 4 sources.

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Your record on weapons and funding for the government of Israel [ref: ny13-williams]

Dear Jomo Williams,

I plan to vote in the November elections, but before I vote for you, I want to be sure I understand your plan going forward when it comes to weapons and funding for the government of Israel, because your record is mixed.

Will you commit, if elected, to voting against further transfers of weapons and funding to the government of Israel, or to supporting enforceable conditions on that support?

Your record points in different directions, so I'm asking for clarity: where do you stand now, and what will you do?

I may share your answer publicly so other voters can see it.

Respectfully,
[Your name]

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Deep Dive

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Research log

The notes behind this card: what we looked at, what we found, and where each item came from.

What was looked for, and what came back

**U.S. military aid and weapons to Israel:** In his 2026 campaign platform published on his official website (*jmw4congress.com*), Jomo Williams expressed "absolute opposition to the use of military force or targeted violence against civilian populations under any context or conflict".
**Characterization of the conflict:** Material returned; set out in full below.
**Rhetoric and lobbying:** There is no public record of Jomo Williams making personal statements or taking public actions concerning Israel-related lobbying groups (such as AIPAC) or political rhetoric surrounding pro-Israel lobbying.
**Safety and antisemitism:** On his official 2026 campaign website (*jmw4congress.com*), Jomo Williams spoke out against radical political groups, accusing radical subsets of spewing "anti-American rhetoric" and "anarchism" that weakens national defense and law and order.

What an initial search did return, on the other questions

The card's claim is about what the United States sends, and that question came back empty. These questions did return material. It is reproduced word for word so nothing found is lost, and it is context rather than a position on U.S. weapons or money. Em dashes are rendered as hyphens to satisfy house style; no wording is changed.

### Characterization of the conflict On his official 2026 campaign website (*jmw4congress.com*), Jomo Williams categorized his stance under his "Foreign Policy & Israel & Palestine" platform section. He stated support for a "secure, sovereign Two-State model for long-term peace and self-determination for both Israelis and Palestinians". In the same platform position, he explicitly rejected rhetoric asserting that Israel has no right to exist.

*Sources: Candidate Campaign Website (jmw4congress.com).*

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Sources consulted and read (4)

Not found

No position located on U.S. weapons, arms sales or military funding for the government of Israel.
No position located on U.S. aid to Palestinians, UNRWA or Gaza humanitarian funding.
This is a record of what was checked on 2026-08-11, not a claim that no statement exists anywhere.

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