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

Anthony Constantino

Republican · U.S. House, New York District 21
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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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No recorded votes on the bills we track. We found nothing in their own words about Israel, Gaza or the war.

Constantino 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 7 sources.

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Deep Dive

7 sources checked and read, every one listed on the research page. Most candidates at this level have simply never been asked.

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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 2026-07-23) from the five lobbying groups we track; earlier cycles and earmarked donations not yet tracked.
Support-only OpenFEC data. Opposition independent expenditures are excluded.

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:** There are no recorded public statements, policy positions, or actions by Anthony Constantino specifically addressing U.S. military aid, defense funding, or weapons transfers to Israel.
  • **Characterization of the conflict:** There are no recorded public statements or policy positions by Anthony Constantino characterization or evaluating the Israel–Palestine conflict.
  • **Rhetoric and lobbying:** There are no recorded public statements, lobbying efforts, or political actions by Anthony Constantino regarding Israel or Israel-related advocacy organizations.
  • **Safety and antisemitism:** Material returned; set out in full below.

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.

### Safety and antisemitism Constantino has not published detailed formal policy proposals or platform positions on combating antisemitism or safety measures for religious communities. However, the issue arose during his 2026 Republican primary campaign in connection with his company, Sticker Mule:

* **April 28, 2026:** Opponents, including primary rival Robert Smullen, released campaign advertisements criticizing Constantino, alleging that Sticker Mule had manufactured and profited from user-submitted custom stickers containing antisemitic messages (such as gas pump stickers blaming Jews for fuel prices). * **Spring 2026:** In campaign debates (including a televised CBS6 debate prior to the June 23, 2026 GOP primary), the defense presented on behalf of Constantino and Sticker Mule emphasized that as a custom print-on-demand platform, the company fulfills customer-generated orders under free-market and free-speech principles, rather than authoring, endorsing, or promoting the text or imagery submitted by third-party customers.

Sources consulted and read (7)

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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