But What Can You Do? tracks where 2026 candidates stand on U.S. weapons and funding for the government of Israel. How we check
Jeanine Driscoll
Republican · U.S. House, New York District 4
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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.
Two reviewers, reading the public record as a whole, agree: In a July 2026 news article she says her opponent, Laura Gillen, "hasn’t been there for Israel when it matters most", without saying where she 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.
Driscoll is the Republican nominee in New York's 4th District, the Town of Hempstead's Receiver of Taxes since 2019 and a practicing attorney, running against Rep. Laura Gillen. Nothing located has her saying what she would do about U.S. weapons or money for the government of Israel or about U.S. aid to Palestinians. Her campaign site has no issues page; its biography says she will fight for lower taxes, a secure southern border and the safety of communities, and Ballotpedia shows no completed candidate survey.
Her one located statement on Israel came in a Newsday report of July 28, 2026 on the two Long Island House Democrats' support for Israel during Prime Minister Netanyahu's visit to Washington. Newsday quoted her: “Actions speak louder than words and Laura Gillen hasn’t been there for Israel when it matters most.” The paper says she pointed in part to Gillen's vote the previous week for a resolution to halt the war in Iran absent congressional approval. The statement is about her opponent's record; it does not say what Driscoll herself would do about U.S. weapons or money for the government of Israel.
The rest of her record on the subject is appearances. She marched with Nassau County and Town of Hempstead officials in the Israel Day Parade on Fifth Avenue on June 1, 2026. As Receiver of Taxes she stood with the town supervisor at an April 2024 press conference condemning antisemitic graffiti in East Meadow and at the September 2024 announcement of a town Anti-Semitism Task Force, and in June 2026 she discussed the rise of antisemitism as a guest on a Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center podcast. The news reports name her and do not quote her; the podcast page carries a description, not her words.
You are better placed than we are to learn where she stands on U.S. weapons and money for the government of Israel and on aid to Palestinians. Ask Driscoll directly and send us the reply: it goes on this page in her own words.
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.
In their words
“Actions speak louder than words and Laura Gillen hasn’t been there for Israel when it matters most.”
The notes behind this card: what we looked at, what we found, and where each item came from.
Two searches were read as one lead list for this card: one run 2026-08-11 and one run 2026-09-03. Every page cited below was opened and read on 2026-09-04 unless marked otherwise. Bands: Position (2024-01-26 onward), Reaction window (2023-10-07 to 2024-01-25), Earlier record (before 2023-10-07), Undated.
U.S. military aid and weapons to Israel
Nothing located has Driscoll stating a position on U.S. weapons, arms sales or military funding for the government of Israel. Both searches returned an explicit not-found verdict on this dimension.
[Position; live pages, read 2026-09-04] Her campaign site's biography (360 words) and homepage (304 words) are the whole of the site's text; the navigation is Meet Jeanine Driscoll, Get Involved, Volunteer, Request a Lawn Sign, Contact and Donate, with no issues page. The biography closes: "In Congress, she will fight for lower taxes, a secure southern border, and the safety of our communities". Nothing on Israel, Gaza, Palestinians, foreign aid or foreign policy.
[Undated; read 2026-09-04] Ballotpedia (3,496 words) records that she has not completed its 2026 Candidate Connection survey and carries nothing on this subject.
[Position, 2026-07-17] A Breitbart News interview (article:published_time 2026-07-17, found by web search) covers taxes, her support for President Trump and her argument that socialism is already "here" in New York; it does not mention Israel, Gaza or aid.
U.S. aid to Palestinians
Nothing located from Driscoll on UNRWA, Gaza humanitarian funding or the aid pipeline.
Characterization of the conflict
Nothing located from Driscoll characterizing the conflict. Her one statement on Israel (below) is about her opponent's record.
Related rhetoric and lobbying
[Position, 2026-07-28] Newsday (Billy House, "Suozzi, Gillen stand with Israel, as debate rages among Democrats", datePublished 2026-07-28): "Hempstead Receiver of Taxes Jeanine Driscoll of Bellerose Village, the Republican challenging Gillen, said, “Actions speak louder than words and Laura Gillen hasn’t been there for Israel when it matters most.” She pointed in part to Gillen’s vote last week along with her party and just four Republicans to halt Trump’s war in Iran absent congressional approval. The resolution passed, but a similar measure failed in the Senate." Verified verbatim on 2026-09-04. The article's subject is Reps. Suozzi and Gillen; Driscoll's part is this one sentence and the reported pointer. The same article text is reposted on Rep. Suozzi's campaign site (dated 2026-07-28), which is the address the 2026-09-03 search gave first; the Newsday page is the source verified.
[Position, 2026-06-01; report published 2026-06-02] 5 Towns Central, on the Israel Day Parade on Fifth Avenue, names "Town of Hempstead Receiver of Taxes Jeanine Driscoll" in a photo caption among the officials who marched with the mayor of Lawrence, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman and others. She is not quoted. The August search described the parade as "a public demonstration of support for Israel and the Jewish community"; that is the search's description, and the page's own words about the day are the mayor's, not hers.
[Position, 2026-07-16; article dated 2026-07-16 and 2026-07-18 in its metadata] Fox News Digital, "House GOP uses rise of socialists as a cudgel to bash Democrats in midterms": "“I think it will definitely affect us in Nassau County since we're a border county,” Jeanine Driscoll, the GOP nominee in NY-4 told Fox News Digital, as she referred to the far-left Democratic victories in neighboring New York City. “Bringing in three ultra left wing people who are proclaiming themselves to be socialists, really communists, is going to wake people up.”" And of Gillen: "“they claim they're moderate. If you look at her voting record, her voting record is not moderate.”" The article does not mention Israel. The August search described the New York City primary winners as "anti-Israel"; that description is the search's and is not in the Fox text. The August search's address for this item was a category archive at theunn.com (https://theunn.com/category/usa/), a page indexing many unrelated articles that cannot establish whose words it carries; the Fox article was located and read instead. A Fox News video page (uploaded 2026-07-16) carries the same interview; the video was not watched.
[Position, 2026-08-11] Long Island Press, on the June campaign-finance filings: "Both campaigns also received contributions connected to pro-Israel political networks." No network, donor or amount is named; reported as written.
Nothing located has her addressing AIPAC or any other lobbying organization by name.
Safety and antisemitism (context, not a position on what America sends)
[Position, 2024-04-15] Herald Community Newspapers (published 2024-04-15): at Supervisor Don Clavin's news conference on antisemitic graffiti painted across fences in East Meadow, defacing posters of hostages, "Clavin was joined by Hempstead Town Councilmen Chris Carini and Dennis Dunne, Receiver of Taxes Jeanine Driscoll, Nassau County Legislator Tom McKevitt and District Attorney Anne Donnelly". She is not quoted. The Jewish Star (2024-04-17) names her the same way.
[Position, 2024-09-18 (report date; the press conference is dated 2024-09-12 by another report)] Queens Jewish Link (datePublished 2024-09-18), on Supervisor Clavin's announcement outside the Hebrew Academy of Nassau County of a Town of Hempstead Anti-Semitism Task Force: "Supervisor Clavin was joined by political leadership. Councilwoman Laura Ryder, Councilwoman Melissa “Missy” Miller, Assemblyman Ari Brown, Receiver of Taxes Jeanine Driscoll, Councilman Thomas Muscarella, Councilman Chris Schneider, Senator Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick all stood in support of this crucial task force." She is not quoted. The August search gave this item the date 2024-09-18, which is the report's date. United With Israel (2024-09-15) dates the press conference September 12, 2024 and does not name her. The town's own release, https://hempsteadny.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=233, returns 404.
[Position, 2026-06-10] Apple Podcasts page for "Ep 597: Putting the Brakes on Bullying with Samantha Sosnik and guest Jeanine Driscoll on hmTv" (hmTv at HMTC Podcasts, the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County; 30 minutes; dated 10 June). The episode description: "The conversation expands into the rise of antisemitism, the importance of speaking out against hate, and why kindness, education, and moral courage must begin at home." The audio was not listened to; the description is the producer's, not her words.
[Earlier record, 2020-10-01] Patch (2020-10-01), on swastikas found at Seamans Neck Park in Seaford during the High Holidays: Supervisor Clavin and council members, "Town Clerk Kate Murray and Receiver Jeanine Driscoll joined with local spiritual leaders at Seamans Neck Park to stress unity and vigilance against anti-Semitism and discrimination." Not quoted.
Not on the card, and why
The Fox News Digital remarks about socialists and about Gillen's voting record: not about Israel, Gaza or aid; the "anti-Israel" framing attached to them by the August search is not in the source.
The theunn.com category archive: a listing page indexing many authors cannot establish attribution and is not used as a source for anything.
The Long Island Press sentence on pro-Israel networks: unspecified; recorded here, not on the card.
Gillen's own statements in the Newsday and Fox articles: her opponent's words, which belong on Gillen's card and are not narrated here.
The Iran war-powers vote Driscoll pointed to: Iran is not this subject; it is in the deep dive as Newsday's account of what she pointed to and stays off the front.
The appearances (parade, press conferences, podcast): context in which she is named and not quoted; in the deep dive as facts, not as positions.
United With Israel report: does not name her; used only for the date of the press conference.
An Associated Press nomination story on king5.com (returned by the August search): 403; identity only, not needed.
Sources retrieved for this card (URL, HTTP status, date read 2026-09-04)
https://suozziforcongress.com/article/suozzi-gillen-stand-with-israel-as-debate-rages-among-democrats/ (200; repost of the Newsday article)
https://5townscentral.com/2026/06/01/mayor-of-lawrence-attends-israel-day-parade-in-nyc-mayor-of-nyc-is-absent/ (200; published 2026-06-02)
https://www.liherald.com/stories/antisemitic-graffiti-is-a-brazen-attack-in-east-meadow,207232 (200; published 2024-04-15)
https://www.thejewishstar.com/stories/nab-man-in-link-to-antisemitic-graffiti-on-li,23581 (200; published 2024-04-17)
https://www.queensjewishlink.com/index.php/local/26-community-corner/11332-hemsptead-supervisor-clavin-announces-anti-semitism-task-force (200; datePublished 2024-09-18; the August search's copy of this address had timed out)
https://unitedwithisrael.org/uss-largest-township-forms-antisemitism-task-force-for-nations-second-largest-jewish-community/ (200; published 2024-09-15; does not name her)
https://www.longislandpress.com/2026/08/11/ny4-campaign-finance/ (200; published 2026-08-11)
https://theunn.com/category/usa/ (200; 72,678 words; a category archive; as read on 2026-09-04 it no longer carries any Driscoll content)
Addresses returned by the searches and not retrieved
https://www.king5.com/article/syndication/associatedpress/jeanine-driscoll-wins-republican-nomination-for-us-house-in-new-yorks-4th-congressional-district/616-932b11c7-73ac-4efb-903c-22c8749edd42 (403 to the search and to us; AP nomination story).
https://hempsteadny.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=233 (404; the town's release on the task force).
This is a record of what was checked on 2026-09-04, not a claim that no statement exists anywhere.
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