But What Can You Do? tracks where 2026 candidates stand on U.S. weapons and funding for the government of Israel. How we check
Chris Rabb
Democrat · U.S. House, Pennsylvania District 3
✓Opposes
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: He calls Gaza an active ongoing genocide in his own words, and two independent outlets report he campaigned on ending U.S. military aid to Israel. Reviewed by hand on 2026-10-01. This candidate has no recorded tracked floor votes.
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Rabb is the Democratic candidate for Pennsylvania's 3rd District, a state representative who won the May 2026 primary in a race in which Gaza was a central issue.
Asked in a May 2026 interview how he answers the question when voters raise it, he described it as the test people use to judge him, and gave his answer: "I believe there's an active ongoing genocide in Gaza, period."
Two independent outlets, WHYY in the week before the primary and the Guardian on primary night, report that he campaigned on ending U.S. military aid to the government of Israel. Neither quotes his own words on aid, and his campaign platform was not located, so the card describes the position rather than quoting it. WHYY also reports that he called the attacks on Gaza tantamount to genocide, and the Guardian that he describes Israel as an apartheid state.
He has no federal voting record.
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.
✓ Endorsed by JVP Action +4 more
JVP ActionJewish Voice for Peace's political arm, which now operates as JVP. It backs candidates who support Palestinian rights and work to end U.S. military funding to the government of Israel.USCPR ActionThe political arm of the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights. Its endorsed candidates commit to block U.S. weapons transfers and military funding to Israel and to refuse AIPAC money.Peace ActionA national peace and disarmament group. Its endorsements cover war, Pentagon spending and diplomacy broadly, not only U.S. weapons for the government of Israel.A New Policy PACA group backing congressional candidates who want a new U.S. policy toward Israel and Palestine grounded in U.S. and international law, including conditions on military aid.Track AIPACA watchdog on AIPAC-linked money. It backs candidates who reject AIPAC support and call for an arms embargo and conditions on aid to the government of Israel.These endorsements come from groups that push to restrict or end U.S. weapons transfers to the government of Israel. Endorsements from these groups are shown for information; they do not decide the mark.
In their words
“I believe there's an active ongoing genocide in Gaza, period.”
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, 2026-05-23] Current Affairs interview, in a passage where he describes how voters test him: "And so I say, well, I believe there's an active ongoing genocide in Gaza, period." The same interview is also reported as appearing on the Katie Halper Show.
[Position, 2026-05-14 and 2026-05-20] Two independent outlets report that he campaigned on ending U.S. aid to the government of Israel: WHYY (Carmen Russell-Sluchansky, 2026-05-14) says he supports "ending aid to Israel over the war in Gaza" and is "pledging to end U.S. aid to Israel", and the Guardian (2026-05-20) says he "ran on universal healthcare, a universal basic income, publicly owned grocery stores and ending US military aid to Israel." Neither quotes his own words on aid.
[Position, 2026, reported; not confirmed] A full arms embargo, and a campaign platform plank on no more funding for violations of international and U.S. law and an end to economic support for governments engaging in international law violations, are reported, but neither outlet above confirms them and **no platform address was located**, so they are recorded as reported and are not on the card.
[After October 7, 2023-10-18] His state-house statement, as reported: called for immediate de-escalation, adherence to international humanitarian law and humanitarian aid to Palestine. From the weeks right after October 7; not used on the card. Not opened.
He has no federal voting record.
U.S. aid to Palestinians
[After October 7, 2023-10-18, reported] Called for humanitarian aid to Palestinians in the same statement. From the weeks right after October 7.
Characterization of the conflict
[Position, 2026-05-23] "I believe there's an active ongoing genocide in Gaza, period" (above). In the same interview he draws parallels between African American civil rights struggles and Palestinian rights, as reported.
[Position, 2026-04, reported] At a candidate forum he characterised Israel's military actions in Gaza as a genocide, saying "If you can't name the beast, you can't kill it, and that's injustice." Source not separately located; see also the Inquirer's coverage of the primary and WHYY's, which reports him "declaring its attacks on Gaza tantamount to “genocide”".
[Position, 2026-05-20] The Guardian reports: "He has called the war in Gaza a genocide and describes Israel as an apartheid state." A call for the Palestinian right of return is also reported from his campaign materials; no platform address was located, so it is recorded as reported.
[After October 7, 2023-10-18, reported] Condemned the October 7 attack, called for the release of civilian hostages taken into Gaza, grieved Palestinian civilians killed, and called for the release of Palestinian political prisoners. From the weeks right after October 7.
Related rhetoric and lobbying
[Position, 2026, reported] Opposition to AIPAC was a central theme of his primary campaign. Third-party coverage of the race includes the Guardian, City & State PA, the Jewish Exponent (cited twice) and the Times of Israel. Several of those headlines apply labels to him; **this site describes behaviour and does not repeat labels**, per the standing rule of 2026-08-12, so nothing is drawn from their framing.
Safety and antisemitism (context)
[After October 7, 2023-10-18, reported] Reported to have said he stands in solidarity with Jewish, Muslim and Arab neighbours at home and abroad who oppose the slaughter of civilians. From the weeks right after October 7, source not opened, so summarised rather than quoted.
[2026-05-01] Inquirer coverage of a social-media post he later disavowed, and a Reddit thread about the same disavowal. Neither opened. Recorded because we keep the full record; the substance is not characterised here because it was not read, and a Reddit thread cannot carry it.
Note on sources
Seventeen entries, heavily weighted to primary-result coverage: the Jewish Exponent and Current Affairs pieces are each cited twice, and one entry is a Facebook post from Arab News. Two of his own most important items, the campaign platform and the April forum remarks, **have no address located at all**.
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