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

Jerri Green

Democrat · Governor, Tennessee
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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.

Green, a Memphis councilwoman, has no located positions on aid to Israel, aid to Palestinians, or the conflict. Her one located adjacent statement condemned antisemitic chatbot output in July 2025: “There is no place for hate speech... Words matter and even free speech has its limits”.

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Deep Dive

Green, a Memphis city councilwoman and former public defender, is the Democratic nominee for governor of Tennessee.

Her only located statement adjacent to this record’s topics is municipal: in July 2025, as the Memphis Flyer reported, she condemned antisemitic output generated by xAI’s Grok chatbot, whose data center sits in her city: "There is no place for hate speech, including on social media, and we know it can have real world consequences. Words matter and even free speech has its limits."

No statement on U.S. aid to Israel, aid to Palestinians, the conflict, or Israel-related lobbying was located at any date.

A governor takes no federal votes on these topics; the card records her public statements only. It can be updated if she takes positions during the campaign.

In their words

“There is no place for hate speech, including on social media, and we know it can have real world consequences. Words matter and even free speech has its limits.”
Source ↗, 2025-07-10

Research log

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

  • Nothing located at any date.

U.S. aid to Palestinians

  • Nothing located at any date.

Characterization of the conflict

  • Nothing located at any date.

Related rhetoric and lobbying

  • Nothing located; no tracked committee support.

Safety and antisemitism

  • [Position, 2025-07-10] The Grok condemnation, verified in the Memphis Flyer’s report of her post, quoted on the card.

Sources retrieved for this card

Race and status context

  • Democratic nominee for governor against Sen. Marsha Blackburn, whose card carries a federal record.

Also in this race

  1. ✗ Marsha Blackburn (Republican)
  2. – Charles Morgan (Independent)
  3. – Dave Seeman (Independent)
  4. – David Hatley (Independent)
  5. – Dean Brewer (Independent)
  6. – Eddie Lee Murphy (Independent)
  7. – Karl Smithson (Independent)
  8. – L. Webb Taylor (Independent)
  9. – Lauren Pinkston (Independent)
  10. – Misam Abidi (Independent)
  11. – Ray Brown (Independent)
  12. – Robert Vick (Independent)
  13. – Victor Scoggin (Independent)
  14. – Wendell Jackson (Independent)

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