But What Can You Do? tracks where 2026 candidates stand on U.S. weapons and funding for the government of Israel. How we check
Bobby Pulido
Democrat · U.S. House, Texas District 15
✗SupportsFrom money backing them
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.
Asked where he stands on U.S. military aid and arms to Israel, Pulido declined to take a position, saying "I don’t have as much information that a congressman is privy to" and that he wishes there was peace between the two.
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Pulido is a Tejano musician and the Democratic nominee in Texas’s 15th District. He won the primary on March 3, 2026.
He was asked this question directly and did not answer it. In a Texas Observer interview on July 23, 2026 he was asked where he stands on sending U.S. military aid and arms to Israel and declined to take a definitive position on conditioning or stopping weapons transfers, saying "I don’t have as much information that a congressman is privy to", and adding: "I just wish there was peace between the two, and I feel like I blame this administration for not being strong-willed enough."
That is the whole of his located record on what America sends. An initial search reports he has made very few statements characterising the conflict at all, running instead on healthcare, agriculture, border policy and affordability in South Texas.
Two endorsements are worth noting together and neither is a position of his. In May 2026 the Democratic Majority for Israel PAC endorsed him as part of a slate of pro-Israel Democrats, and JStreetPAC also lists him. Those two committees sit on different sides of most arguments in this area, and a candidate appearing on both lists while declining to state a position is a fact about the endorsements rather than about him. In June 2026 he called Citizens United "formalized corruption" and referenced pro-Israel lobbying while arguing for campaign finance reform.
He has held no federal office and has no recorded votes on any of this.
The money
$3K in lifetime support from the five lobbying groups we track
Lifetime support from the five lobbying groups we track
DMFI: $2,500
Support-only OpenFEC data (as of 2026-10-03). Opposition independent expenditures are excluded.
Who these lobbying groups are
DMFI PAC$2,500Democratic Majority for Israel's PAC; calls itself the home for pro-Israel Democrats and backs Democratic candidates who support a strong U.S. alliance with the government of Israel.Direct contributions and independent expenditures supporting this candidate from the five lobbying groups we track, every cycle each has filed, through 2026. Excludes earmarked and conduit contributions.
Endorsed by DMFI PAC
DMFI PACDemocratic Majority for Israel's PAC; calls itself the home for pro-Israel Democrats and backs Democratic candidates who support a strong U.S. alliance with the government of Israel.These endorsements come from groups that back sending U.S. weapons and funding to the government of Israel.
In their words
Endorsements
Democratic Majority for Israel PAC (2026)
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
2026-07-23 [Current position]: In an interview with the Texas Observer he was asked where he stands on sending U.S. military aid and arms to Israel. He declined to take a definitive stance on conditioning or stopping weapons transfers, saying "I don't have as much information that a congressman is privy to", and adding "I just wish there was peace between the two, and I feel like I blame this administration for not being strong-willed enough". Not opened.
⚠ **A DECLINATION IS THE FINDING AND IT MUST NOT BE RESOLVED EITHER WAY.** He was asked the question this project exists to answer and said he does not have enough information. That is reportable in itself and the card reports it.
U.S. aid to Palestinians
Nothing located, in either direction.
Characterization of the conflict
2026-07-23 [Current position]: In the same interview: "I just wish there was peace between the two, and I feel like I blame this administration for not being strong-willed enough." An initial search’s verdict is that he has made very few statements characterising the conflict and has not addressed its root causes or history, running instead on healthcare, agriculture, border policy and affordability.
Rhetoric and lobbying
[Endorsements and lobbying arguments are never positions on weapons or funding.]
2026-05-11 [Current position]: Democratic Majority for Israel PAC endorsed him as part of a slate of pro-Israel Democrats. The release notes its endorsed candidates' general commitment to confronting antisemitism; an initial search records that he has not personally made statements on that subject.
2022-12-14 [Earlier record]: JStreetPAC's candidate index lists him. Both this and the DMFI page are advocacy committee sources, which stay visible here and never carry a card.
2026-06-23 [Current position; SOURCE DID NOT OPEN]: In a campaign video he called Citizens United "formalized corruption" and referenced pro-Israel lobbying while discussing outsized financial influence in elections, pledging to work to overturn it. Its source page, a post on his campaign page, would not open.
An initial search’s own verdict: no public records or statements from him personally addressing antisemitism or safety measures for Jewish communities. The DMFI endorsement release speaks for its slate generally, not for him.
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