Frederick Haynes
Haynes, a Dallas pastor, protested U.S. military supplies to Israel at a 2024 rally, saying "We will not bow down to the U.S. war machine". He has called on presidents to withhold military aid until the campaign in Gaza ends.
Haynes is senior pastor of Friendship-West Baptist Church in Dallas, a former CEO of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, and won the TX-30 Democratic primary on March 3, 2026.
His record is preaching and protest rather than legislation, and it is consistent. At an October 2024 rally in Dallas organised by the Palestinian Youth Movement he protested U.S. military supplies to Israel and told the crowd "We will not bow down to the U.S. war machine". In a video sermon that month he criticised U.S. foreign policy for sending billions in military aid, including an $8 billion supplemental package, to supply weapons used in Gaza rather than funding humanitarian relief. He returned to the argument on his podcast in April 2025, and a further call of his for a president to withhold aid sits on the research page.
His characterisation of Israeli policy as apartheid drew national coverage during the primary.
Research
U.S. military aid and weapons to Israel
- 2023-10-08 [Months after October 7, 2023; on this page only]: In a sermon at Friendship-West Baptist Church he criticised U.S. military assistance and weapons shipments to Israel, citing the disparity in military capability between Israel and Palestinians. The source page is a church video.
- 2024-01 [Current position; month-only date]: As part of a national coalition of Black faith leaders he called on President Biden to leverage U.S. military aid by threatening to withhold support if Israel did not end its military campaign in Gaza.
- 2024-10-05 [Current position; card-leading]: At a Dallas rally organised by the Palestinian Youth Movement he protested U.S. military supplies to Israel, declaring "We will not bow down to the U.S. war machine". The source page is Fight Back News, an advocacy outlet, which is the only source the first search found for the quotation.
- 2024-10-07 [Current position]: In a video sermon titled "4 minutes of truth telling" he criticised U.S. foreign policy for sending billions in military aid, including an $8 billion supplemental package, to supply "weapons of mass destruction" used in Gaza instead of funding humanitarian aid.
- 2025-04 [Current position; month-only date]: Returned to the argument on an episode of his podcast.
Characterization of the conflict
- 2026-01 [Current position]: His characterisation of Israeli policy as apartheid, delivered in a sermon, drew coverage in Jewish Insider during the primary campaign.
- Undated: An appearance referenced by Amanpour and Company.
Rhetoric and lobbying
- 2026-03 [Current position; about him]: Primary coverage in KERA and Common Dreams. An Intermountain Jewish News piece characterised the primary results; a characterisation by an outlet, not by him.
- A Jewish Currents article about Illinois carries nothing about him.
Safety and antisemitism
- Nothing located as a statement by him.
What came back empty or unusable
- No statement located on U.S. aid to Palestinians or UNRWA as a budget line, as distinct from his argument that military aid should be humanitarian aid instead.
- The card-leading quotation has ONE source page and it is an advocacy outlet. Two dates are month-only.
- He holds no office, so there are no votes and no funding record.
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