But What Can You Do? tracks where 2026 candidates stand on U.S. weapons and funding for the government of Israel. How we check
Vicente Gonzalez
- Backed with $31K by PACs we track that support U.S. weapons funding for the government of Israel (lifetime)
- Endorsed by AIPAC +1 more
Gonzalez welcomed supplemental funding for Israel’s Iron Dome, David’s Sling and Iron Beam in April 2024, saying "The world needs American leadership now more than ever". He has said nothing located about U.S. aid to Palestinians.
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Deep Dive
Gonzalez represents Texas’s 34th District in the Rio Grande Valley and is running for re-election.
His current-position statement on U.S. weapons is an endorsement of the 2024 supplemental. On April 29, 2024 he said the package "will empower us to continue supporting our allies in Ukraine and Taiwan and provide additional funding for Israel’s Iron Dome, David’s Sling, and Iron Beam defense systems", adding that "The world needs American leadership now more than ever".
In July 2026 he defended U.S. and Israeli defence technology cooperation against constituents who read it as a merger of forces, calling it "an agreement to share technologies, which we have with several other nations AND have already had with Israel for several decades" and "nothing more than an update and renewal due to changing technology". Its only source page is a Reddit thread, so it sits on the research page rather than here.
Nothing was located on U.S. aid to Palestinians. His recorded votes and his funding from pro-Israel committees are shown separately on this card.
The record
Supported sending weapons or funding in 3 of 4 tracked votes
• Voted No on first weapons package, then Yes on the $26.38B package. Did not vote on the forced bomb delivery bill (H.R. 8369). Co-sponsored anti-UN commission bills.
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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Voted to send weapons or funding in more than half of their recorded tracked votes. (Supported sending weapons or funding in 3 of 4 tracked votes.)
The money
$31K in lifetime support from the five lobbying groups we track
In their words
AIPAC (2026 endorsement) · DMFI PAC (2026 endorsement)
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
- 2024-04-29 [Current position]: Statement on passage of the House national security supplemental: the package "will empower us to continue supporting our allies in Ukraine and Taiwan and provide additional funding for Israel's Iron Dome, David's Sling, and Iron Beam defense systems", and "The world needs American leadership now more than ever". Not opened.
- 2026-07 [Current position; THE SOURCE IS A REDDIT THREAD]: Responding to constituents about defence technology provisions, he said the arrangement was "an agreement to share technologies, which we have with several other nations AND have already had with Israel for several decades" and "nothing more than an update and renewal due to changing technology" rather than a merger of military forces. The only source page is a Reddit thread, which is not a source this project cites, so this is on the research page and not the card.
- 2023-11-03 [Months after October 7, 2023; on this page only]: His statement on the partisan Israel supplemental funding, in which an initial search records him saying "We must ensure that Israel receives the urgent aid it needs to protect its people from further attacks". The page's title indicates this is where he addressed the supplemental's partisan character. **This is the statement that would explain the No vote on his badge, and this site’s rule keeps it out of the card summary.**
U.S. aid to Palestinians
- Nothing located, in either direction.
Characterization of the conflict
- 2021-05-13 [Earlier record]: Statement: "Violence and terrorist attacks cannot be tolerated and I condemn Hamas for the horrific rocket attacks. Israel is America's longstanding ally and has every right to defend itself. The tragic loss of life on both sides of this conflict must end and both parties must work toward an agreement that will allow the people of Israel and Palestine to live in peace, safety and prosperity."
- 2023-10-13 [Months after October 7, 2023; on this page only]: Statement calling the attacks a "brutal and despicable attack against our ally, Israel" and reports of Hamas atrocities "vile and abhorrent", listed twice.
- 2023-10-30 [Months after October 7, 2023]: Statement reaffirming support against "the barbaric war launched by Hamas and other terrorists".
- 2023-11-27 [Months after October 7, 2023]: Statement welcoming the temporary hostage release agreement.
Rhetoric and lobbying
- 2022-03-25 [Earlier record; out of scope]: He co-introduced H.R. 7223, the COI Elimination Act, to abolish the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel, saying abolishing it would "take a stand to prevent anti-Israel rhetoric in international forums" (coverage). About a United Nations body rather than U.S. aid.
- 2023-10-26 [Months after October 7, 2023]: He championed House Resolution 771.
- [Consulted]: An advocacy tracking profile of 2024-01-15. An advocacy source stays visible here and never carries a card.
Safety and antisemitism
[Context only, never the answer to what America sends.]
- 2023-10-13 [Months after October 7, 2023]: In the same statement he said the tragedies "must speak to our basic humanity and compel us to denounce antisemitism in all forms. I unequivocally stand with Israel and our Jewish community and condemn this depravity."
The record's own vote note, preserved
- The record's existing research summarises his votes as: No on the first weapons package, then Yes on the $26.38 billion package; did not vote on H.R. 8369; co-sponsored anti-UN commission bills. Vote details are badge material and are not restated in card copy, and this is recorded here only because the split is what makes the exclusion above consequential.
What came back empty or unusable
- No position located on U.S. aid to Palestinians.
- One source page is a Reddit thread and one is an advocacy tracking profile.
- The card's lead was not opened.
Also in this race
- ✗Supports Eric Flores (Republican)
- ✗Supports Chris Royal (Libertarian)
- ✓Opposes Eddie Espinoza (Green)
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