Riley Moore
Moore voted against both amendments to cut aid to Israel. As state treasurer he fought Israel boycotts, barring state investment in Unilever over the Ben & Jerry’s boycott and pressing Morningstar over ratings he called boycott-aligned. In 2025 he co-sponsored the resolution honoring the murdered Israeli Embassy staffers.
Moore has represented West Virginia’s 2nd District since January 2025 after serving as state treasurer. His two recorded votes appear as badges on this card: No on the amendment to cut $500 million for Israeli missile-defense programs, No on the 2026 amendment to cut $3.3 billion from aid to Israel. He is a different person from the other Moores in Congress with whom coverage sometimes mixes him.
His distinctive record is the treasurer-era campaign against Israel boycotts: in April 2022 he called on Unilever to stop the Ben & Jerry’s boycott of Israeli territories, pledging no state taxpayer funds would be invested in the parent company while the boycott stood, and in August 2022 he joined state financial officers pressing Morningstar over its subsidiary’s ratings, which he characterized as aligned with the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement; he framed economic isolation of Israel as breeding prejudice against the Jewish state and community. Both were his own official acts as treasurer.
In Congress he co-sponsored the resolution honoring Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, the Israeli Embassy staffers murdered in Washington, verified in the co-sponsor list, and introduced the DEPORT Act on citizenship revocation for terrorism supporters. In June 2026 court records in a foiled attack plot listed him, Rep. Miller, and both senators among targets "due to their support for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee", per News from the States; carried as the court record’s content. His October 2023 statements as treasurer are on the research page; his August 2025 National Interest op-ed on Iran strategy and a July 2026 statement urging protection of religious sites are there too. AIPAC’s tracked support appears as a badge on this card.
Tracked votes: backed sending U.S. weapons or funding to the government of Israel in 2 of 2 recorded votes.
Research
U.S. military aid and weapons to Israel
- His recorded votes appear as badges on this card: No on the amendment to cut $500 million for Israeli missile-defense programs, No on the 2026 amendment to cut $3.3 billion from aid to Israel; he took office in January 2025.
U.S. aid to Palestinians
- Nothing located at any date.
Characterization of the conflict
- His October 9, 2023 treasurer-era statements (swift-victory hope; barbaric-surprise-attack framing) are off the card.
- [Reported, 2026-07-21] His statement urging Israel to use "military target discrimination capabilities" to protect religious sites; a news organization’s Facebook source, not yet confirmed.
Related rhetoric and lobbying
- [Action, 2022-04-27] The Unilever investment bar, verified by the JNS coverage title and contemporaneous reporting; his own official act as treasurer.
- [Action, 2022-08] The Morningstar letter with other state financial officers, per the officers’ letter PDF; reported, not confirmed directly.
- [Iran, 2025-08-18] His National Interest op-ed on "Prioritized Deterrence" after the Iran strike, verified on his own site; Iran material, research page only.
- Tracked committee support appears as a badge on this card.
Safety and antisemitism
- [Action, 2025-05] The embassy-staffers resolution co-sponsorship, verified with "Riley Moore (WV)" in the list.
- [Action, 2025] The DEPORT Act introduction, per JNS and trackers; reported, not confirmed directly.
- [Context, 2026-06] The foiled-plot targeting, verified: he appears among officials targeted for AIPAC support per the criminal complaint; a safety fact about him, not a position.
Race and status context
- Sitting member, nominated. His Democratic challenger’s card carries its own record.
Also in this race: Ace Parsi (Democrat) · All West Virginia candidates.
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