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

Riley Moore

Republican · U.S. House, West Virginia District 2
✗Supported sending weapons or funding in 2 of 2 tracked votes

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.

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Deep Dive

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.

The record

Supported sending weapons or funding in 2 of 2 tracked votes

Committees

House Committee on Appropriations

Floor votes
H.Amdt. 55 to H.R. 4016 - strike $500M for Israeli Cooperative Programs2025-07-18 · Failed 6-422 (only 6 voted to cut)
✗ Voted No
voted against limiting it
H.R. 8595 - Massie amendment (Part A No. 8) to bar FY27 funds for Israel and cut $3.3B in Foreign Military Financing2026-07-15 · Failed 104-314
✗ Voted No
voted against limiting it
Bill sponsorship
H.R. 3565 - Block the Bombs ActWould bar transfer of 2,000-lb/BLU-109 bunker busters, JDAMs, 120mm tank rounds, and 155mm artillery shells to Israel. Does not affect Iron
Not sponsoringhas not backed this restriction bill
H.R. 1229 - United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025Formalizes/expands bilateral defense cooperation with Israel.
Not sponsoringhas not backed this support bill
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 2 of 2 tracked votes.)

The money

$10K in lifetime support from the five lobbying groups we track

Lifetime support from the five lobbying groups we track
AIPAC PAC: $10,000
Support-only OpenFEC data (as of 2026-10-03). Opposition independent expenditures are excluded.
Who these lobbying groups are
AIPAC$10,000The American Israel Public Affairs Committee; its PAC backs candidates it sees as strengthening U.S. ties with the government of Israel, including continued U.S. military aid.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.

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

  • 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 not on the card summary.
  • [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

  1. – Ace Parsi (Democrat)

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