Foreign-lobby money compromises America First. The U.S. has no formal mutual-defense treaty with Israel; AIPAC operates a super-PAC (United Democracy Project) that spent over $100M during the 2024 cycle on independent expenditures against U.S. candidates who criticize Israeli government policy. A candidate who has accepted that money has, in their own revealed preference, accepted a foreign-policy filter on their congressional vote. The same logic covers China-linked donations, where federal law also prohibits CCP members from contributing.
For every candidate with a documented donor record, two things happen: (1) the specific category question is marked False (foreign_policy_restraint[q4] for AIPAC + China; economic_stewardship[q5] — the WEF/ESG/Davos capture question — for Soros-network donors), so the per-category subscore drops by 2 points; (2) an additional dollar-bracket adjustment is applied to the total, making the penalty proportional to the magnitude of the funding. Both impacts are visible on this page.
TrackAIPAC career-total report shows $792,510 from AIPAC and pro-Israel-lobby PACs.
AIPAC operates a super-PAC (United Democracy Project) that spent over $100M during the 2024 cycle on independent expenditures targeting U.S. candidates who criticize Israeli government policy. The U.S. has no formal mutual-defense treaty with Israel. RESOLUTE Citizen treats documented AIPAC contributions as a failure on foreign_policy_restraint/q4 (the foreign-lobby question) AND applies a dollar-bracket adjustment to the total score.
U.S. Senator since 2009. Former VA Governor. Wealthiest member of Senate (~$300M). RETIRING in 2026 — open seat race. Moderate on business issues but progressive on social issues. F-rated NRA.
Candidate opposes a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) and supports cash and decentralized crypto as legal tender
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As Senate Intelligence Committee chairman, issued a statement welcoming President Biden's March 2022 executive order directing federal agencies to study a U.S. central bank digital currency — endorsing the groundwork for the surveillance-capable government digital dollar the rubric opposes.
Candidate supports completed physical border barrier and active military border presence
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Candidate supports mandatory deportation of all illegal aliens, including those who entered as minors
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Publicly urged passage of the 2024 bipartisan Senate border deal and called its failure a missed opportunity, praising a bill that provided humanitarian parole and legal-residency tracks rather than the mandatory-deportation framework the rubric demands.
Reintroduced the Assault Weapons Ban of 2025 with Senator Kaine, legislation that would prohibit the manufacture, sale, transfer, and import of military-style assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines — squarely opposing the rubric's defense of semi-automatic firearms and standard-capacity magazines.
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