🇺🇸 America First · Category #9 · 10 pts

Foreign Policy Restraint

Article I war powers. No forever wars. No foreign-lobby ownership.

5 questions × 2 pts = 10 max · How scoring works · Back to scorecard

What this measures

Does this candidate honor Article I war powers, oppose forever wars, and refuse foreign-lobby capture of U.S. policy?

Why it matters

George Washington warned against "passionate attachments" to foreign nations in his 1796 farewell address. A republic that lets foreign lobbies — AIPAC chief among them, but also China-linked PACs and Soros-network donor vectors — write its foreign policy has stopped being a republic. The Article I war-powers question is doctrinal, not partisan: Congress declares war, not the executive, and not the executive at the urging of a foreign ally. This category catches the standing-AUMF defenders, the "we must fund Ukraine forever" caucus, and the politicians who collected six-figure AIPAC contributions while voting yes on every aid package.

First of all, then, I urge that requests, prayers, intercession, and thanksgiving be made in behalf of all people, for kings and all who are in authority, so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity.

— 1 Timothy 2:1–2

The 5 scored questions

Each question is binary (True / False / null). True earns +2 points. Null is "not yet verified from primary sources" — neither penalized nor credited. Use the toggle below to see the wording for federal, state, or local officials — the moral spirit is identical across tiers; what changes is the chair making the call. Read the tier architecture explainer →

View as: 5 of 5 questions apply at this tier
  1. Q1. Candidate supports Article I congressional war-powers requirement before any U.S. military action
    Q1. Not scored at the state tier — federal-only question (no state-level chair).
    Q1. Not scored at the local tier — federal/state-only question.
  2. Q2. Candidate supports immediate withdrawal from forever wars and repeal of standing AUMFs
    Q2. Not scored at the state tier — federal-only question (no state-level chair).
    Q2. Not scored at the local tier — federal/state-only question.
  3. Q3. Candidate opposes foreign aid to nations hostile to U.S. interests or actively persecuting Christians
    Q3. Not scored at the state tier — federal-only question (no state-level chair).
    Q3. Not scored at the local tier — federal/state-only question.
  4. Q4. Candidate has never accepted donations from foreign-backed lobbies (e.g., AIPAC) or foreign-linked PACs
    Q4. Candidate has never accepted donations from foreign-backed lobbies (AIPAC) or foreign-linked PACs for state-legislative or statewide campaigns
    Q4. Not scored at the local tier — federal/state-only question.
  5. Q5. Candidate opposes U.S. participation in WHO, U.N. governance overreach, NATO expansion, and supranational governance
    Q5. Not scored at the state tier — federal-only question (no state-level chair).
    Q5. Not scored at the local tier — federal/state-only question.

Key bills, votes, and laws we track

Organizations and PAC vectors we score

⚠️ Position-level disqualifiers

  • Accepted AIPAC / United Democracy Project funding above any threshold
  • Voted YES on every Ukraine aid package without conditions
  • Member of WEF, "Young Global Leaders" alumni status, or Davos attendance

A candidate matching any of the above is graded down to the floor of this category regardless of other answers in the rubric.

Where this lives in the scorecard

This category contributes 10 of 40 in the 🇺🇸 America First tier (40 pts total) and 10 of 100 in the grand total. See the full scoring system for the 60/40 weighting rationale and the letter-grade scale (A 90+ / B 80 / C 70 / D 60 / F <60).

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