Brooks: The House Just Showed America Which Party Still Stands with Israel–and It’s the Republican Party

By Matt Brooks, The Washington Reporter
Friday, July 17, 2026

This week, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) moved to strip every dollar of American security assistance to Israel from the State Department funding bill for the upcoming fiscal year. Every other House Republican answered with a single, unified and unmistakable voice: No.

The GOP-led House of Representatives defeated Massie's reckless move, and in doing so proved what the RJC has said all along: under the strong leadership of President Donald J. Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson, America has Israel's back.

Take a long, hard look at who lined up behind Massie. Not a single vote came from his colleagues in the House GOP conference, but 103 Democrats voted with him. That is a majority of the House Democratic caucus, a significant and searing indictment of where their party stands. Remember, a majority of Senate Democrats also voted to block military aid to Israel in April.

Make no mistake, Thomas Massie is a contingent of one in the Republican Party, a lame duck outlier whose crusade against the Jewish state found no resonance on the GOP side of the aisle. The Republican majority left no doubt about where it stands: resolutely, unwaveringly, with Israel.

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This article appeared on The Washington Reporter website on July 16, 2026.