James Byrd
D · U.S. Senate, Wyoming · not rated
Speaking of Benjamin Netanyahu in March 2026, said “Our friend down there in Israel is a lunatic” and “Bibi likes to drop bombs everywhere,” and, in the Gillette News Record’s paraphrase, blamed the Iran war partly on Netanyahu and Israel acting as a rogue agent — but strictly in the Iran-war context, not on Gaza or Palestine. No Palestine-specific position found; he left iVoterGuide’s 2026 general-election question on Israel unanswered.
Unrated. His only Israel-adjacent statements — calling Netanyahu a lunatic and, in the paper’s paraphrase, Israel a rogue agent — were made in March 2026, strictly in the context of the Iran war, criticizing the strikes and the risk of a wider conflict, not Israel’s conduct in Gaza. Criticism of Netanyahu or of the Iran war is not by itself a position on Gaza or on Palestinian rights; he has stated no Gaza-civilian, aid, arms, two-state, or embargo position. Unrated until a position on Gaza, aid or arms is stated.
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