Jim Desmond
R · U.S. House, CA-48 · not rated
No documented position on Israel's assault on Gaza, military aid or a two-state solution found; his campaign runs on cost of living, homelessness, the border and energy. His Israel-adjacent record is local: in October 2023 he called for closing the border to new immigration over fears that Hamas fighters could cross, and in February 2024 he abstained on reappointing a county Human Relations commissioner after complaints about the commissioner's comments on Israel's assault on Gaza.
Not rated: no individual position on Palestine and Israel is on the record. The two adjacent acts — invoking Hamas to argue for a border shutdown (KPBS, Oct 2023) and declining to back the reappointment of a commissioner accused over Gaza-war comments (Times of San Diego, Feb 2024) — are border-security and local-antisemitism framings, not a stance on aid, arms or Palestinian rights, and no RJC or AIPAC endorsement of him was found. Unrated until a position is stated.
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