Matthew Arndt
I · U.S. House, WI-6 · Tier 4
Tier 4, “Critical / conditions aid”
He is a Mequon CPA and the Wisconsin Green Party nominee. His campaign site lists “Cut Ties with Israel” among his red lines, arguing that “too many people hesitate to criticize the actions of the government of Israel for fear of backlash,” and in the Sheboygan Press candidate questionnaire (September 2026) he wrote that if Washington wants to “fund endless wars or provide weapons for Israel's wars, I will not compromise simply to claim bipartisanship.” The same plank asks that any foreign aid carry “strict conditions, real accountability, and a clear benefit to the American people.” On October 8, 2026, after a video of him shouting at another driver at a Mequon gas station — “I’m running for Congress here in the 6th district and (expletive) Israel!” — spread online, he told WISN 12, “I will continue to fight for the children of Gaza, the children of Palestine. I will continue to fight for the people that are being expelled from the West Bank illegally. I will continue to fight against the country that has violated international law, that is conducting a genocide.” The same evening he told CBS 58: “I am not anti-anyone. I am anti-Israel. I am anti-Zionists.” In a later statement he wrote, “I can apologize for losing my composure.”
A 4, on a thin record: a campaign red line, one questionnaire clause and one television interview. He lists “Cut Ties with Israel” among his red lines, told the Sheboygan Press in September 2026 that if Washington wants to “provide weapons for Israel’s wars, I will not compromise simply to claim bipartisanship,” and on October 8, 2026 told WISN 12 he would keep fighting “for the children of Gaza” and against “the country that has violated international law, that is conducting a genocide”: the genocide named in his own words. What holds him at 4 is that he never plainly calls for ending military aid or arms sales: the plank beneath his red line asks only that foreign aid carry “strict conditions, real accountability, and a clear benefit to the American people,” and his campaign pages say nothing of Palestinian rights. Counter-case: 4/5, if cutting ties is read as ending the military relationship.
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