Michelle Fischbach
R · U.S. House, MN-7 · Tier 1/2
Tier 1/2, between “Firmly pro-Israel” and “Mainstream pro-Israel”
Minnesota Republican on the Rules Committee who has voted for every tracked Israel measure: the Israel-only supplementals of November 2023 and February 2024 and the April 2024 package, the censure of Rashida Tlaib, H.Res.894, the May 2024 Antisemitism Awareness Act and bill to force the paused bomb shipment, both ICC-sanctions bills (Jun 2024, Jan 2025), the June 2024 amendment barring use of Gaza Health Ministry casualty figures and the September 2026 college anti-boycott bill, and against the 2025 Greene and 2026 Massie cuts. Her press releases on the war date from its first weeks — the United States stands with Israel “as they defend themselves from true evil” (Oct 2023) and the November 2023 supplemental was “critical to supporting Israel as they defend themselves against terrorism” — and her newsletters carried the same frame through 2024: on the first anniversary she blamed Hamas, whose leaders “hid in sites heavily populated by civilians,” for “extending the already heartbreaking casualties of war,” and after Yahya Sinwar was killed she was “proud of the IDF for taking decisive action against a monster who has terrorized Israelis and Palestinians alike, despite the calls from the Biden-Harris administration not to strike Rafah” (both Oct 2024). She also cosponsored the February 2024 Israel-only supplemental (H.R.7217) and the May 2024 resolution censuring Ilhan Omar for “her recent hateful comments and history of antisemitism” (H.Res.1207). As a Rules member she sponsored the procedural resolutions that brought the November 2023 Israel supplemental, the Antisemitism Awareness Act and the 2024 bill to strip tax-exempt status from nonprofits deemed to support terrorism to a House vote. Asked in iVoterGuide’s 2026 general-election questionnaire whether the U.S. relationship with Israel is important, Fischbach answered: “Israel is one of the United States’ most important allies in the world. Our strong relationship and continued partnership with Israel is vital to the future of both countries, and the future stability in the Middle East.” On Oct 22, 2026 she joined Tom Emmer, Brad Finstad and Pete Stauber in a joint statement condemning commentator Hasan Piker’s scheduled appearance with Ilhan Omar, which says Piker “declared he would vote for Hamas over Israel” and that “Antisemitism, hatred, and the glorification of terrorism and political violence have no place in Minnesota or anywhere in the United States,” and calls on “every elected Democrat in the State of Minnesota” to join in “rejecting his hateful and violence-ridden rhetoric.”
A 1/2. A zero-daylight voting record and statements framed around Israel's self-defense, from the war’s first weeks through her 2024 newsletters, with no leadership on the issue: none of her 71 sponsored bills and resolutions, nor her one amendment, is Israel legislation beyond procedural rules for others' bills, and her one Israel-led letter (Israel's entry to the Visa Waiver Program, 2021) predates the war. Her words on Gaza’s civilians, in October 2023 and October 2024 newsletters, blame Hamas for their deaths: it “is willing to let innocent people die for the sake of their hate-filled mission.” Counter-case: her Rules Committee sponsorship of the resolutions that brought three Israel-related bills to a vote could be weighed toward 1, though it is procedural.
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