Scott Franklin
R · U.S. House, FL-18 · Tier 1/2
Tier 1/2, between “Firmly pro-Israel” and “Mainstream pro-Israel”
Navy veteran and appropriator who opposed a ceasefire outright: after the U.S. abstained on the March 2024 Security Council resolution, he said Biden “should immediately and unequivocally denounce a ceasefire, especially proposals that fail to demand the safe return of all hostages.” He told Biden to “stop strong-arming Israel into capitulating to Hamas” and release the paused arms (May 2024), and cosponsored the ICC-sanctions bill (H.R.8282) because “Hamas caused this war and the resulting carnage. Israel is simply defending itself” (Jun 2024). He has voted for every tracked Israel measure — the 2023–24 aid bills, H.Res.894, H.R.8369, both ICC-sanctions bills and the September 2026 anti-boycott bill — and against the 2025 Greene and 2026 Massie cuts; on the October 2025 ceasefire he said America must “stand firmly with Israel … and make certain that humanitarian aid reaches civilians, not the terrorists who caused this suffering.” In January 2024 he signed the Smith–Manning letter, whose signers “thoroughly reject” South Africa’s “charge of genocide” against Israel.
A 1/2, not a clean 1. Franklin’s votes and statements show no daylight — he opposed a ceasefire in March 2024 and put “the resulting carnage” in Gaza wholly on Hamas — but there is no leadership on the issue: no authored Israel legislation, and cosponsoring the ICC-sanctions bill late is support, not leadership. His one mention of aid for Gaza civilians (Oct 2025) comes in the same statement as standing “firmly with Israel” and blames Hamas for the suffering, so it does not make a flat 2. Counter-case: a clean 1 if his explicit call to denounce a ceasefire is read as the hardline rhetoric that marks the pro-Israel end.
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