Steven Shook
D · U.S. House, TX-26 · Tier 4
Tier 4, “Critical / conditions aid”
He has cared for critically ill and injured patients since 2009, as a registered nurse and, since 2019, a nurse practitioner. Asked in July 2026 whether he supports ending U.S. military aid to countries with ongoing human rights abuses, including Israel and Egypt, he answered “Absolutely yes,” saying the U.S. “should not provide military aid, weapons, or diplomatic cover” to such governments and that military assistance “must be conditioned on compliance with U.S. and international law, protection of civilians, and meaningful accountability,” suspended when American weapons enable “collective punishment, unlawful killings, forced displacement, torture, or the denial of humanitarian aid.” His site displays a Citizens Against AIPAC Corruption (Track AIPAC) endorsement. In his 2026 general-election iVoterGuide questionnaire he wrote: “The United States should significantly distance itself from the current Israeli government. I believe Israel’s conduct in Gaza amounts to genocide, and the United States should not provide unconditional military or political support for it.”
A 4. His own words are a conditioning pledge that names Israel — an unqualified “Absolutely yes” to ending military aid to rights-abusing governments, “including Israel,” with aid suspended when U.S. weapons enable collective punishment or the denial of humanitarian aid — and they carry no frame-keeping hedge (no Iron Dome carve-out, no right-to-defend line). Beside that pledge he names the genocide in his own voice in his 2026 iVoterGuide answer — “I believe Israel’s conduct in Gaza amounts to genocide” — which puts him at 4 even on a thin record: two written questionnaires, with no Block the Bombs pledge. Counter-cases: 4/5 if “Absolutely yes” is read as ending military aid to Israel outright; 3/4 if the thinness of the record is weighted more heavily.
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