Pro-Peace Foreign Policy

For decades, our government has waged endless wars abroad with bipartisan support in Washington. That bipartisan support has ensured that the Pentagon's defense spending is the largest budget of any agency, and the majority of our taxpayer dollars line the pockets of corporate defense contractors making record profits, who in turn line the pockets of corrupt politicians who greenlight more bottomless spending for war.

The Department of Defense is on track to have a $1 trillion budget while our communities fail to receive the federal investment we need in housing, healthcare, education, and jobs. While defense contractors make billions every year, veterans have some of the highest rates of homelessness, suicide, and mental health crises. The average U.S. taxpayer spent over $4,000 on weapons and war last year, nearly double what they paid toward Medicaid. We deserve a budget that reflects our values and invests in our communities. 

Angela is running to end the blank checks for war, bombs, and weapons, and to demand that money be reinvested in our communities where it belongs. War is not a foreign policy. As one of the most powerful nations in the world, we should lead with diplomacy at the center of our foreign policy. 

On Gaza:

One of the most horrifying atrocities actively happening right now is the genocide in Gaza that the Israeli military is only able to commit with the financial and political support of the US government. Unlike her opponent, Angela refuses to let AIPAC buy her silence in the face of genocide, apartheid, and famine. She will fight for an immediate arms embargo, ceasefire, and a massive influx of humanitarian aid to end this genocide and deliver on the promise of Palestinian freedom and self-determination. She supports enforcement of the existing Leahy Laws, which bar arms sales to security units that commit human rights violations. She will support the Ceasefire Now Resolution (H.Res. 786) and the Block the Bombs Act in Congress, and will never vote to send weapons to the Israeli military.

No exceptions:

No country committing human rights violations should be receiving U.S. aid — from Saudi Arabia to Israel, there should be no exceptions.