2025
2025-11-25
VOTED CONTRA
Vote contradicts: statement_vs_disclosure
Thanedar built his 2022 campaign image around a pledge to 'never take a dime of corporate PAC money' and condemning the 'corrupting influence of special interests,' yet once in Congress he accepted tens of thousands from corporate PACs and continued claiming in 2025 that he takes no corporate PAC money — even while actively accepting it — calling the discrepancy 'rounding up.'
2024
2024-08-21
VOTED CONTRA
Vote contradicts: reversal
Thanedar co-sponsored a 2021 resolution labeling Israel an 'apartheid' state and calling for an end to all U.S. military aid. After facing AIPAC-funded opposition in 2022, he fully reversed: he traveled to Israel on AIPAC's dime, became one of Congress's most vocal Israel defenders, urged unconditional military aid, and accepted AIPAC's endorsement and $2.3 million in super PAC support in 2024.
2024-08-21
VOTED CONTRA
Vote contradicts: reversal
Thanedar condemned AIPAC's spending as 'despicable' and 'corrupting' when it was used against him in 2022, saying his opponent 'invited corruption' by accepting pro-Israel money. Two years later, he welcomed and benefited from $2.3 million in AIPAC-linked super PAC spending in his own primary.
What this view assembles
- Promises & violations — every documented commitment + each documented break, with primary sources.
- Contradiction pairs — fact-against-fact entries from the contradictions ledger; the "said" appears in its year, the "did" appears in its year.
- Vote-based analyses — for elected officials, every documented case where a vote diverged from a stated commitment.
- Entity events — major dated events recorded against the entity (acquisitions, indictments, appointments, etc.).
This view DOES NOT auto-detect new drift candidates. It surfaces records that are already on file. If you spot an undocumented inversion, the curator workflow (admin) is where to add it.
