They Tested Congress for “Loyalty to Palestine.” The Results Shocked Them.

AJP Action, a U.S. pro‑Palestinian lobby group, released a 2024 scorecard grading senators and representatives on their support for Palestinian positions after Oct 7th. The results — dramatically different from their pre‑Oct 7th survey — show a political landscape that shifted sharply once the atrocities and abductions in Israel became impossible to ignore.

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Oy. The disappointment. AJP Action (Americans for Justice in Palestine) set out to measure how U.S. lawmakers aligned with Palestinian interests after Oct 7th. What they found left them stunned.

AJP Action has been surveying elected officials for at least two election cycles. Their earlier scorecard — either from 2020 or 2022 — reflected a political environment in which they could identify 18 representatives worthy of their pro-Palestine “Hall of Fame.” That was before Oct 7th.

Their 2024 survey was designed specifically to measure post‑Oct 7th behaviour. And the results were so different that the organization openly admitted it had to abandon half of Congress entirely.

Republicans: Written Off Before the Test Began

In their introduction, AJP Action explains that the 2024 scorecard includes only Democrats, because their:

preliminary research uncovered little to no discernible support for the Palestinian cause among elected Republicans.

They add that Oct 7th created:        

a political and social paradigm shift.

AJP Action’s summary speaks for itself.

House of Representatives

Only four Democrats earned an A:

• Rashida Tlaib (96%)
• Cori Bush (93%)
• Ilhan Omar
• Delia Ramirez

Five earned a B: Jamaal Bowman, Alexandria Ocasio‑Cortez, Summer Lee, Pramila Jayapal, and Jesús “Chuy” García.

Five received a C.
Four received a D.
And 195 Democrats — 91.5% — received an F.

U.S. Senate

No Democratic senator scored above a D.

Elizabeth Warren, Jeff Merkley, and Bernie Sanders each received a D.
All others — including Independents who caucus with Democrats — received an F.

A 94% failure rate.

What the Scorecard Actually Measures

AJP Action graded lawmakers on their positions regarding what they call the “genocide” in Gaza. Their framing assumes that Israel is committing genocide and that elected officials must oppose Israel to earn a passing grade.

The scorecard is not a neutral assessment. It is a loyalty test.

And most Democrats failed it.

The report ends with a dramatic conclusion:

These results should serve as a wakeup call for lawmakers… They are standing against the will of the people… and in doing so, they are aiding and abetting a genocide.

But perhaps the opposite is true.

Perhaps lawmakers are reflecting the will of the people — people who, after Oct 7th, saw not a genocide in Gaza but a Palestinian movement openly committed to genocide against Jews, inside Israel and abroad.

Yes, the protests are loud. Yes, campus demonstrations dominate headlines. Yes, my own articles attract comments insisting Israel is starving Gaza and committing genocide.

But noise is not the same as majority opinion. And if AJP Action’s own survey tells us anything, it is that elected officials — even those who once aligned with Palestinian activism — are no longer willing to endorse that narrative.

American Palestinians and their supporters may hope that, with time, Democrats will drift back to pre‑Oct 7th positions. This non‑American hopes not.

If the 2024 scorecard reflects anything real, it is that the political center of gravity shifted — and that most lawmakers are not buying the story AJP Action is selling.

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