Neither US presidential candidate has earned ANCA`s endorsement -  ANCA

ArmInfo. Neither US presidential candidate has earned the ANCA's endorsement, reads a  statement by ANCA. 

Both tickets bear responsibility for arming Azerbaijan, enabling  genocide, and abandoning Artsakh. Neither has in any way renounced or  reversed these reckless, irresponsible, and genocide-aligned  policies.

We remain engaged with both parties and welcome their WORDS of  support for Armenian American policy priorities - recognizing that  campaign statements do help set a rough benchmark for the framing of  our issues in Washington, DC moving forward but - given our own  experience - clearly do not represent any sort of contractual  commitment for actual policy once in office.

We must remember, however, that these statements - made by the  Americans seeking to lead our nation - are, in fact, the result of  our work - the standing and respect we have earned through relentless  grassroots fieldwork in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Georgia,  North Carolina, Nevada, Arizona and other swing states.

Politicians are seeking to earn our votes, which is how our democracy  is supposed to work.

While we are encouraged by the competition for our support, the  bottom line remains that words are not enough. Neither major party  candidate has delivered the concrete results that they are capable of  delivering BEFORE election day. For we are long past the day when we  will place our faith in all too often hollow campaign pledges about  what candidates will do AFTER they are elected.

There are actions that can be taken today:

REPUBLICANS: For examples, President Trump can publicly call on  Speaker Johnson to pass H.R.7288 - enforcing the Section 907  restriction on U.S. aid to Azerbaijan. JD Vance, as a sitting U.S.  Senator, can cosponsor S.Res.540 - scrutinizing Azerbaijan's use of  U.S. aid to commit anti-Armenian war crimes.

DEMOCRATS: Vice President Harris can announce the Administration's  official enforcement of Section 907, the application of Magnitsky  sanctions against Azerbaijan, and a refusal to participate in COP29  until all Armenian hostages are released.

All this being said, we are profoundly proud and encouraged by our  community's robust participation in this year's election cycle and  gratified to see the candidates competing for our votes - seeking to  earn our trust. That is a tribute to our fellow Americans of Armenian  heritage - who have emerged as a pivotal electoral constituency -  able to act strategically - leveraging our collective resources - to  center Artsakh's survival and Armenia's security in the national  political arena.

If you're frustrated about how your favored candidate is being  perceived by Armenian American voters, do your best to bring your  candidate around - to have them hold Baku accountable, deter renewed  Azerbaijani aggression, secure the release of Armenian hostages, and  pave a pathway for the return of Armenians to Artsakh.

Acting without fear or favor the ANCA will not lower our community's  standards to embrace or endorse any candidate, but will, rather,  bring increased vigor and devotion to the noble cause of raising the  candidates to our fair standard.