Joe Kent (born 1980) is an American far-right political candidate and former special operations operative of the U.S. Army and the Central Intelligence Agency. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] After defeating incumbent Jaime Herrera Beutler in the primary, Kent was the Republican nominee in the 2022 election for Washington's 3rd congressional district , losing in ...

1 day ago · President Donald Trump on Monday nominated Joe Kent, a former Army Special Forces soldier and two-time Republican candidate for a congressional seat in southwest Washington, to be director of the National Counterterrorism Center. “As a soldier, Green Beret, and CIA officer, Joe has hunted down terrorists and criminals his entire adult life,” Trump wrote …

1 day ago · President Donald Trump has nominated Joe Kent to lead the National Counterterrorism Center. The announcement comes three months after Kent lost a bid for a U.S. House seat for a second time to ...

2 days ago · Joe Kent’s links to extremism surfaced previously Kent is also a 2020 election denier. In one 2022 X post , he said, “The 2020 election was rigged & stolen.”

1 day ago · President Donald Trump on Monday nominated Joe Kent, a former Army Special Forces soldier and two-time Republican candidate for a congressional seat in southwest Washington, to be director of the ...

2 days ago · Former Washington congressional candidate Joe Kent is President Donald Trump’s choice for director of the National Counterterrorism Center, the president announced Monday.

2 days ago · "Washington knows that Joe Kent was the wrong choice for Congress and he's a destructive choice to lead the National Counterterrorism Center," Washington State Democratic Party Chair Shasti Conrad ...

2 days ago · In a debate in the KOIN 6 studio back in October 2024, Kent affirmed his support for a number of Trump policies, including building a wall to stop the flow of illegal immigrants into the U.S.

Nov 5, 2024 · Joe Kent is a retired 20-year-veteran of our nation’s Special Forces and a widower raising his two young sons in Yacolt, Washington State. His first wife, who also served, was killed while fighting ISIS in Syria.

1 day ago · “Joe will be by my side,” Trump said about Kent on a call with supporters. Kent’s views on Israel, Gaza war Kent’s views on Israel mirror the mainstream Republican stance since the Oct. 7 ...