作者：亚历克斯·尼茨伯格 | 福克斯新闻
发布时间：2026年3月18日 美国东部时间下午1:27
肯塔基州共和党参议员米奇·麦康奈尔在社交平台X上发文称，乔·肯特的辞职信存在”恶毒反犹主义”问题。
肯特周二发布了辞职信，宣布辞去国家反恐中心主任一职。
麦康奈尔在X平台的帖子中表示：”一年前，乔·肯特在参议院作证时称，伊朗及其恐怖代理组织威胁美国在中东的军人。他说能重返反恐战场是种荣誉，并承诺以正直和问责的态度领导工作。”
“他辞职信中流露的恶毒反犹主义表明，肯特先生无法信守这些承诺。那些将其毫无根据的煽动性阴谋论误认为勇敢的真相揭露的人，不过是在自欺欺人。孤立主义者和反犹分子在两党中都没有容身之地，当然也不配在政府中担任值得信赖的职务。”参议员补充道。
肯特在辞职信中解释，他离职是因为反对对伊朗开战。
“我良心上无法支持正在进行的对伊朗战争。伊朗并未对我国构成迫在眉睫的威胁，很明显，我们发动这场战争是迫于以色列及其强大的美国游说团体的压力。”肯特在致总统唐纳德·特朗普的信中写道。
“在本届政府初期，以色列高级官员和美国媒体有影响力的成员发起了一场虚假信息运动，完全破坏了你的’美国优先’政策平台，并散布亲战情绪以煽动对伊朗的战争。这个回音室被用来欺骗你，让你相信伊朗对美国构成迫在眉睫的威胁，以及如果你现在采取行动，会有一条迅速取胜的明确道路。这是个谎言，也是以色列人用来把我们拖入灾难性伊拉克战争的相同策略，那场战争让我们国家失去了数千名优秀儿女的生命。我们不能再犯这个错误。”他警告道。
“作为一名曾11次部署参战的老兵，以及一名因以色列制造的战争而失去挚爱的妻子香农的金星丈夫，我不能支持将下一代送去战斗并牺牲在这场既无益于美国人民也不能证明美国生命代价合理的战争中。”肯特在辞职信中声明。
自1985年初进入美国参议院以来一直任职的麦康奈尔，今年不会寻求连任。
亚历克斯·尼茨伯格是福克斯新闻数字频道的撰稿人。
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6391096756112
Mitch McConnell says Joe Kent’s resignation letter had ‘virulent anti-Semitism’ | Fox News
By Alex Nitzberg | Fox News
Published March 18, 2026 1:27pm EDT
Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky asserted in a post on X that Joe Kent’s resignation letter was tainted by ‘virulent anti-Semitism.’
Kent posted the resignation letter on Tuesday, announcing that he was stepping down from the role of National Counterterrorism Center director.
‘Joe Kent testified before the Senate one year ago that Iran and its terror proxies threatened U.S. servicemembers in the Middle East. He said it would be an honor to return to the fight against terrorism, and he pledged to lead with integrity and accountability,’ McConnell declared in the post on X.
‘The virulent anti-Semitism of his resignation letter makes it clear that Mr. Kent is incapable of upholding these pledges, and those who mistake its baseless and incendiary conspiracies for brave truth-telling are only fooling themselves. Isolationists and anti-Semites have no place in either party, and certainly do not deserve places of trust in our government,’ the senator added.
Kent explained in the resignation letter that he was leaving the job due to his opposition to the Iran war.
‘I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby,’ Kent wrote in the message directed toward President Donald Trump.
‘Early in this administration, high-ranking Israeli officials and influential members of the American media deployed a misinformation campaign that wholly undermined your America First platform and sowed pro-war sentiments to encourage a war with Iran. This echo chamber was used to deceive you into believing that Iran posed an imminent threat to the United States, and that should you strike now, there was a clear path to a swift victory. This was a lie and is the same tactic the Israelis used to draw us into the disastrous Iraq war that cost our nation the lives of thousands of our best men and women. We cannot make this mistake again,’ he warned.
‘As a veteran who deployed to combat 11 times and as a Gold Star husband who lost my beloved wife Shannon in a war manufactured by Israel, I cannot support sending the next generation off to fight and die in a war that serves no benefit to the American people nor justifies the cost of American lives,’ Kent declared in his resignation letter.
McConnell, who has served in the U.S. Senate since early 1985, is not seeking another term this year.
Alex Nitzberg is a writer for Fox News Digital.
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