2026年6月5日 美国东部时间下午2:08 / 福克斯新闻
肯特敦促南卡罗来纳州选民在周二初选中支持马克·林奇，以阻止“无休止的对外战争”
作者：亚历克斯·尼茨伯格 福克斯新闻
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前国家反恐中心主任乔·肯特背书南卡罗来纳州共和党联邦参议院初选候选人马克·林奇，称现任共和党参议员林赛·格雷厄姆是“好战分子、新保守主义者”。
肯特在周四发布到社交媒体的一段视频讲话中部分表示，希望“停止向海外输送数十亿美元”、“阻止我们卷入中东无休止的对外战争”的南卡罗来纳州民众，“有机会为我们所有人提供极大帮助，在6月9日本周二投票将林赛·格雷厄姆赶下台”。
“投票给马克·林奇，”肯特敦促道，称林奇是“美国优先候选人”，并断言林奇“目前是将好战分子、新保守主义者林赛·格雷厄姆赶下台的最佳人选”。
格雷厄姆竞选团队的新闻秘书艾比·齐尔希在给福克斯新闻数字频道的一份声明中表示：“马克·林奇正在吹嘘自己得到了特朗普总统称之为‘人渣’、‘泄密者’和‘失败者’的人的背书。”
前反恐负责人警告存在“重大问题”，可能迫使美国“按照伊朗的条件重返战争”
2025年12月11日，华盛顿特区，乔·肯特在众议院国土安全委员会听证会上担任国家反恐中心主任。（丹尼尔·奥尔/彭博社 via 盖蒂图片社）
“这在意料之中，因为林奇希望国会里有‘更多马西们’，”齐尔希写道，“格雷厄姆参议员很自豪能获得特朗普总统、麦克马斯特州长、蒂姆·斯科特参议员、国会议员拉塞尔·弗莱、国会议员乔·威尔逊、国会议员威廉·蒂蒙斯、全国生命权组织、南卡罗来纳州生命权公民组织、茶党快车以及苏珊·B·安东尼亲生命美国分会的全部和绝对支持。”
在福克斯新闻数字频道获得的一份声明中，林奇表示：“乔·肯特是一位可敬的人，他一生都在为这个国家服务。他还失去了妻子香农·肯特——他两个年幼孩子的母亲。她是美国海军高级首席士官，2019年在叙利亚的一次恐怖袭击中牺牲。”
“乔·肯特是一位爱国者，能得到他的背书我深感荣幸，同时也感谢众多伟大的美国爱国者的支持，包括美国边境巡逻队埃尔森特罗分局前首席巡逻特工格雷戈里·博维诺、迈克尔·弗林中将、全国步枪权利协会、南卡罗来纳州平等保护组织、前计划生育负责人兼亲生命倡导者艾比·约翰逊、全国复兴共和党人、南卡罗来纳州州众议员托马斯·比奇、乔·怀特、杰伊·基尔马特、迈克·伯恩斯和瑞安·麦凯布，”林奇补充道。
去年已背书格雷厄姆连任的特朗普，今年早些时候在其Truth Social帖子中抨击了林奇。
“林赛·格雷厄姆参议员干得非常出色。他的对手是个疯子，名叫马克·林奇，此人支持可能是美国历史上最糟糕的国会议员、来自肯塔基州伟大联邦的托马斯·马西。我不必详细说明，但不用说，马克·林奇对共和党来说将是一场灾难，而林赛·格雷厄姆就是能把工作做好的人。全程投票给林赛。让美国再次伟大！”特朗普在4月的Truth Social帖子中如是说。
林奇此前曾表示支持肯塔基州联邦众议员托马斯·马西（R-Ky.），后者上月在肯塔基州的共和党初选中落败。
“我们需要更多的MTGs、盖茨们和马西们。毫无疑问，”林奇在3月的X平台帖子中写道，此处指前联邦众议员玛乔丽·泰勒·格林、前联邦众议员马特·盖茨和马西。
马西自2012年底以来一直在美国众议院任职，上月在肯塔基州第4国会选区的共和党国会初选中输给了特朗普背书的挑战者、前海军海豹突击队队员埃德·加利雷恩。
在周四Truth Social的一篇帖子中，特朗普表示：“6月9日本周二，所有南卡罗来纳州的共和党人都应该投票给林赛·格雷厄姆——他得到了我的全部和绝对支持，不会让你们失望！”
四名共和党参议员再次与民主党人联手阻挠特朗普的《拯救美国法案》
2025年6月25日，南卡罗来纳州列克星敦市妈妈兔子小吃酒馆，共和党联邦参议院候选人马克·林奇在“自由周五”活动上发表讲话。（特雷西·格兰茨/《州报》/论坛报新闻服务 via 盖蒂图片社）
肯特于今年3月辞去政府职务，理由是反对对伊朗开战。
“我无法良心安地支持正在进行的对伊战争。伊朗对我国没有迫在眉睫的威胁，很明显，我们发动这场战争是因为以色列及其强大的美国游说集团施加的压力，”肯特在其辞职信中写道。
特朗普在4月的Truth Social帖子中部分表示，肯特“确实是个人渣，有人甚至会说，除此之外还是个泄密者！”总统补充说，他“不确定这是否属实”，并称肯特是“失败者”。
林赛·格雷厄姆警告共和党人：卡西迪败选后，民主党试图“摧毁”特朗普是一场必败的游戏
2025年8月13日，华盛顿特区，参议员林赛·格雷厄姆（R-S.C.）在肯尼迪中心的一场活动中，当唐纳德·特朗普总统发表讲话时做出反应。（安德鲁·哈恩/盖蒂图片社）
格雷厄姆自2003年起就在美国参议院任职。
亚历克斯·尼茨伯格是福克斯新闻数字频道的撰稿人。
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Ex-counterterrorism official Joe Kent endorses GOP Senate primary challenger as Trump backs Lindsey Graham
June 5, 2026 2:08pm EDT / Fox News
Kent urged South Carolina voters to back Mark Lynch in Tuesday’s primary to stop ‘endless foreign wars’
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Former National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent endorsed South Carolina Republican U.S. Senate primary candidate Mark Lynch, calling incumbent GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham a “war hawk, neocon.”
South Carolinians who would like to “stop sending billions of dollars overseas” and “stop us from getting entangled in endless foreign wars in the Middle East,” have the opportunity “to do all of us a great service and vote to get Lindsey Graham out of office this Tuesday, June 9th,” Kent declared in part of a video message posted to social media on Thursday.
“Vote for Mark Lynch,” Kent urged, calling Lynch “the America First candidate” and asserting that Lynch “is the best postured right now to get the war hawk, neocon, Lindsey Graham out of office.”
Graham campaign press secretary Abby Zilch said in a statement to Fox News Digital, “Mark Lynch is touting an endorsement from a man that President Trump called a ‘SLEAZEBAG,’ ‘LEAKER,’ and a ‘LOSER.’”
EX-COUNTERTERRORISM CHIEF WARNS OF ‘MAJOR PROBLEM’ THAT COULD FORCE US ‘BACK INTO THE WAR ON IRAN’S TERMS’
Joseph Kent, director of the National Counterterrorism Center, during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 11, 2025.(Daniel Heuer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“This is to be expected since Lynch wants ‘more Massies’ in Congress,” Zilch wrote. “Senator Graham is proud to have the complete and total endorsements of President Trump, Governor McMaster, Senator Tim Scott, Congressman Russell Fry, Congressman Joe Wilson, Congressman William Timmons, National Right to Life, SC Citizens for Life, Tea Party Express, and Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America.”
In a statement obtained by Fox News Digital, Lynch said, “Joe Kent is an honorable man who has dedicated his life to serving this country. He also lost his wife, Shannon Kent, the mother of his two young children. She was a Senior Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy and was killed in Syria in a 2019 terrorist attack.
“Joe Kent is a patriot, and I am honored to have his endorsement, along with the support of many great American patriots, including Gregory Bovino, former Chief Patrol Agent of the U.S. Border Patrol’s El Centro Sector; Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn; the National Association for Gun Rights; Equal Protection South Carolina; Abby Johnson, former Planned Parenthood director and pro-life advocate; Republicans for National Renewal; South Carolina State Reps. Thomas Beach, Joe White, Jay Kilmartin, Mike Burns, & Ryan McCabe,” Lynch added.
Trump, who endorsed Graham for re-election last year, blasted Lynch in a Truth Social post earlier this year.
“Senator Lindsey Graham is doing a fantastic job. He is running against a LUNATIC named Mark Lynch, who supports perhaps the Worst Congressman in the History of our Country, Thomas Massie, of the Great Commonwealth of Kentucky. I don’t have to go into great detail, but needless to say, Mark Lynch would be a DISASTER for the Republican Party, and Lindsey Graham just, GETS THE JOB DONE. VOTE FOR LINDSEY ALL THE WAY. MAGA!” Trump declared in the April Truth Social post.
Lynch has previously expressed support for Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., who lost his GOP primary in Kentucky last month.
“We need more MTGs and Gaetzes and Massies. Zero question about it,” Lynch wrote in a March post on X, referring to former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, former Rep. Matt Gaetz and Massie.
Massie, who has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since late 2012, lost the Republican congressional primary in Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District last month to Trump-endorsed challenger Ed Gallrein, a former Navy SEAL.
In part of a Thursday Truth Social post, Trump declared, “This Tuesday, June 9th, all Republicans in South Carolina should vote for Lindsey Graham — HE HAS MY COMPLETE AND TOTAL ENDORSEMENT, AND WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN!”
FOUR SENATE REPUBLICANS AGAIN UNITE WITH DEMS TO BLOCK TRUMP’S SAVE AMERICA ACT
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mark Lynch speaks at a Freedom Friday event in at Momma Rabbit’s Nibbles and Sips in Lexington, S.C., on June 25, 2025.(Tracy Glantz/The State/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
Kent quit his government post back in March, citing 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 his resignation letter.
Trump said in part of an April Truth Social post that Kent “was really a SLEAZEBAG, and some would say, on top of it all, A LEAKER!” The president added he didn’t “know whether or not that was true” and called Kent “a LOSER.”
LINDSEY GRAHAM WARNS REPUBLICANS, DEMOCRATS TRYING TO ‘DESTROY’ TRUMP IS A LOSING GAME AFTER CASSIDY DEFEAT
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., reacts as President Donald Trump speaks during an event at the Kennedy Center on Aug. 13, 2025, in Washington, D.C.(Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
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Graham has served in the U.S. Senate since 2003.
Alex Nitzberg is a writer for Fox News Digital.
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