Former National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent endorses Mark Lynch, a candidate challenging Sen. Lindsey Graham in the South Carolina GOP U.S. Senate primary.
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Lindsey Graham said Sen. Bill Cassidy’s primary loss shows Republicans who oppose President Donald Trump or his agenda risk political fallout inside today’s GOP. Former National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent endorsed South Carolina Republican U.S. Senate primary candidate Mark Lynch, calling incumbent GOP Sen.
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.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.
"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. ""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 Lynch has previously expressed support for Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky. , who lost his GOP primary in Kentucky last month. 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.
, 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!
"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. 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 histhat 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.
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