Phoenix68
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Gabbard’s Pick To Run Counterterrorism Center Aided Start Of
Right-Wing Paramilitary Group
April 9, 2025
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"When Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, went looking for someone to head the National Counterterrorism Center, she landed on Joe Kent, a former Green Beret, past CIA officer, and twice-failed MAGA congressional candidate in Washington state, who, as the Associated Press reported, “stands out for the breadth of his ties to a deep-seated extremist fringe.” During his first campaign in 2022, Kent consulted with white nationalist Nick Fuentes on social-media strategy. He also had a member of the Proud Boys on his campaign staff, and he embraced as a supporter and ally Joey Gibson, the leader of Patriot Prayer, a Christian nationalist group.![330px-JoeKent[1].webp 330px-JoeKent[1].webp](https://www.houseofpolitics.com/data/attachments/20/20089-02e6de245dbccea02ec8abd59b503529.jpg?hash=nMUfTpuod2)
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Gabbard’s Pick To Run Counterterrorism Center Aided Start Of
Right-Wing Paramilitary Group
April 9, 2025
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But his associations with far-right extremists began prior to his attempt to win a congressional seat. In 2020, Kent helped boost the organizing message of a new right-wing paramilitary outfit that called itself the 1st Amendment Praetorian."