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mimitabby

(1,924 posts) Thu Mar 27, 2025, 05:01 PM Thursday

Former WA candidate Joe Kent involved in Signal chat scandal

Source: Seattle times

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Former two-time Washington congressional candidate Joe Kent was among the handful of people included in a Trump administration Signal group chat discussing sensitive information about U.S. plans for a military strike in Yemen.

The Signal texts exploded into a scandal this week after Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, revealed he’d been accidentally added to the chat, which included specific details about the plans for attacks on Houthi militia.

The revelations have led Democrats to call for the resignations of prominent chat participants, including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and National Security Adviser Mike Waltz

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This guy isn’t even part of the administration!!

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Former WA candidate Joe Kent involved in Signal chat scandal (Original Post) mimitabby Thursday OP

He was wrapped up with chuds, proud boys and other Nazis Klarkashton Thursday #1

Joe Kent's in SW WA, not Eastern WA. maxsolomon Thursday #2

What a clusterfuck UpInArms Thursday #3

He has been nominated for a position in the administration but not yet confirmed. Wiz Imp Thursday #4

All I said mimitabby Friday #5

I just saw this news elsewhere and found your thread on the DU True Dough Saturday #6

Do any of them have security clearances? travelingthrulife Saturday #7

Perhaps not True Dough Saturday #8

Klarkashton

(3,218 posts)

1. He was wrapped up with chuds, proud boys and other Nazis

Reply to mimitabby (Original post)

Thu Mar 27, 2025, 05:11 PM

Thursday

In eastern Washington State. He couldn't win an election even in that part of the state, a loser.

maxsolomon

(36,144 posts)

2. Joe Kent's in SW WA, not Eastern WA.

Reply to Klarkashton (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 27, 2025, 05:33 PM

Thursday

Adjacent to Portland Oregon.

That's where Patriot Prayer is HQd.

UpInArms

(52,415 posts)

3. What a clusterfuck

Reply to mimitabby (Original post)

Thu Mar 27, 2025, 05:39 PM

Thursday

Wiz Imp

(4,488 posts)

4. He has been nominated for a position in the administration but not yet confirmed.

Reply to mimitabby (Original post)

Thu Mar 27, 2025, 08:02 PM

Thursday

He should not have been included in the chat, but he wasn't just some random guy with no connection.

He was nominated by Trump in February to lead the National Counterterrorism Center, but the U.S. Senate has not yet held a confirmation hearing or vote on his nomination.

mimitabby

(1,924 posts)

5. All I said

Reply to Wiz Imp (Reply #4)

Fri Mar 28, 2025, 02:49 PM

Friday

Was that he wasn’t part of the administration

True Dough

(22,452 posts)

6. I just saw this news elsewhere and found your thread on the DU

Reply to mimitabby (Original post)

Sat Mar 29, 2025, 07:32 AM

Saturday

My intuition is that this was another sloppy mistake. Joe Kent, although he has connections to the current administration, seems a little too random to be involved in what should have been a highly-classified group chat. Does Kent even have a security clearance? The stories I read did not say.

travelingthrulife

(1,911 posts)

7. Do any of them have security clearances?

Reply to True Dough (Reply #6)

Sat Mar 29, 2025, 08:49 AM

Saturday

True Dough

(22,452 posts)

8. Perhaps not

Reply to travelingthrulife (Reply #7)

Sat Mar 29, 2025, 08:50 AM

Saturday

What a world we live in! Pretty much anything goes in America today.

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