Dori: Joe Kent on Biden impeachment, Seattle Times bias
Oct 12, 2022, 3:52 PM | Updated: Oct 7, 2024, 9:54 am
Republican Joe Kent campaigning in the 3rd Congressional District (Getty Images)
(Getty Images)
With less than a month before November鈥檚 local and national mid-term elections, the race in Washington state鈥檚 southwest corner is getting a lot of attention in Seattle and across the country.
Questioning whether President Joe Biden should face impeachment for his handling of what many consider a botched withdrawal in Afghanistan, and whether Dr. Anthony Fauci lied to Americans about COVID, candidate amps up the heat in this race while his opponents call him an extremist.
Now, as the Dori Monson Show pointed out on Wednesday, larger media organizations are criticizing photo opportunities at one of his town halls.
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Kent鈥檚 pro-Trump support is considered the reason he was able to oust Republican incumbent Jaime Herrera Beutler in the primary. Now he鈥檚 facing who calls Kent 鈥渆xtreme.鈥� Meanwhile, he considers political newcomer Perez a Democratic rubber stamp.
Does Kent regret entering the race?
The former Army Ranger, Special Forces veteran, and Gold Star husband whose wife was killed in 2019 while serving in Syria, compares the campaign to 鈥渏umping out of airplanes: once you commit, it鈥檚 too late.鈥�
Kent told Dori鈥檚 listeners, 鈥渋t鈥檚 all up to me to fly right and make sure my parachute is working.鈥�
Kent said he plans to land on his feet despite CNN and Seattle Times coverage questioning his position on immigration, and the photo taken of him at a town hall with a self-described Neo-Nazi.
It鈥檚 not uncommon to have town hall attendees ask for pictures, Kent explained. He called attacks on both him and Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake involving separate photo ops 鈥渁 hit piece.鈥�
鈥淥f all my endorsements, having The Seattle Times come after me – that鈥檚 definitely up there,鈥� Kent continued.
What about reports that you would call for a ban on legal immigration if you were a member of Congress?
鈥淣o,鈥� Kent replied, adding that he is 鈥渟trongly鈥� opposed to illegal immigration and also opposes economic immigration for the 鈥渟ole reason鈥� of working in the U.S. Kent told listeners he believes the country should be 鈥減rioritizing American workers.鈥�
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