Joe Kent Resigns, Iranian Threats, and a Victory for Parents’ Rights
The Bulletin
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🗓️ 20 March 2026
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| 0:48.8 | I'm Clarissa Mall. Today, Russell Moore, Mike Cosper, and I join with guests to talk about public opinions on the war in Iran, the uptick in homeland security risk and violence overseas, and a new Supreme Court ruling that changes how California schools communicate with parents about their children's transgender revelations. Welcome to the show. |
| 1:14.0 | Good morning, listeners. Welcome to our Friday roundtable. On Tuesday, Joe Kent, a top |
| 1:19.3 | U.S. counterterrorism official, resigned, saying that he could not, quote, in good conscience, |
| 1:25.2 | support the ongoing war in Iran. |
| 1:33.5 | Mr. Kent continued, 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. |
| 1:37.9 | President Trump had this to say in response. |
| 1:40.3 | Well, I read his tape, and I always thought he was a nice guy, but I always thought he was weak on security, very weak on security. |
| 1:48.5 | I didn't know him well, but I thought he seemed like a pretty nice guy. |
| 1:52.8 | Rather than throw his former boss under the bus, Kent instead took aim at Israel in his announcement, |
| 1:59.3 | and it's a tactic we wanted to discuss more today |
| 2:01.8 | as we think about shifting public opinion toward the war in Iran. Political commentator Charlie Sykes |
| 2:07.3 | joins Russell, Mike, and me for the conversation. Charlie, thanks for being here. It's good to be |
| 2:12.4 | here. Thank you. Charlie, for our listeners who might be unfamiliar with Joe Kent, who is he, |
| 2:17.4 | and what precipitated his announcement? It's important not to unfamiliar with Joe Kent, who is he and what precipitated |
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