Grievance over governance: Heritage Foundation’s identity crisis

The Heritage Foundation is in the midst of a general and internal reckoning but it has nothing to do with their association with Project Multiple members of its National Task Force to Combat Antisemitism have resigned in protest after president Kevin Roberts defended Tucker Carlson following Carlson s interview with white nationalist Nick Fuentes The dispute highlights tensions between Heritage s historical agenda focus and its current embrace of partisan spectacle Roberts addressed the debate in internal and constituents remarks saying I made a mistake and I let you down and I let down this institution Period Full stop He added My use of the phrase venomous coalition was a terrible choice of words especially for our Jewish colleagues and friends There has been speculation that Heritage is distancing itself from TuckerCarlson over the past hours I want to put that to rest right now here are my thoughts pic twitter com F bcxBIqKI Kevin Roberts KevinRobertsTX October Resigning task-force member Mark Goldfeder criticized the leadership writing Elevating him and then attacking those who object as somehow un American or disloyal is a moral collapse disguised as courage His thoughts were echoed by several other now former Heritage Foundation staffers The Combat Antisemitism Movement also suspended Heritage s membership in the task force noting in a formal letter Your speech implicitly suggested the Holocaust is an immutable historical event It is worthy of examination not debate For a think tank that once defined conservative program rigor the current turmoil underscores a stark choice return to substantive agenda work or fully embrace culture-war theatrics Heritage s decisions in the coming months may reshape not just the organization itself but the broader landscape of conservative intellectual leadership Read more about this topic The upcoming day belongs to MAGA Trump echoes Broadway s bulk famous Nazi in chilling hype video One major part of Project is falling apart Our movement In resurfaced speech Trump endorses Heritage Foundation s Project The post Grievance over governance Heritage Foundation s identity emergency appeared first on Salon com