US EditionAnother View: Time for the Politically Conservative to Clean House
Internal Heritage Foundation conflicts expose divisions over Israel and antisemitism within the MAGA coalition, with several resignations after the October 7 Hamas attack, sources say.
- Recently, Kevin Roberts, president of the Heritage Foundation, apologised at a crisis staff meeting after a leaked video showed him defending Tucker Carlson and admitting limited knowledge of Nick Fuentes.
- On a recent podcast, Tucker Carlson interviewed Nick Fuentes, who has praised Hitler and claimed 'organized Jewry' wields outsized influence, prompting debate at the Heritage Foundation about critics of US-Israel policy.
- At the meeting, several staffers split sharply as Amy Swearer and Rachel Greszler condemned Roberts, while Sen. Ted Cruz warned antisemitism is growing, especially among younger conservatives.
- Several volunteers and staff resigned after the fallout, including Ryan Neuhaus from the Heritage Foundation's National Task Force to Combat Antisemitism, exposing coalition pressures Vice President J.D. Vance must manage.
- Past episodes, like John Birch Society influence, show that conservatives face a recurring challenge as radical fringes hijack the movement, forcing the mainstream conservative movement to respond as William F. Buckley Jr. once did.
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Another View: Time for the politically conservative to clean house
Conservatives – true conservatives, as in the Ronald Reagan brand – have a problem. The movement has been invaded by the political “alt-right” (or alternative right), a brand that is not conservative, but rather slogs through the mud of antisemitism and racism, staining all who support or refuse to denounce it. This attempt to hijack conservatism by a radical fringe is not new. In the 1960s, Robert Welch and his John Birch Society infiltrated th…
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Heritage and the Right
The editors discuss the troubles at Heritage, the conservative think tank whose president recently touched off a controversy by releasing a video statement in support of Tucker Carlson. The controversy pits generation against generation and faction against faction within the conservative movement. Rusty Reno and Dan Hitchens join Julia Yost. The conversation is embedded below. For your long-term convenience, follow us on SoundCloud or subscribe …
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