US Edition2 additional Heritage Foundation board members leave amid Carlson-Fuentes fallout
Two trustees resigned over Heritage Foundation’s refusal to condemn antisemitism and defense of a controversial interview with extremist Nick Fuentes, raising concerns about its leadership.
- On Oct. 27, 2025, the Carlson–Fuentes interview produced a rare public divide inside the MAGA movement, and Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts defended Carlson, sparking staff and board resignations.
- Tucker Carlson, former Fox News host, framed the segment as `trying to understand` Nick Fuentes, political streamer/right-wing podcaster, which critics say softened pushback on Fuentes' claims about Jewish people and gave him a national platform.
- Daniel Flesch, senior policy analyst at the Heritage Foundation, led the Project Esther report and received the Young Maccabee Award Monday, urging conservatives to oppose antisemitism.
- The Carlson–Fuentes exchange has become a public test of engagement strategies as communication scholars highlight the platform-versus-censor debate and urge pairing curiosity with accountability.
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Amid Carlson controversy, Heritage staffer sounds alarm on right-wing antisemitism
Amid the fallout from the Heritage Foundation’s embrace of Tucker Carlson after his controversial interview with neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes, Daniel Flesch — a senior policy analyst at the conservative think tank — has emerged as a critical voice raising the alarm on right-wing antisemitism from within the institution. On Monday, at a Hanukkah party steps from the White House, Flesch, who is Jewish, received the Young Maccabee Award from Young Jewish …
2 Heritage Trustees Resign Over Tucker Carlson Scandal
Two members of The Heritage Foundation’s board have resigned amid growing controversy over the think tank’s handling of antisemitism and its president’s defense of a Tucker Carlson interview with Nick Fuentes.
Pair of Heritage Foundation board members resign over Carlson fallout
Two more Heritage Foundation board members resigned on Tuesday in the wake of the fallout from Heritage President Kevin Roberts’s defense of Tucker Carlson. Carlson’s October interview with Nick Fuentes stirred controversy in conservative circles, and the organization revolted when Roberts condemned the “venomous coalition” attacking Carlson. Trustees Shane McCullar and Abby Spencer Moffat become the second and third board members to leave the f…
Shaping the conversation means offering context to extreme ideas, not just a platform
Tucker Carlson triggered outrage in some quarters of the conservative movement by interviewing white supremacist Nick Fuentes. J. Scott Applewhite/APThe Oct. 27, 2025, interview between former Fox News host Tucker Carlson and political streamer Nick Fuentes created a rare public divide inside the MAGA movement. Critics say Carlson gave Fuentes a national platform to advance his antisemitic and white nationalist views. Some conservatives, includi…
2 additional Heritage Foundation board members leave amid Carlson-Fuentes fallout
Two more Heritage Foundation board of trustees members resigned Tuesday in the wake of the conservative think tank’s president defending an interview between conservative pundit Tucker Carlson and white nationalist Nick Fuentes. “No institution that hesitates to condemn antisemitism and hatred — or that gives a platform to those who spread them — can credibly…
Two Heritage Foundation board members resign amid fallout over Tucker Carlson
Earlier this year, Tucker Carlson held an interview with Nick Fuentes, a prominent independent podcast known for his criticisms of Israel and Jewish community's influence on American foreign policy.
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