Heritage Foundation Staff Revolt Over Tucker Carlson and Nick Fuentes
Instead, Roberts published a video on Thursday in support of Carlson and Fuentes, calling the former a “close friend of the Heritage Foundation” and saying “cancelling” Fuentes is not the answer, even though he personally hates what he says. In response, Heritage staff members…including Preston Brashers, Heritage Researcher and Richard Stern, Director of Heritage’s Economic Policy Institute and Federal Budget Center—began criticizing Roberts on social media.
At least a handful of Heritage staffers, including Jason Bedrick, Jay Greene and John Peluso, also retweeted Brashers’ post. Other conservatives, including Sen. Ted Cruz and influencer Béthanie Mandelalso criticized Roberts. The backlash led Roberts to post a follow-up message Friday condemning Fuentes’ views but reiterating his view “that the best way to combat anti-Semitic ideas was to challenge them head on.”
“Our task is to confront and challenge these poisonous ideas at every turn to prevent them from dragging America into a very dark place. Join us – not to cancel – but to guide, challenge and strengthen the conversation, and be confident as I am that our best ideas at the heart of Western civilization will prevail,” Roberts’ message read.
