One major conservative group is experiencing a massive rift in its workforce, and the source of the division is reportedly a polarizing far-right influencer. According to a Monday article in the New York Post, insiders at the Heritage Foundation—a prominent GOP-aligned organization known for the authoritarian Project 2025 playbook—are sharing stories of internal “revolt.”
Many Heritage staffers are alarmed following the group’s president, Kevin Roberts, refusing to disavow right-wing podcaster Tucker Carlson after his friendly interview with white nationalist and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes.
Roberts stated at the time: “We will always defend our friends against the slander of bad actors who serve someone else’s agenda. That includes Tucker Carlson, who remains, and as I have said before, always will be a close friend of the Heritage Foundation. I disagree with and even abhor things that Nick Fuentes said. But canceling him is not the answer either.”
One source told the Post that Roberts’ statement was “the most embarrassed I’ve ever been to be a Heritage employee,” adding, “It’s not close.” Another accused Carlson of “playing footsie with literal Nazis.”
A separate Heritage staffer described Roberts’ refusal to “cancel” Carlson as “safe space wokeism.” According to a fourth source, “If we are labeled on the same side as Nick Fuentes, then we deserve to lose.”
Some interns reportedly share a worrying trend, with one insider noting, “Talking with some of the interns, I think that there are a growing number of them who actually agree [with Fuentes].”
This deepening divide within the Heritage Foundation highlights ongoing tensions about the direction and public associations of influential conservative organizations.
https://www.nationalmemo.com/heritage-foundation-turmoil
