Archive · 23 Dec 2025
Heritage Foundation faces staff exodus amid antisemitism controversy
The Heritage Foundation, a big right-wing thinktank in the U.S., is having a lot of people quit or get fired.
This started after a TV host named Tucker Carlson interviewed someone called Nick Fuentes, who has views that many people think are antisemitic.
Some people who support the thinktank want it to stop supporting Carlson, but the president of the thinktank, Kevin Roberts, still supports Carlson.
A few important people on the thinktank's board have also quit because they don't agree with how Roberts is handling this situation.
Some people who left the thinktank have joined a new group led by Mike Pence.
It's a big mess, and some people think it's more about politics than just the antisemitism issue.
Over a dozen employees have left or been fired from the Heritage Foundation amid antisemitism allegations.
The controversy began with Tucker Carlson's interview with Nick Fuentes, a self-described Christian nationalist.
Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts has continued to support Carlson, despite accusations of antisemitism.
Several key staff members and board trustees have resigned, citing the foundation's failure to condemn antisemitism.
Some former Heritage staff have joined Advancing American Freedom, a conservative group led by Mike Pence.
- Who
- Employees and board trustees of the Heritage Foundation
- What
- Resignations and firings due to antisemitism controversy
- When
- Recent days, with initial controversy starting in October
- Where
- Heritage Foundation, a U.S. right-wing thinktank
- Why
- Allegations of alignment with antisemitic views and support for Tucker Carlson
- Organization
- Heritage Foundation
- Controversy Trigger
- Tucker Carlson's interview with Nick Fuentes
- Number of Resignations
- Over a dozen
- Key Resignee
- Josh Blackman, law professor
- Board Trustees Resigned
- Three
- New Organization for Ex-Staff
- Advancing American Freedom
- Heritage Foundation President
- Kevin Roberts