Overview
- Heritage president Kevin Roberts apologized to staff and supporters, saying, “I made a mistake and I let you down,” and called his “venomous coalition” phrasing a terrible choice of words.
- Roberts later denounced Nick Fuentes’ Jew-hatred and Holocaust denial but continued to describe Tucker Carlson as a close friend, fueling internal backlash.
- Departures mounted across the institution, with more than a dozen senior fellows and supporters reported to have quit and Project Esther figures such as David Bernstein and Rabbi Yaacov Menken resigning.
- The Combat Antisemitism Movement suspended Heritage’s membership, and groups including the Coalition for Jewish Values and Young Jewish Conservatives cut ties with Project Esther.
- Wall Street Journal editor at large Gerard Baker cast the dispute as a wider moral crisis for the right, while Zionist Organization of America chief Morton Klein urged Heritage’s trustees to remove Roberts.