Overview
- On Oct. 30, Heritage president Kevin Roberts posted a video saying Tucker Carlson "remains and always will be a close friend" of the foundation after Carlson’s widely viewed interview with Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes.
- CNN reported staff in "open revolt," and a leaked Nov. 5 all-hands meeting captured Roberts apologizing — "I made a mistake" — while making clear he would not resign.
- Donor backlash intensified: a major benefactor told CNN they will halt giving if Roberts remains, the Zionist Organization of America withdrew from Heritage’s antisemitism initiative unless he retracts and apologizes, and ZOA’s Morton Klein told Newsmax donors have already frozen support and claimed losses in the millions.
- Mark Goldfeder resigned from Heritage’s National Task Force to Combat Antisemitism, and in internal remarks reported by The Wall Street Journal, senior fellow Amy Swearer criticized Roberts’ judgment as a "stunning" failure.
- Coverage underscores a wider divide on the right, with some portraying the dispute as an anti–cancel culture stand tied to MAGA power struggles and others, including David French and religious leaders, calling it a moral reckoning over antisemitism.