Overview
- New York Post reporting cited by KVOR says trustee Robert P. George is pressing fellow board members to consider removing Roberts, though Heritage says the board backs him and a staff town hall is planned.
- Internal consequences intensified as Roberts’ chief of staff Ryan Neuhaus was reassigned and then resigned, antisemitism task‑force figures Mark Goldfeder and David Bernstein departed, and donors were reported to be reconsidering support.
- The Wall Street Journal editorial board, Sen. Ted Cruz, Sen. Mitch McConnell and Ben Shapiro criticized Carlson’s Fuentes interview and Roberts’ defense, while the Zionist Organization of America called for Roberts to resign.
- Carlson’s reach remained robust, with the Fuentes interview drawing about 17 million views on X and more than 5 million on YouTube, and his podcast ranking No. 2 on Spotify.
- Debate over platforming versus deplatforming grew sharper on X after Elon Musk reinstated Fuentes, who now has over a million followers, as Roberts later apologized to his “Jewish friends” and reiterated opposition to antisemitism.