Overview
- Tucker Carlson hosted Nick Fuentes on X in a lengthy interview where Fuentes made overtly antisemitic remarks and praised authoritarian figures.
- Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts released a video defending Carlson from efforts to 'cancel' him while saying he abhors Fuentes’ views.
- Prominent Republicans and Jewish leaders condemned Roberts’ stance, with Ted Cruz and Mitch McConnell issuing sharp rebukes and the Republican Jewish Coalition voicing outrage.
- At least one adviser to Heritage’s antisemitism initiative resigned in protest, and reporting describes internal turmoil as Heritage’s anti-antisemitism work faces credibility questions.
- The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board decried a growing 'political poison' on the new right, citing the episode as evidence of a broader drift that challenges longstanding pro-Israel positions.