Cruz, McConnell At Odds With Heritage Foundation's Tucker Carlson Defense
Some of the GOPs most powerful leaders firmly denounced Tucker Carlson and the Heritage Foundation after the right-wing think tank behind Project 2025 gave a full-throated endorsement of the ousted Fox News host platforming white supremacist Nick Fuentes.
Both Sens. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), the former majority leader, and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) spoke out shortly after Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts affirmed that his right-wing think tank was not distancing itself from Carlson, who did little to challenge Fuentes when he bemoaned organized Jewry in America and praised Joseph Stalin during his interview.
McConnell took direct aim at Roberts comments, using his own words against him in a post on X.
The intellectual backbone of the conservative movement is only as strong as the values it defends, McConnell wrote Friday. Last I checked, conservatives should feel no obligation to carry water for antisemites and apologists for America-hating autocrats.
Hours after Roberts released his video, Cruz condemned Carlsons interview while speaking at the Republican Jewish Coalitions annual legislative conference.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ted-cruz-mitch-mcconnell-tucker-carlson_n_6904fc0be4b0060501ac20ee?origin=home-whats-happening-unit
The Heritage Foundation needs to be shot down. And shut down.