Conservative U.S. think tank Heritage Foundation fires leader

[babylonsister]

Tue May 2, 2017 | 5:20pm EDT
Conservative U.S. think tank Heritage Foundation fires leader

By Ginger Gibson | WASHINGTON


The Heritage Foundation, a leading conservative think tank that has gained influence in Republican-controlled Washington, fired its leader Jim DeMint on Tuesday, and sources close to the situation said the organization's leadership determined he had veered too far from its conservative principals and too close to U.S. President Donald Trump's White House.

A scathing statement from Thomas A. Saunders III, chairman of The Heritage Foundation’s Board of Trustees, did not go into specifics of any disagreement but did cite problems with internal communications and other "management issues."

"After a comprehensive and independent review of the entire Heritage organization, the Board determined there were significant and worsening management issues that led to a breakdown of internal communications and cooperation," Saunders said in a statement.

"While the organization has seen many successes, Jim DeMint and a handful of his closest advisers failed to resolve these problems."

Two political operatives who work with the organization said DeMint's opponents argued that he had grown too close to Trump and too far from the conservative principles on which the organization was founded.

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[Turbineguy]

1. It's one thing to have

"conservative principles", quite another to be a buffoon.

[edhopper]

2. Demint

is a whore.

[MountCleaners]

3. Everything Trump does is from...

the Heritage Foundation playbook. What's going to happen now that they want to distance themselves from
Trump, whatever that means?

Divide and conquer, people!

[sarah FAILIN]

4. They're making room for Bannon

My crystal ball said so.

[dalton99a]

5. Good possibility.

[babylonsister]

6. I don't think so. They're doing something most rethugs won't do, denounce dt. nt