Mitch McConnell Slams The Heritage Foundation: 'Conservatives Should Feel No Obligation to Carry Water for Antisemites' [View all]
Source: Mediaite
Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) slammed The Heritage Foundation over its defense of Tucker Carlson on X Friday, writing that “conservatives should feel no obligation to carry water for antisemites.”
On Thursday, the president of The Heritage Foundation, Kevin Roberts, posted a highly disputed video in which he defended Carlson’s recent interview with white nationalist Nick Fuentes — despite calls for the organization to distance itself from the former Fox News host.
“We will always defend truth, we will always defend America, and we will always defend our friends against the slander of bad actors who serve someone else’s agenda. That includes Tucker Carlson,” said Roberts. “I disagree with, and even abhor, things that Nick Fuentes says, but canceling him is not the answer either.”
“The ‘intellectual backbone of the conservative movement’ is only as strong as the values it defends,” wrote McConnell. “Last I checked, ‘conservatives should feel no obligation’ to carry water for antisemites and apologists for America-hating autocrats.”
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