I have great concern over the future of their Jewish outreach program! (lol).
If you haven’t heard, last week, rightwing fascist Tucker Carlson had a very friendly interview with antisemite and Nazi Nick Fuentes. Many people attacked Carlson, including some on the right (who are the only ones who count in The Discourse, amirite?). The head of the Heritage Foundation, who must enjoy sticking his dick into food processors in his downtime, then came to the defense of Carlson, leading to further self-inflicted wounds. (The Heritage Foundation is the faith tank that spearheaded Project 2025).
According to the conservative Washington Post (boldface mine):
The furor began after Carlson invited Nick Fuentes, a white nationalist who routinely espouses antisemitic views, onto his popular podcast. [head of the Heritage Foundation] Roberts then posted a video that castigated a “venomous coalition” and “the globalist class” for attacking Carlson, whom Roberts called “a close friend of the Heritage Foundation.” Numerous Heritage staffers and conservative figures said the comments played on antisemitic tropes.
A staff meeting Wednesday — Roberts’ latest attempt to quell a week of resignations and condemnations over his defense of Carlson — was marked with calls for him to resign and squabbling over whether Christian employees would be forced to participate in Jewish rituals.
At least five members of Heritage’s antisemitism task force have now resigned in protest, and distinguished fellow Chris DeMuth left the organization.
Given the conservative movement’s longstanding antisemtism problem, you won’t be surprised to learn that the self-inflicted dick punching didn’t end there:
At the meeting Wednesday, Roberts said Heritage was “wordsmithing and workshopping” language over how to distance itself from Carlson, though Roberts said he would remain a personal friend. He called Fuentes an “evil person” but one who “has an audience of several million people, and at least some of that audience might be open to be converted” to mainstream conservatism. Fuentes did not respond to a request for comment.
Legal fellow Amy Swearer during the meeting called Roberts’s handling of the controversy “a master class in cowardice that ran cover for the most unhinged dregs of the far right” and described a loss of confidence in his leadership. Asked later in the meeting about his use of the term “globalists” — a common dog whistle for a conspiratorial view of world “Jewry” — Roberts said he didn’t mean to imply criticism of anyone of any particular faith.
Some staffers defended Roberts and pushed back against his critics. One wanted to know what would happen to those who agreed with Roberts and Carlson, and another likened employees talking to reporters to “Judas.” Roberts’s speechwriter, Evan Myers, suggested that Heritage’s attempts to address accusations of antisemitism would eventually mean he would be required to attend a Shabbat dinner, which he said would conflict with his faith.
And after a Shabbat dinner, the next thing you know, Mr. Myers will be forced by elderly Jews to follow some protocols.
Snark aside, there has always been a large vein of latent antisemitism in the Republican Party. Now it’s just letting its freak flag fly.
