Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Heritage Foundation Bleeding Trustees Over Support for Tucker Carlson

Here is more from The Washington Post:

Two prominent conservatives quit the board of the Heritage Foundation on Tuesday as the storied right-wing think tank fights over how to handle antisemitism on the right.

Abby Spencer Moffat, the CEO of the Diana Davis Spencer Foundation who joined Heritage’s board in 1992, and Shane McCullar, a former executive at McDonald’s and Rubbermaid who joined the board last year, said the institution was straying from its founding principles and losing its credibility and moral authority.

Their departures follow Princeton professor Robert George, who resigned from the board in November. A Heritage spokesman said it was not clear who would replace them on the board, which is left with 10 members in addition to [Heritage President Kevin] Roberts.

Several researchers also left the think tank since the controversy erupted in late October, and an antisemitism task force that the Heritage Foundation convened ended the relationship after Roberts did not accept its recommendations to address the concerns. Roberts demoted his chief of staff who was largely responsible for drafting his first controversial scripted video. 

 

The New York Times noted that  the Diana Davis Spencer Foundation has given the Heritage Foundation more than $12 million since 2019.