US EditionGOP Senators Rebuke Tucker Carlson Over Interview With White Nationalist Nick Fuentes
Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts defended hosting Nick Fuentes, calling Carlson a close friend and rejecting attempts to cancel him amid GOP divisions over far-right normalization.
- Earlier this week, former Fox News host Tucker Carlson welcomed Nick Fuentes, white nationalist, onto his video podcast and posted the interview online on Monday, prompting conservatives to call for distance.
- Fuentes has long espoused racist and antisemitic views, including Holocaust denial, and Carlson did not meaningfully challenge his extremist assertions during the interview.
- Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts posted a video on X Thursday defending Carlson's Fuentes interview, which drew 15.9 million views and sparked criticism from Heritage staffers including Preston Brashers and Richard Stern.
- The backlash led Roberts to post on Friday condemning Fuentes's views while reaffirming that challenging ideas directly is best, deepening splits as conservatives criticized Roberts and Carlson.
- Observers warn the episode risks normalizing extremist views within parts of the conservative movement and the Republican Party, while advocates and antisemitism experts urge Heritage Foundation to clearly draw a line.
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One of the largest conservative think tanks in Washington, DC, has been roiled by their president's embrace of Tucker Carlson after the conservative podcaster hosted white nationalist Nick Fuentes on his show, prompting an outcry from senior staff.
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