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Antisemitism Task Force Severs Ties With the Heritage Foundation
The move comes as the venerable conservative think tank is roiled by turmoil caused by its leader’s defense of a Tucker Carlson interview with a white nationalist.
Antisemitism Task Force Severs Ties With the Heritage Foundation
The move comes as the venerable conservative think tank is roiled by turmoil caused by its leader’s defense of a Tucker Carlson interview with a white nationalist.
“… In an email obtained by The New York Times, four leaders of the National Task Force to Combat Antisemitism wrote on Thursday that it was “important for us to continue the work of the N.T.F.C.A. outside the Heritage Foundation for a season.”
… The task force’s departure underscored a deepening rift on the right between conservatives who have long embraced Israel and supporters of President Trump who oppose U.S. support for the country, seeing it as anathema to his “America First” ideology. The tension is playing out at the Heritage Foundation, which has worked to meld its traditional conservatism with populist elements of Mr. Trump’s agenda.…”
