The fallout from Princeton professor Robert P. George’s resignation from the Heritage Foundation’s board of trustees intensified this week, as a Wall Street Journal editorial Tuesday sharply criticized the think tank’s leadership and warned that Heritage is drifting from its long-standing conservative principles.
George’s departure — alongside growing unrest among donors, policy fellows, and allied organizations — has become a flash point that underscores deeper ideological and cultural rifts within the influential institution.
George, a widely respected conservative scholar and moral philosopher, announced Monday that he could no longer serve on Heritage’s board following what he described as an insufficient corrective response to President Kevin Roberts’ recent comments defending podcaster Tucker Carlson.
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