WSJ Slams Heritage for Defending Fuentes, Carlson

The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board issued a scathing rebuke Monday against the Heritage Foundation and its president, Kevin Roberts, accusing him of coddling antisemitism and legitimizing extremist voices on the right.

The editorial, titled “The New Right’s New Antisemites,” warns that antisemitic rhetoric is “spreading wider and faster than we thought,” propelled by right-wing influencers like Tucker Carlson and white nationalist provocateur Nick Fuentes — and, more alarmingly, abetted by figures once seen as pillars of the conservative establishment.

The Journal’s board focused its criticism on Roberts’ video last week defending Carlson after the former Fox News host invited Fuentes onto his podcast for what the paper described as a “chummy” conversation.

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