Heritage Foundation leader apologizes for backing Tucker Carlson’s interview with white nationalist

<p>Kevin Roberts, whose group pushed Project 2025, had defended ex-Fox News host’s talk with Nick Fuentes</p><p>The leader of the conservative thinktank behind <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/project-2025">Project 2025</a> apologized for supporting a white nationalist amid turmoil on the right over the mainstreaming of extremist ideology, but is resisting calls to resign.</p><p>Kevin Roberts, the president of the Heritage Foundation, previously <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/31/conservative-reaction-tucker-carlson-nick-fuentes-interview">defended</a> the former Fox host <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/tucker-carlson">Tucker Carlson</a> for having Hitler fan Nick Fuentes on his podcast without pushing back on his white supremacist views.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/06/heritage-foundation-tucker-carlson-nick-fuentes">Continue reading...</a>