"Amid criticism on Friday, Mr. Roberts scrambled to list Mr. Fuentes's odiousness, but his initial contribution was to join in the Jew-baiting, the board wrote. His video framed the issue not as antisemitism, but as Christian freedom of conscience in the face of a hostile attempt to impose loyalty to Israel on Americans. The WSJ also took issue with Roberts' claims that those who criticized Carlson's interview were attempting to cancel him."
"The editorial board of The Wall Street Journal published a scathing op-ed on Sunday, attacking white nationalist Nick Fuentes and his supporters, warning that an old political poison is growing on the new right. The piece, titled The New Right's New Antisemites, comes in response to Fuentes' highly controversial interview with conservative pundit Tucker Carlson last week. The interview triggered a bi-partisan wave of outrage toward Carlson that led some on the right to leap to his defense."
"Chief among them was Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts, whose video decrying the venomous coalition attacking Carlson was given special attention in The Wall Street Journal's piece. Amid criticism on Friday, Mr. Roberts scrambled to list Mr. Fuentes's odiousness, but his initial contribution was to join in the Jew-baiting, the board wrote. His video framed the issue not as antisemitism, but as Christian freedom of conscience in the face of a hostile attempt to impose loyalty to Israel on Americans."
A controversial interview between Tucker Carlson and white nationalist Nick Fuentes provoked bipartisan outrage and defensive responses from some conservative figures. Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts initially listed Fuentes's odiousness but framed criticism as an assault on Christian conscience and resistance to proposed loyalty to Israel. Critics accused defenders of normalizing antisemitism and invoking 'cancel culture' to shield Carlson. Prominent conservatives warned that treating extremist allies as acceptable would betray conservative principles, risk electoral losses, and endanger the country, noting that early conservative architects rejected accommodating the far right.
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