The Patriot Post® · RSC vs. Heritage Foundation

There is growing conflict between the most conservative caucus in the House, the Republican Study Committee, and Heritage Foundation, as first reported six weeks ago. Former Senator Jim DeMint, a Tea Party favorite, became President of Heritage Foundation earlier this year after Ed Feulner’s retirement. Heritage used its website and that of its political action arm, Heritage Action, to promote Ted Cruz’s Senate delay on the House CR, which opened the door for the Democrats to force a partial government shutdown and hang Republican conservatives with the blame. Conservative grassroots leaders have registered concerns that Heritage is taking positions which fuel the self-defeating Republican infighting rather than support a unified front against Democrats. Perhaps Heritage Foundation is a temporary place marker for DeMint, on his way to a presidential bid, which we would fully support. However, fomenting the infighting will undermine Heritage’s standing as the finest conservative think tank in the nation.