Board dumps DeMint, replaces him with predecessor
WASHINGTON – The Heritage Foundation, which, under the leadership of former Sen. Jim DeMint, became a strongly conservative think tank that embraced the Trump revolution and anti-establishment Republicanism, just threw it in reverse.
DeMint is out. Former president Ed Fuelner, 75, who earlier retired, is back.
“This is a big setback for real, vibrant, anti-establishment, grass-roots conservatism,” said one Heritage insider. “Big donors – be they foreign or globalist corporate interests – will be back along with establishment Republicanism.”
DeMint’s undoing with board members is said to be Heritage’s siding with House Freedom Caucus firebrands in pushing for repeal of Obamacare over House Speaker Paul Ryan’s incrementalist approach, which many conservatives saw as a sellout.
Nobody at Heritage is talking on the record.
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The "ruling class" as they see themselves is trying desperately to hang on to the Power base. The election of President Trump signaled the beginning of the end for them. The average American is not going to take it any longer.
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