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DeMint Loyalists Purged in Heritage Foundation ‘Bloodletting’
The right-wing think tank is in throes of a hostile takeover that has claimed its leader—and no one is sure who’ll take the helm or what will happen next.
LACHLAN MARKAY
ASAWIN SUEBSAENG
05.02.17 5:40 PM ET
A group of staffers loyal to ousted Heritage Foundation president Jim DeMint stepped down from the organization in the wake of DeMint’s resignation on Tuesday, capping a vicious “power struggle” that has roiled the flagship conservative think tank.
On Tuesday shortly after 4:30 p.m., Heritage officially announced that DeMint was out—to the dismay of tearful staffers and crestfallen allies of the now deposed Heritage president. At an all-hands meeting after the announcement, the group’s interim leader, former president Ed Fuelner, announced the departure of a number of Heritage’s top staff members, according to two sources in the room.
The staffers who resigned included executive vice president Bret Bernhardt, vice president of communications Wesley Denton, vice president of policy promotion Ed Corrigan, and Cameron Seward, DeMint’s chief of staff.
Less than an hour later, all four were removed from the Heritage website’s staff list. A source familiar with the situation said they tendered their resignations at the request of Heritage leadership.
Chairman Thomas Saunders announced on Tuesday afternoon that the board had unanimously voted to remove DeMint from the helm of the organization. He cited “significant and worsening management issues” under DeMint’s reign, and said it would “conduct a thorough search” for a new president.
“While the organization has seen many successes, Jim DeMint and a handful of his closest advisers failed to resolve [significant] problems,” Saunders continued. “This was a difficult and necessary decision for the Board to take.”
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