Kevin Roberts spoke at Hillsdale College on Monday evening. He made what might have been his fourth attempt to explain the deep meaning of his video statement “declaring undying loyalty to Carlson,” as my daughter Eliana puts it in this morning Washington Free Beacon newsletter.
In his Hillsdale remarks Roberts vowed that the Heritage Foundation will “never, ever, ever” stop fighting anti-Semitism — “except, apparently,” Eliana added, “when it comes to one of the country’s leading purveyors and launderers of it.” In the questions-and-answer period (not available in the video that Heritage has posted online), Hillsdale student and former Free Beacon intern Thomas McKenna asked Roberts what it would take for Carlson to lose the support of the Heritage Foundation. “We don’t forsake friends,” Roberts said. Tucker today, Tucker tomorrow, Tucker forever.
Afterward, in Q&A, I asked Roberts what it would take for Tucker Carlson to lose Heritage’s support.
“We don’t forsake friends,” Roberts said.
He later added: “That doesn’t mean we’re endorsing every word of the content — or even a lot of the content.” https://t.co/cFXg29ijLe
— Thomas McKenna (@ThomasJMcK) November 4, 2025
