Robert P George resigns from the Heritage Foundation

I only vaguely know about this controversy, but I do know Robert George (not personally) as a very principled Catholic intellectual with quite a resume.

So whatever he does, I support. This is a black eye for the Heritage Foundation.

From the Wall Street Journal –

The Heritage Foundation debacle isn’t over. The decision of Kevin Roberts, the conservative think tank’s president, to embrace podcaster Tucker Carlson, criticize those who push back on Mr. Carlson’s Jew-baiting and friendly interview with Hitler fanboy Nick Fuentes, and even accuse critics of serving a “foreign government” continues to damage the institution’s reputation.

Among those unpersuaded by Mr. Roberts’s defense is Princeton University professor Robert P. George. Mr. George announced Monday he is resigning from the Heritage Foundation’s board of trustees. The reason? Mr. Roberts’s insufficient clean-up after his initial video defending Mr. Carlson from a “venomous coalition” of critics who serve “someone else’s agenda.”

Mr. George said he “could not remain without a full retraction of the video released by Kevin Roberts, speaking for and in the name of Heritage, on October 30th. Although Kevin publicly apologized for some of what he said in the video, he could not offer a full retraction of its content.”

Mr. George is unfailingly civil. He demonstrated this in his announcement, in which he professed sadness over his decision and had nothing but kind words for other board members. His credentials as a conservative are impeccable. Mr. George has played an essential role in articulating and advancing a robust social conservatism rooted in the Judeo-Christian tradition and the American founding. He has taught generations of principled conservatives from his position at Princeton, standing athwart the Rawlsian liberalism regnant in the academy.

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Mr. George has sent a clear signal that Mr. Roberts’s conduct has been unacceptable. It’s a shame to see a valuable institution lose its way, but Heritage has.