Heritage, key Trump White House ally, overthrows leader
WASHINGTON — The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think-tank , has ousted its leader after a power struggle.
The Washington non-profit’s board of trustees unanimously asked for and received the resignation of Jim DeMint at a meeting Tuesday. The board chairman said in a pull-no-punches statement afterward that “significant and worsening management issues” led to the ouster.
“Heritage has never been about one individual, but rather the power of conservative ideas,” chairman Thomas Saunders III wrote in a statement. “Heritage is bigger than any one person.”
DeMint, a former South Carolina senator, said in a statement that he found the stated reason for his dismissal “puzzling,” though he did not offer up another motive. At least six other Heritage staffers departed along with DeMint.