Jim DeMint Is Said to Be Out at Heritage Foundation -
By JEREMY W. PETERS and MAGGIE HABERMANAPRIL 28, 2017
WASHINGTON — The Heritage Foundation, a powerful conservative think tank
that played a significant role in shaping President Trump’s cabinet and tilting it far to the right, is expected to replace its leader, the former South Carolina senator and Tea Party leader Jim DeMint.
According to one person familiar with the reasons behind his ouster, Mr. DeMint was blamed for not positioning Heritage to make a more effective
and convincing case for a full repeal of the Affordable Care Act.
By the time Mr. Trump became president, Heritage Action had emerged as one of the leading conservative pressure groups in Washington.
But to some Heritage board members, this shift toward activism represented a disturbing drift from the organization’s core mission as a research institution, according to two senior aides to Republican lawmakers close to Heritage
and a longtime conservative public relations strategist.
