Jim DeMint Remains Defiant After Heritage Foundation Ouster

Ousted Heritage Foundation President Jim DeMint was defiant Tuesday, saying that his work at the conservative think tank helped shape many of President Donald Trump’s core ideas.

“When I came to Heritage in 2013, I told our staff and millions of members around the country that over the next four years, we had the opportunity to lead a resurgence of conservative policies and communications to win the hearts and minds of the American people,” DeMint, 65, a former South Carolina Republican senator, told Politico in an interview.

“I’m grateful to have worked with some of the greatest minds and talents in America and believe we’ve accomplished together what we set out to do.”

Heritage’s 22-member board voted to remove DeMint Tuesday, capping speculation since last week about his future with the organization.

He later released, through a spokesman, his own assessment of his helm at the foundation, Politico reports. (Read more from “Jim DeMint Remains Defiant After Heritage Foundation Ouster” HERE)

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