Jim DeMint has resigned as president of the Heritage Foundation, the conservative think tank announced Tuesday.
“The Heritage Foundation’s Board of Trustees, by a unanimous vote, has asked for and received the resignation of Jim DeMint as president and CEO of the organization,” it said in a statement. “The board elected Heritage Founder Ed Feulner as president and CEO while we conduct a thorough search for his successor.”
The statement, from Thomas A. Saunders III, the chairman of Heritage’s Board of Trustees, cited “significant and worsening management issues.”
“After a comprehensive and independent review of the entire Heritage organization, the board determined there were significant and worsening management issues that led to a breakdown of internal communications and cooperation,” Saunders said. “While the organization has seen many successes, Jim DeMint and a handful of his closest advisers failed to resolve these problems.”
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“Feulner led Heritage for more than three decades and returns to our organization after serving on President Trump’s transition team,” he added. “There is no one better to guide the ship while we seek our new leader and continue to push for conservative ideas and policies in Washington and around the nation.”
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Heritage Foundation announces resignation of Jim DeMint over "significant and worsening management issues" https://t.co/kVEIJok5rp pic.twitter.com/zHqG8MTaty
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) May 2, 2017
I am honored to be joined by 47 congressional colleagues on this letter to a conservative hero, Senator @JimDeMint. pic.twitter.com/CwpYDr3TnS
— Mike Lee (@MikeLeeforUtah) May 2, 2017
Brutal
pic.twitter.com/1Xl0CN2mtu— Matt Mackowiak (@MattMackowiak) May 2, 2017
One of the behind-the-scenes fights that played a role in DeMint's ouster: https://t.co/DOuPmMtKav pic.twitter.com/vjtSCWu8Cj
— John McCormack (@McCormackJohn) May 5, 2017
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