Heritage Foundation board ousts president Jim DeMint

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Source: Washington Post

Heritage Foundation board ousts president Jim DeMint

By Tom Hamburger and Matea Gold May 2 at 7:15 PM

The board of the Heritage Foundation on Tuesday ousted president Jim DeMint after days of turmoil and internal debate, blaming him for management and communication problems that have roiled the venerable conservative think tank.

Thomas A. Saunders III, chairman of the Heritage Foundations Board of Trustees, said in a statement that the 22-member board unanimously requested and received the resignation of DeMint, the firebrand former senator from South Carolina. Heritage founder Ed Feulner will serve in his place until a permanent successor is chosen.

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.

In his own statement, DeMint called the critique puzzling, saying the board had praised his work for the past four years and approved annual performance bonuses for the entire management team.
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[2naSalit]

1. When your own vile ilk...

turn on you, you get what you deserve. Maybe gawd has a job for him.

[Lucky Luciano]

2. Rebekah Mercer at work here it seems - she is on the board and I saw

...the tweet posted here yesterday suggesting maybe Bannon will replace Demented.

[Ligyron]

5. Ah ha, interesting...

[bluedigger]

3. He was probably grifting them too hard.

[jmowreader]

12. Or not hard enough

[mountain grammy]

4. They're all criminals.

[Honeycombe8]

6. I read that the Heritage Foundation had been turned into a Trump mouthpiece.

Forget where I read that.

So I guess DeMint was not a Trumper in the true sense of the word.

[madamesilverspurs]

7. Waterloo, Waterloo . . .

Couldn't happen to a nicer guy!

Heh.



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[shenmue]

8. Buh-bye

[BumRushDaShow]

9. You know I have to

[rurallib]

10. MSNBC will probably hire him

[BumRushDaShow]

11. Look for him to be a regular on CNN and/or MSNBC.

He'll be as insane as Joe Walsh.

[sinkingfeeling]

13. Just heartbreaking.....

[sofa king]

14. Yep. They're sure to replace him with someone smarter.

'Cause you can't find someone dumber.

[SunSeeker]

15. Next up, Jim DeMint on Dancing With The Stars!

[ProfessorGAC]

16. The Heritage Foundation Is Venerable?

I don't think the writer knows what that word means.