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Following the interview, it was almost inevitable that media outlets and political groups responded fiercely. Headlines screamed about the Republican Party facing an "anti-Semitism crisis," and some factions of the GOP found themselves embroiled in controversy. The Conservative Heritage Foundation, for instance, experienced internal turmoil as staff debated whether to distance themselves from Tucker Carlson, whose platform gave Fuentes visibility.
The weekend's Republican Jewish Conference also pivoted from its planned focus on the Gaza ceasefire to discussing the supposed "creeping anti-Semitism" within the American right, linking it directly to Fuentes’ appearance and his ideological peers.