Democrats are watching with glee and Republicans are aghast as the Heritage Foundation implodes over its leadership’s relationship with commentator Tucker Carlson and his softball interview with Nick Fuentes, an antisemitic white nationalist. Heritage board members and scholars have resigned in outrage. Principle matters more than a good job. Scholars such as Chris DeMuth, Stephen Moore, and more than half the members of Heritage’s Task Force on Antisemitism, who severed ties with the foundation over the scandal, simply refused to accept any antisemitism. Legal fellow Amy Swearer put her job on the line when she criticized Heritage President Kevin Roberts in an internal meeting. It’s always easy to virtue signal, but true honor comes at a personal cost. DeMuth, Moore, and Swearer have demonstrated honor.

The question for Democrats and progressives who lionize the United Nations and view traditional Heritage conservatism with disdain is whether, in an analogous situation, they would act with such personal honor.