By Hudson Crozier | The Daily Signal
Elite “Beltway Republicans” are responsible for the decline of America, Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts declared Monday at the National Conservatism Conference in the nation’s capital.
The influential conservative leader directed his remarks at the gathering against the foreign policy and political compromises of some GOP politicians.
“The Washington Republicans … have, for a generation, failed this republic” by not prioritizing American interests and by conceding issues to the Left, Roberts told a crowd of several hundred at the Capital Hilton hotel. “Their messages, their policies, their leadership have hurt this nation.”
Roberts said the point of Monday’s conference was to pressure such leaders to fall in line with a newer conservative movement amid President Joe Biden’s failures, one based on “the principle of the nation-state” and strong traditional values.