The leader of the influential conservative think tank is facing calls to resign and several staff members have left in protest.

Cruz made the remarks at the Federalist Society’s National Lawyers Convention in Washington, D.C., saying other Republicans quietly agree with him that Carlson should be rebuked for his podcast interview with the Holocaust denier but are scared to ruffle the feathers of such an influential voice in right-wing media.

"It’s easy right now to denounce Fuentes," he said to the audience at a conservative event. "Are you willing to say Tucker’s name?"

Ben Shapiro said his beef with fellow conservative podcaster Tucker Carlson only escalated after the former Fox News host went easy on white nationalist Nick Fuentes during their "Tucker Carlson Show" sit-down last month.

WASHINGTON — One of the largest conservative think tanks in Washington, DC, has been roiled by their president’s embrace of Tucker Carlson after the conservative podcaster hosted white nationalist Nick Fuentes on his show, prompting an outcry from senior staff.

Megyn Kelly is joined by Ben Shapiro at "Megyn Kelly Live" to talk about the full backstory to Ben's takedown of Tucker this week, the relevance of the Nick Fuentes interview, the actual texts between the two after Charlie's assassination,

Nick Fuentes, the well-known White nationalist and Holocaust denier, has ignited a civil war within the Republican Party — and inside one of Washington’s most prominent conservative think tanks.

After Mr. Fuentes’s interview with Tucker Carlson, Republicans are considering just how far his views are from the nationalism embraced by President Trump’s followers.