Heritage Foundation

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Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks during a discussion on "The Border Crisis and the New Politics of Immigration" at the Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C., Thursday, August 21, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Jim DeMint, president of the Heritage Foundation (Associated Press) **FILE**

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Zach Dasher, part of the "Duck Dynasty" clan and now a U.S. House hopeful, counts Matt Drudge, Sen. Ted Cruz and the Heritage Foundation among those he follows on a new campaign presence on Twitter.

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Heritage Foundation President Jim DeMint waves while addressing the Conservative Political Action Conference annual meeting in National Harbor, Md., Saturday, March 8, 2014. Saturday marks the third and final day of the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, which brings together prospective presidential candidates, conservative opinion leaders and tea party activists from coast to coast. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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Former Republican South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint, president of the Heritage Foundation, speaks at the Heritage Action for America 2014 Conservative Policy Summit in Washington on Feb. 10, 2014. (Associated Press)