Andrew Breitbart Crashes Netroots

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- Conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart made an appearance at Netroots Nation on Friday, showing up at the progressive activism conference and inciting a minor media frenzy.

A crowd of reporters gathered around Breitbart to ask him about now-former Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.), who resigned on Thursday after Breitbart drew attention to his online dalliances, and other issues. Shouting could be heard from the meeting rooms, with attendees rolling their eyes over the fact that Breitbart was taking attention away from progressive issues.

Breitbart did not appear to answer many questions.

"Have you ever slept with a prostitute?" a man yelled as he followed him down the hall. "Be careful how you answer. Have you? Just asking."

Breitbart is in Minneapolis to attend RightOnline, a conservative conference being held as an alternative to Netroots Nation. He will be speaking at the conference at the Hilton hotel on Friday evening, but came by Netroots briefly in the afternoon.

He was denied press credentials, and organizers did not allow him into the main hall without a pass.

A few minutes later, Breitbart left the conference.

Slate's Dave Weigel caught the interaction on video:

Online conservative outlet Pajamas Media also caught Breitbart on camera:

Comments

[Ryan Clayton]

06:19 PM on 06/28/2011

FYI, the rather upset gentleman from 100ProofPolitics.com in this confrontation at Netroots (http://tinyurl.com/breitbartcocaine) just responded to BigGovernment.com’s demand for an apology:

“My Apologies to @AndrewBreitbart” on @opednews http://bit.ly/l7V6yG

[OnAndOnSOH]

06:15 AM on 06/19/2011

lolbreitbart

[Fina Biscotti]

03:08 AM on 06/19/2011

Andrew Breitbart was refused press credentials - and refused a pass - at the Netroots Convention?

My, my - aren't the liberals fearful?

FEAR of PALIN
FEAR of GLENN BECK
FEAR of BREITBART

[OnAndOnSOH]

06:17 AM on 06/19/2011

Yes, that's it, we're afraid ;)

[bredlaum]

08:15 PM on 06/19/2011

So true Fina Biscotti .. F & F

[Quinxy von Besiex]

01:24 AM on 06/19/2011

I can't get past Breitbart's deceptive editing and release of the video that nearly destroyed Shirley Sherrod 's career.

[bredlaum]

08:18 PM on 06/19/2011

Sherrod destroyed her own career and her Obama bosses fired her for fear of the light shone on Pigford. Pigford is fraught with fraud and abuse, a lot of which falls into Sherrod's lap.
If she had not had something to hide, she would not have been asked to step down.
Research Steve King and his investigation into Pigford.

[nicothebaker]

11:29 PM on 06/19/2011

Sherrod and husband profited.

[maxfax]

12:39 AM on 06/20/2011

Another Fox news bulletin.

[nomad27]

01:06 AM on 06/19/2011

If you don't like Breitbart then blame Weiner. Weiner is the one who let Breitbart hit the story out of the park and gain national attention. Remember how Matt Drudge was born? These guys make it big off of lying politicians.

[luvtheusofa]

09:39 AM on 06/19/2011

Shirley Sherrod wasn't a lying politician and Breitbart went after her. He took someone who was telling a great life lesson and "scuzzed" it out. I don't have to blame Weiner....Breitbart is a cancer.

[maxfax]

10:51 PM on 06/18/2011

This fella has a perverted sense of his own importance; he plainly isn't.

[bredlaum]

09:02 PM on 06/19/2011

He plainly IS important .. someone has to expose the Institutionalized Left .. I imagine they'll keep him in business for a long time.

[maxfax]

11:42 PM on 06/19/2011

Expose? First he would have to tell the truth and all the facts which will never happen. Actually he would be better suited to be a producer of Jersey Shore or The Real World where they manipulate and edit reality for shock and awe, like he does now.

[bluehand]

11:52 AM on 06/20/2011

He is a liar who lucked up on a true story.

[Ifeomamn]

10:46 PM on 06/18/2011

Why was Breitbart there?

Oh yeah, right, to stick his fork in the eyes of the progressives. Weiner was forced to resign.

Right or wrong, the TBGOPers circle their wagons and protect their own. Progressives spent 3 days attacking Pres Obama.

The anger and the total fume coming out of Lt Choi at Netroots and on The Last Word With Lawrence O'Donnell was very painful to watch.

Having passion is great. Misplacing anger is not helpful for one's cause.

[Fina Biscotti]

03:43 AM on 06/19/2011

Netroots had Van Jones as a guest speaker last year. So what does that tell you about their organization?

Van Jones, an avowed Radical COMMUNIST - and former member of The Obama Administration as the CZAR of GREEN JOBS - who had to resign - when it was exposed that Van Jones as the founder of COLOR of CHANGE, another one of his organizations with a race-obsessed agenda - was being run right out of the White House.

The Obama Administration announced the resignation of Van Jones - on a Saturday/Sunday morning at 2:30 am - over The Labor Day weekend - so that there would be very little media coverage - if any - of what had occurred.

[SavageLeto]

05:43 AM on 06/20/2011

You and you toy poodle are two of the most unhinged, uninformed, ideologically sycophantic, factories of thought cancer I have seen all week.....and the week only started.

Listen... Please Truly try... for once in your obviously fear riddled, ignorant lives- to educate yourself honestly... Failing that... I am going to have to respectfully request that you both shut your polluting mouths for the good of the species.

Please - Do you have idea how painful it is to watch someone flailing around like this...

[BlackJAC]

10:21 PM on 06/18/2011

Was he waving his collection of male genitalia photos around?

[ProfessorMacphisto]

10:16 PM on 06/18/2011

Breitbart the bagger. You reap what you sow.

[smilingasa]

09:37 PM on 06/18/2011

BScum got ran out of town - LOL! Love it!

[Fina Biscotti]

03:54 AM on 06/19/2011

Breitbart was in town for another convention = RightOnLine - as an alternative to NETROOTS, stupid.

[smilingasa]

09:39 AM on 06/19/2011

So Breitbart got lost? What is your point? Didn't you see them show him the door?

[ChinaC]

09:21 PM on 06/18/2011

Progressives claim inclusiveness until a conservative shows up. When that happens progressives bar them from events slamming the door in their face.

[gennarogama]

07:12 PM on 06/18/2011

well, has he?

[sydneymoon]

06:39 PM on 06/18/2011

Breitbart is so....needy.

[youknowwhat]

06:16 PM on 06/18/2011

WTH are you talking about?

[mrpotatohead]

07:19 PM on 06/18/2011

I'm so glad you're here. It's really good to hear from you.

Thanks, libostruction.

[PrometheanSalvation]

05:39 PM on 06/18/2011

Refusing him entrance is giving him more credit that he deserves as well as not living up to the ideals professed by the left. Breitbart is only successful because he has been acquiesced to, rather than fought. Truth will out; the more coverage he gets, the faster he will be shown as a huckster and we can be done with him

[Baracous]

08:55 PM on 06/18/2011

He didn't pay for a ticket.

[lee4713]

09:20 PM on 06/18/2011

Yep - those were the rules. They were always checking.

[BuckCarson]

09:58 PM on 06/18/2011

Truth will out - indeed.

There's a great saying in AA you ought to understand: "Things will always turn out OK, as long as you don't define OK"