Campus police ejected Breitbart instigator and senior editor Joel Pollak from a Beto O'Rourke event at Benedict College. Here's what Pollak himself wrote about the incident:
A few minutes later, before the event began, a campus police officer approached this reporter and motioned for me to accompany him to the back of the room, adding that I should bring any property I had with me. In the hallway outside, he informed me that I was to leave.
A different member of the O’Rourke campaign staff, who said his name was “Steven” and would not give a last name, said that I was being ejected because I had been “disruptive” at past events.
Forgive me for not linking to that rag. You can use the googles to find it if you want to verify the quote.
Pollak works for Breitbart. Breitbart is not a news organization. You can read about why I say that here, where the editor admits OUT LOUD that he intentionally publishes fake information. You can read about why that is so outrageous, as if you didn't already know, here. Breitbart is so full of lies, it is banned from Wikipedia as a source, along with Infowars. From Vice:
Wikipedia editors voted to ban Breitbart as a source of fact in it articles. The consensus, reached late last month, agreed that the outlet “should not be used, ever, as a reference for facts, due to its unreliability.”
It is a propaganda outlet. It promotes white supremacy and white nationalism. It spews racist hate. And one of its leading ministers of propaganda showed up to "cover" an event at an Historically Black College, wherein most people in the audience were young Black students. Pollak is a white guy from South Africa who loves Apartheid. He's a fierce defender of child rapist, Roy Moore. Pollack is still running around calling the truth a hoax surrounding Trump knob-sucking the Charlottesville Nazis with his "very fine people" comment. In fact, he did this to O'Rourke pretty recently.
O'Rourke did the right thing. Black students have enough to navigate. They have enough trauma. They are entitled to hear from a candidate without being subjected to questioning from an outlet that spews racist, misogynistic, xenophobic, dangerous, insidious hate that would no doubt come out of this @sshole's mouth. His very presence at the event was toxic. (Of course, all the NYT journalists are upset. On POLLAK'S behalf.)
Twitter has feelings.
And then, there is this firsthand account, citing the fact that NO reporters were allowed at the event. They had access before and after. But hey.
Anyone calling Breitbart a "news organization", or Pollak a "reporter" is officially cancelled. And if Pollak wants to whine about freedom of the press and safe spaces, I'm sure Bret Stephens will make room for him at the lunch table.
