CHICAGO – In 2010, the United Republican Fund and Illinois Review worked together with dozens of other groups to host an array of conservative, Tea Party-type personalities with hopes of energizing the Illinois conservatives. Among those that were featured that night in Hoffman Estates' Sears Centre were Glenn Beck, Andrew Breitbart and Americans for Prosperity's Tim Phillips – at the time, just becoming household names.
Eight years ago today, Andrew Breitbart died after suffering what his family said was a sudden heart attack. It was a devastating blow to conservatives nationwide. But Breitbart's confident persona, his in-your-face style, set up the nation for a similar personality to run for president in 2016 – Donald J. Trump.
Rest in peace, Andrew. We miss you.
Andrew Breitbart was one of a kind. A true patriot and an American original.
Shameful that his tragic death was never investigated.
Breitbart didn’t die of a heart attack they killed him.
I miss my real life friend Andrew & now Rush.