RNC Cancels Breitbart Fundraiser

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Updated Apr. 24, 2017 6:11PM EDT / Published Aug. 02, 2010 2:05AM EDT

Sometimes good sense prevails at Michael Steele’s Republican National Committee: The group has canceled a fundraiser it scheduled with Andrew Breitbart later this month. Breitbart seems to be an official persona non grata after it was revealed that the supposedly racist video he released of Department of Agriculture employee Shirley Sherrod was selectively edited. “We are working on scheduling and we fully plan to have another event scheduled soon based on our existing trips to California,” an RNC spokesman tells CNN.

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RNC Cancels Breitbart Fundraiser