12 years ago today, on Feb 29, 2012, my friends and colleagues showed up for work at @BreitbartNews in West LA. We had no idea it would be the last day any of us would see our friend, Andrew, alive. @benshapiro was there. (I think he and I argued about which was a better musical, Fiddler on the Roof and The King and I... I was Team Fiddler.) @joelpollak was there, writing something smart and insightful. @AlexMarlow was there, laughing and working harder than all of us. @meredithdake was there, helping all of us with the brand new back-end we were all learning as the "Big Sites" were being converted to the brand new, @BreitbartNews. I think @NolteNC was there, visiting from NC and keeping us all focused on the task at hand: Fighting the left. And, of course, @AndrewBreitbart was there, inspiring us, challenging us, and making us all laugh. Little did we know, it was the last day Andrew would be there. I literally think about him every day, but today in particular. Leap day. The last day he was physically with us. We owe him so much. Keep laughing, Happy Warrior.
@LarryOConnor @BreitbartNews @benshapiro Ben Shapiro arguing about musicals surprises no one…
@LarryOConnor @BreitbartNews @benshapiro #WalkIntoTheFire 🔥 God bless Andrew 🇺🇸🙏💗
@LarryOConnor @RichardGrenell @BreitbartNews @benshapiro Yes, right after Andrew promised to expose the takeover of Universities by Communists and Obama early years. Andrew’s death was unsettling and a start to the fall of our Republic.
@LarryOConnor @jlakely @BreitbartNews @benshapiro Wow, by coincidence I happened to be wearing this sweatshirt as I read this tweet. (Sorry no makeup 🤷🏻♀️) sigh, wish he were here.
@LarryOConnor @BreitbartNews @benshapiro I was on the phone with Andrew three days before taking about something to help my then boss Cong. Tim Huelskamp who was on a certain crusade.
@LarryOConnor @BreitbartNews @benshapiro Met Andrew at the fall 2009 CAGOP convention at Indian Wells. It was the first time I ran against Pelosi. We spoke for about 20 minutes. He was an idea-a-minute guy. The same in person as he was on screen. Glad I had the chance to tell him that I loved the way he fought.
@LarryOConnor @BreitbartNews @benshapiro A deeply tragic loss, the consequences of which are unfathomable.
@LarryOConnor @GMFWashington @BreitbartNews @benshapiro I joined twitter around the time Andrew died @garysteveneaton kindly helped me navigate the platform I learned about Breitbart News and how you folks were bringing a focused war on media & political elites to win our country back (and still are) #FoodForThought and great music
@LarryOConnor @BreitbartNews @benshapiro What an extraordinary place to work that must've been! And there are some of us who never had the pleasure of meeting him who miss him and think of him often as well.
@LarryOConnor @RealPj18 @BreitbartNews @benshapiro Amen. I once heard Andrew speak in Orlando about the growing necessity for citizen journalism. He was incredible. That was the first time I had ever really thought about regular citizens using the power of communication to call out injustice.