CPAC 2011 video: Andrew Breitbart talks about the Pigford case, part one

For decades, black farmers were cheated out of loans by the US Department of Agriculture. Which led Timothy Pigford, an African American farmer, to sue. The case evolved into the Pigford class action suit. In November, President Obama signed a $4.6 billion settlement which also included Native American farmers.

On Friday, Big Government's Andrew Breitbart was sued by former Agriculture Department employee Shirley Sherrod over an edited video that appeared to show her practicing reverse-discrimination, which led to Sherrod's dismissal. But in a press Big Government press release, it's noted , "The lawsuit served today does not name as co-Defendants President Barack Obama, the USDA and USDA head Tom Vilsack, even though it is they who fired the Pigford claimant, and who, according to the Pigford claimant herself, denied her due process."

As for the settlement, Rep. Steve King (R-IA), says it is "full of fraud."

Breitbart visited the CPAC bloggers' lounge on Saturday, the day after he was served with the Sherrod lawsuit. He tells us that there were only 18,000 black farmers when the Pigford case began, but there were 94,000 claimants. Anyone who considered farming, even for a brief moment, were encouraged to file a claim. It appears to be simply back-door reparations for those slick enough to work the system.

Here is part one of the video from Saturday. Look for part two tomorrow.



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