Republicans assaulted in New Orleans

Two blogs, Gateway Pundit and The Hayride, are piecing together reports on the SRLC protest march that led to a confrontation with donors attending a Republican fundraiser and may have ended in the savage assault on Gov. Bobby Jindal’s staff member and another individual.

But there are a few details missing, some of which I can provide.

Here’s The Hayride on reports that the protest split off and went to Brennan’s, where the fundraiser was being held:

…we have some sketchy reports that the protest moved to Brennan’s Restaurant where the fundraiser was. But we have yet to see any kind of documentation of what it looked like at Brennan’s…

I was in New Orleans for the SRLC, and I talked to the protesters, some who gathered near the Hilton Riverside, and some who splintered off and went to Brennan’s.

In addition to what I heard from the protesters themselves, the first piece of evidence is this flier, which one of the protesters handed to me after I spent an hour talking to them:

The flyer reads in part, “If you’d like to visit BRENNAN’s, it is on Royal St., between Conti & St. Louis. (in the French Quarter)”

If you google the “HOTLINE” number listed on the flyer, you’ll find that it’s listed to Joanna Dubinsky.

The handwriting on this flyer is written by another protester, who videotaped the march, including this video, which shows a female protester (possibly Dubinsky) suggesting that the march head to Brennan’s.

This video, a second piece of evidence, is titled “SRLC Protest 9 April 2010 – Call for Further Action.”

A third piece of evidence is a second video by this same Youtube user, which again shows a female protester (again, possibly Dubinsky), this time leading a large crowd in a chant against Gov. Bobby Jindal, calling him “dirty.”

The video is titled “SRLC Protest 9 April 2010 – Heckling Bobby.”

Hayride also identifies that the protest website is connected to the Iron Rail Book Collective, located at 511 Marigny Street. This is also the address on the flier posted above, handwritten by one of the Collective’s operators, who also shot these videos. “Francis N Blake” is one of his pseudonyms.

So who assaulted Gov. Bobby Jindal’s campaign staff? It might help to begin by asking these self-described “radical socialists.”