Andrew Breitbart: 'Of course' Donald Trump is not conservative

The late conservative media publisher and activist Andrew Breitbart is on record dismissing Donald Trump's conservative credentials, as the media platform he founded takes fire for cheer leading the Trump campaign. less The late conservative media publisher and activist Andrew Breitbart is on record dismissing Donald Trump's conservative credentials, as the media platform he founded takes fire for cheer leading the Trump ... more Photo: Reed Saxon, STF Photo: Reed Saxon, STF Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Andrew Breitbart: 'Of course' Donald Trump is not conservative 1 / 1 Back to Gallery

Controversy recently roiled the right-wing news website Breitbart amid a wave of resignations by staffers who complained about fervent editorial cheerleading for GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump.

Now the presidential campaign of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is circulating a video of the website's late founder, conservative icon Andrew Breitbart, dismissing Trump's conservative credentials.

In the 10-second clip, a Fox News anchor asks, "Andrew, is Donald Trump a conservative?"

"Of course he's not a conservative," Breitbart replies.

WATCH: What Andrew Breitbart had to say about Donald J. Trump... Posted by Ted Cruz on Friday, March 18, 2016

The unearthed comment resonates amid a scandal at the website Breitbart founded. Six staff members, including the spokesman and the editor-at-large, resigned in the last week, calling the publication a mouthpiece for the Trump campaign.

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Former editor Ben Shapiro, in a scathing op-ed published by BuzzFeed in conjunction with his departure, said the company had become "Trump's personal Pravda," a reference to the Moscow-based newspaper formerly known as the mouthpiece of the Soviet Union's Communist Party.

Former spokesman Kurt Bardella, speaking with CNN, also called the website "very supportive of the Trump campaign," noting that "there's a desire to want to believe the Trump campaign."

Those comments came after Breitbart took fire for apparently siding with the Trump campaign against a Breitbart reporter, who alleged with video evidence that she was manhandled by campaign personnel. She also resigned.

Andrew Breitbart founded the website in 2007 and died in 2012. He was a popular conservative commentator and author, who was involved in the early days of the Drudge Report and contributed to the founding of the Huffington Post.

The website's positive coverage of the Trump campaign, highlighted by the staff exodus, prompted allegations that it had strayed from its roots.