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Yiannopoulos began writing for the far-right media outlet Breitbart in 2014, and soon became the site's tech editor.

"Hiring Milo, even as an unpaid intern, shows that she's really doubling down on her strategy of headlines over everything." Yiannopoulos gained online attention as a Breitbart editor and far-right troll "Marjorie Taylor Greene is also someone who's very good at online trolling, she's perhaps the most online troll member of congress," Ari Drennen, the LGBTQ Program Director for Media Matters, told Insider. But Greene's decision to employ Yiannopoulos is a stunt that fits her strategy to attract media attention and troll her colleagues, one expert told Insider. That Greene, who frequently attacks her opponents and critics as pedophiles, would hire someone who infamously minimized pedophilia may seem like an obvious contradiction. Marjorie Taylor Greene hired him as an unpaid summer intern. But the 37-year-old British commentator re-emerged in headlines this week after announcing that far-right Rep. Milo Yiannopoulos was one of the most prominent voices in far-right media during the mid-2010s, until his comments appearing to defend sex between adults and children as young as 13-years-old led publishers and former backers to cut their ties.

Now he's interning for Marjorie Taylor Greene, who has a history of spreading conspiracy theories.Īn expert said it's "incredibly hypocritical" Greene would hire Yiannopoulos after his past remarks. Milo Yiannopoulos was a far-right influencer, but bans and backlash faded him into obscurity. Milo Yiannopoulos rose to prominence as a far-right voice in the mid-2010s.