Report: Milo Yiannopoulos Resigns From Breitbart

Racist Milo Yiannopoulos has resigned from the white supremacist publication Breitbart in the wake of outrage stemming from an interview in which Yiannopoulos not only sympathized with underage rape and pedophilia but even joked that he learned to give better oral sex after he was molested by โ€œFather Michael.โ€ Suggested Reading The Ever-Growing List of…

Racist Milo Yiannopoulos has resigned from the white supremacist publication Breitbart in the wake of outrage stemming from an interview in which Yiannopoulos not only sympathized with underage rape and pedophilia but even joked that he learned to give better oral sex after he was molested by โ€œFather Michael.โ€

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According to the Washington Post, several employees at Breitbart threatened to quit if Yiannopoulos wasnโ€™t fired, so he officially submitted his resignation, noting that he didnโ€™t want his โ€œpoor choice of words to detract from [his] colleaguesโ€™ important reporting.โ€

https://twitter.com/grynbaum/status/834124012678676485

The funniest part of the whole press release is that he honestly believes that writers at Breitbart do โ€œimportant reporting.โ€ Nevertheless, Yiannopoulos is out. I donโ€™t know what impact this will have on the โ€œalt-rightโ€ publication, but for now, I guess, itโ€™s a victory of sorts.

Read more at the Washington Post.

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