He blamed his own “sloppy phrasing” and “deceptive editing” for any suggestions that he supported pedophilia. “There are selectively edited videos doing the rounds, as part of a co-ordinated effort to discredit me from establishment Republicans, that suggest I am soft on the subject.”
“It is a vile and disgusting crime, perhaps the very worst,” the conservative provocateur wrote. Yiannopoulos, 32, posted a “note for idiots” on Facebook in which he said he does not support pedophilia. The conservative Reagan Battalion blog site tweeted edited videos Sunday in which Yiannopoulos discusses Jews, sexual consent, statutory rape, child abuse and homosexuality. Breitbart tech editor Milo Yiannopoulos, a speaker at the upcoming Conservative Political Action Conference, said on video that sex between 13-year-olds and older men can be “life-affirming” in the gay community.