Liberals are pretty sure that this clip of Breitbart’s Milo Yiannopoulos defending Steve Bannon during a recent interview with Channel 4 News in Britain is some sort of gotcha moment, but we’re not so sure.
Have a watch:
This is the moment Milo Yiannopoulos is challenged on @BreitbartNews headlines and so-called “post-truth politics.” pic.twitter.com/9v9wRVBz5r
— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) November 17, 2016
Now for the reaction.
Actor Patton Oswalt, for example:
Smirk, pout, repeat. Get called on your obvious bullshit. SUPER POUT, suddenly talk 90 miles a minute. Smirk. https://t.co/0ghmGHynYH
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) November 18, 2016
And from singer/songwriter Billy Bragg:
But I was only joking! Need to see more of the alt-right dragged out of their frat house and made to account for their behaviour. https://t.co/AY6DcCwAmX
— Billy Bragg (@billybragg) November 18, 2016
Member of Parliament Gavin Newlands was not amused:
What a misogynistic, arrogant & odious small man @BreitbartNews Milo is@cathynewman very restrained in my view!
He speaks for no man I know https://t.co/4Om9ZI9u4D— Gavin Newlands 4 PRN ? (@GavNewlandsSNP) November 18, 2016
BuzzFeed’s Aisha Gani:
https://twitter.com/aishagani/status/799509613804658692
Daily Kos’ David Waldman:
It's all just a joke. And YOU'RE the ones faking the news. https://t.co/pK4m1oFPdt
— David Waldman-1, of Yorktown LLC™ (@KagroX) November 18, 2016
Comic Jenny Eclair:
This horrific boy is like something out of a Bret Easton Ellis novel – sadly he's not fictional https://t.co/mSNv5lPRky
— Jenny Eclair (@jennyeclair) November 18, 2016
Journalist Leila Molana-Allen:
Just threw up a little bit in my mouth. https://t.co/tvS9bK15R7
— Leila Molana-Allen (@Leila_MA) November 18, 2016
If they’re this triggered over a Milo interview, it’s going to be a long, long 4 years (or 8!).
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