MTG Praises New Hire Milo For “Turning Back To Jesus”

The Washington Post reports:

In a statement, Greene said: “So I have an intern that was raped by a priest as a young teen, was gay, has offended everyone at some point, turned his life back to Jesus and Church, and changed his life. Great story!” Greene, an outspoken right-wing promoter of conspiracy theories, has in the past praised conversion therapy, a disproved practice that attempts to repress or reverse the sexuality of gay and lesbian individuals.

Yiannopoulos is “opening a clinic in Florida for men plagued by same-sex attraction,” according to his Telegram profile. Yiannopoulos resigned from his job at the far-right Breitbart News in 2017 after a video surfaced that appeared to show him condoning pedophilia. Greene has amplified numerous conspiracy theories, including allegations that Democrats are a “party of pedophiles.”

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