Meet @ReaganBattalion, the anonymous squadron that destroyed Milo's career

[BainsBane]

It was all thanks to an anonymous group calling itself the Reagan Battalion, which unearthed video of Yiannopoulos defending pedophilia and published the now viral clip to its twitter account, setting off a domino effect that led to Yiannopoulos' downfall.. . .

Speculation was rife as to who was behind the blog, Facebook page and Twitter account. Yiannopoulos said the group was run by a contingent of "Never Trump" Republican consultants who, during the 2016 campaign, supported Evan McMullin, an independent candidate who ran as the conservative alternative to now-President Donald Trump.

Reagan Battalion, though, says it has no ties to McMullin — nor to any of a number of other prominent #NeverTrump Republicans and pundits who have railed against Trump.. . .

The Reagan Battalion is a group of four people, spread across multiple states, who are involved in political activism, according to one of the group's co-founders, a man who declined to give his name or full-time occupation in an interview with Mic, citing fear of threats against his family. . . ."The goal of this platform is to keep the conservative movement sane, and to keep the Trump administration on the conservative track, . . .

CPAC's invitation for Yiannopoulos to give a speech was a bridge too far. Yiannopoulos did not represent "big tent conservatism," they decided. The Battalion had had enough. . . .

Yiannopoulos, it appears, wasn't taken down by a grand liberal conspiracy or the Deep State. All it took was a team of four with little more than Google and some free time.

https://mic.com/articles/169118/exclusive-meet-reagan-battalion-the-anonymous-squadron-that-destroyed-milo-s-career?utm_source=policymicFB&utm_medium=main&utm_campaign=social#.5w4Nrp7mK


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[Cha]

1. Very interesting.. thank you, B.

Whomever they are I thank them.

[BainsBane]

2. And it wasn't George Soros

Whom the right thinks is behind everything.

[Cha]

3. Right.. they're programmed to blame Soros for everything

They're conservatives, "Reagan Battalion", who came out of nowhere seemingly to try "to keep their movement sane".

Good Luck with that..

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[BainsBane]

4. Is that white power flash for real?

[Cha]

5. Here's the wide of the image out in the press with the link to NYDN

Link to tweet

I know it seems unreal..

[BainsBane]

6. It seems like a conspiracy theory

But then with the Trumpkins most of the CTs turn out to be real. In fact, you couldn't make up a plot as crazy as we have going now.

[butdiduvote]

7. I hope they're working on destroying Trump's too

[BainsBane]

8. No, they don't appear to be.

They want to make sure he governs as a conservative.

[Blue_true]

13. No. They appear to want Trump to do consistent rightwing shit. nt

[herding cats]

9. I was watching the neocons fight the Bannon brigade on twitter.

It all started when it was announced Milo would speak at CPAC. They were livid that there he was invited and there were zero neocons invited.

[BainsBane]

10. This article doesn't say anything about their being neocons.

In fact, it doesn't mention foreign policy at all.

[herding cats]

11. No, I watched it myself.

I was just mentioning it here as an aside.

[BainsBane]

15. Gotcha

I think I'll spare myself their factionalism. I'll take your word for it.

[herding cats]

12. Here's an example Tweet

John Podhoretz‏ @jpodhoretz

How many neoconservatives did you invite, Matt?

https://mobile.twitter.com/jpodhoretz/status/833431095802617857

If you go in and read that exchange you get a glimpse of the warring fractions.

[ismnotwasm]

14. I was reading about this on Mic

Very interesting I thought.