It was announced over the weekend that media provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos would be headlining the American Conservative Union’s CPAC — Conservative Political Action Conference. The announcement was controversial.

Things would take a turn on Sunday morning when an unflattering video of Yiannopoulos went viral. Conservative media group The Reagan Battalion was the first to post video to their Twitter page. The conservative group would also take the opportunity to take a shot at the American Conservative Union.

? Breaking: We obtained the #CPAC2017 Milo Yiannopoulos introductory video. This is a must watch! Well done @mschlapp. pic.twitter.com/2nA0H9woUX — The Reagan Battalion (@ReaganBattalion) February 19, 2017

Here is a longer cut where Milo Yiannopoulos says that he “is advocating” for legal sex between 13 year olds! & older men. #CPAC2017 pic.twitter.com/1fiuv7TSKs — The Reagan Battalion (@ReaganBattalion) February 19, 2017

Many, after viewing the video, are suggesting that Yiannopoulos is defending pedophilia. In the video, he says:

In the homosexual world, particularly, some of those relationships between younger boys and older men — the sort of ‘coming of age’ relationship — those relationships in which those older men help those young boys discover who they are and give them security and safety and provide them with love and a reliable, sort of rock, where they can’t speak to their parents.

An off-screen voice (possibly that of an interviewer) is heard commenting, “It sounds like molestation to me. It sounds like Catholic priest molestation to me.” Yiannopoulos is quick to reply, “But you know what? I’m grateful for Father Michael. I wouldn’t give nearly such good head if it wasn’t for him.”

Later Sunday afternoon, Yiannopoulos took to Facebook to voice his disdain for the video making the rounds on social media as well as to defend himself.

Six hours after that post, Yiannopoulos would take to Facebook, again, in an effort to clarify and defend himself further.

Deeply unamused by all of this is CNN anchor Jake Tapper, who took to Twitter after being reached out to by a concerned friend, who also allegedly happened to be a victim of sexual abuse as a child.

Friend of mine, conservative, could not be more distraught by this Milo tape. Was molested as a child. Horrified. — Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) February 20, 2017

My friend, a survivor of sex trafficking: “Milo straight up defended abusing 13 yr old boys…Please don’t let that be normalized” — Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) February 20, 2017

More from survivor of sex trafficking: “Please please please don’t let that mess he said go away.” How on earth can CPAC defend this? — Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) February 20, 2017

Was planning on ignoring for the most part, for those saying “stop publicizing him.” But friend reached out & pled w me to say something — Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) February 20, 2017

And sometimes that’s what journalists do – give voice to the voiceless. In this case, a survivor of sex trafficking HORRIFIED by Milo. — Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) February 20, 2017

Preying on children is the definition of evil. Justifying it in any way is sick and disturbing. Has everyone lost their minds? — Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) February 20, 2017

And it wasn’t just Tapper who was voicing his outrage.

The fact that #Milo is a leading voice in mainstream conservatism demonstrates its current philosophical and intellectual bankruptcy. #CPAC pic.twitter.com/IBKrIEgEJF — BLACK CONSERVATIVE (@blackrepublican) February 19, 2017

All true: (1) Milo, like everyone else, deserves free speech protection (2) Milo is a bad person (3) Milo should not be keynoting CPAC — Josh Hammer (@josh_hammer) February 19, 2017

Milo’s invitation to CPAC is evidence of deep moral corruption in the conservative movement. He is a bad man. Say it. — Blake Seitz (@BlakeSeitz) February 20, 2017

If Milo had been born in the US, he’d sooner or later become the Republican nominee for president. — Josh Barro (@jbarro) February 20, 2017

If Lena Dunham said what Milo said, verbatim, every conservative in the country would be calling for a police investigation — Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) February 20, 2017

I thought Milo had good points on PC culture. But with him now supporting child sexual abuse, if conservatives stick with him, they’re evil. — Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) February 20, 2017

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