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In 2016, Mastrangelo assisted in the creation of Professor Watchlist, a website by Turning Point USA that lists U.S. professors deemed to "discriminate against conservative students, promote anti-American values and advance leftist propaganda in the classroom."<ref>https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/11/22/new-website-seeks-register-professors-accused-liberal-bias-and-anti-american-values</ref> After its launch, the website was criticized by members of academia, who claimed its purpose was to threaten professors.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/02/professor-watchlist-website-academic</ref><ref>http://time.com/4588165/professor-watchlist-silence-conservative/</ref> Mastrangelo reacted by defending the watchlist, stating that the website is "helpful" for conservative students who want to "know if a professor has actually made headlines for past behavior,"<ref>https://www.buzzfeed.com/amphtml/krishrach/this-website-wants-students-to-publicly-shame-anti-american</ref> before signing up for classes, meaning literal headlines as the website is a media aggregation site relying solely on secondary media sources like the way [[Drudge Report]] is presented.  The size of the site is such that Pennsylvania, a typical state with a fairly large population, lists only ten professors.

In 2016, Mastrangelo assisted in the creation of Professor Watchlist, a website by Turning Point USA that lists U.S. professors deemed to "discriminate against conservative students, promote anti-American values and advance leftist propaganda in the classroom."<ref>https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/11/22/new-website-seeks-register-professors-accused-liberal-bias-and-anti-american-values</ref> After its launch, the website was criticized by members of academia, who claimed its purpose was to threaten professors.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/02/professor-watchlist-website-academic</ref><ref>http://time.com/4588165/professor-watchlist-silence-conservative/</ref> Mastrangelo reacted by defending the watchlist, stating that the website is "helpful" for conservative students who want to "know if a professor has actually made headlines for past behavior,"<ref>https://www.buzzfeed.com/amphtml/krishrach/this-website-wants-students-to-publicly-shame-anti-american</ref> before signing up for classes, meaning literal headlines as the website is a media aggregation site relying solely on secondary media sources like the way [[Drudge Report]] is presented.  The size of the site is such that Pennsylvania, a typical state with a fairly large population, lists only ten professors.

In February 2017, a leaked audio recording revealed Mastrangelo discussing plans to funnel thousands of dollars into student government campaigns at [[Ohio State University]].<ref>https://www.chronicle.com/article/Inside-a-Stealth-Plan-for/240008</ref><ref>https://www.thelantern.com/2017/02/leaked-documents-audio-conservative-turning-point-usa-quietly-funding-student-government-campaigns-across-us/</ref>

In February 2017, a leaked audio recording revealed Mastrangelo on a phone call with another individual discussing plans to funnel thousands of dollars into student government campaigns at [[Ohio State University]] in an attempt to help Turning Point USA replace the "liberal" students with conservatives.<ref>https://www.chronicle.com/article/Inside-a-Stealth-Plan-for/240008</ref> "A Trojan Horse is the best way to put it," said Mastrangelo of the plan's logistics.<ref>https://www.thelantern.com/2017/02/leaked-documents-audio-conservative-turning-point-usa-quietly-funding-student-government-campaigns-across-us/</ref>

In August 2018, Mastrangelo criticized New York governor [[Andrew Cuomo]] on the show [[Fox and Friends]], calling his recent comments (replying "[America] was never that great" to President Trump's campaign slogan "Make America great again") "asinine" and stating that as a descendant of Italian immigrants, Cuomo "should know better"<ref name="IMDB"/> than to make disparaging remarks about America.

In August 2018, Mastrangelo criticized New York governor [[Andrew Cuomo]] on the show [[Fox and Friends]], calling his recent comments (replying "[America] was never that great" to President Trump's campaign slogan "Make America great again") "asinine" and stating that as a descendant of Italian immigrants, Cuomo "should know better"<ref name="IMDB"/> than to make disparaging remarks about America.