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{{Infobox person| name = Alana Mastrangelo| image = Alana Mastrangelo (cropped).jpg| birth_date = May 9, 1988| birth_place = Cleveland, Ohio| nationality = Italian, American| religion = [[Catholicism]]}}'''Alana Rose Mastrangelo ''' is a former political activist , who served as a Regional Director at the youth organization [[Turning Point USA]] , from January 2016 to October 2018. She is currently a reporter at [[Breitbart News]].

Mastrangelo was born on May 9, 1988[,<ref name="IMDB">https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10209536/?ref_=nv_sr_1] </ref> in Cleveland, Ohio . Both of her parents are Italian-American parents. Her father is from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_Campobasso Province of Campobasso,] and mother's family is from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_Isernia Province of Isernia.] Mastrangelo holds dual citizenship in both the [[United States ]] and [[Italy]].

Mastrangelo received her undergraduate degree from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Carroll_University John Carroll University,] where she studied politics and history.

In 20152016, Mastrangelo ran for Willoughby Hills City Councilassisted 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.news-heraldinsidehighered.com/news/ohio2016/11/22/alananew-mastrangelowebsite-candidateseeks-forregister-willoughbyprofessors-hillsaccused-councilliberal-districtbias-novemberand-election/article_1b812d58anti-77f8american-5035-b9b1-d9a0b0544c69.html]. Although she values</ref> After its launch, the website was in Italy during most criticized by members of the campaignacademia, Mastrangelo promptly returned who claimed its purpose was to the United States sixty days before the election and accused her opponent of "pretending to own a business"[threaten professors.<ref>https://archivewww.orgtheguardian.com/detailsus-news/AlanaMastrangelo3] and using local government 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 facilitate "nepotism.know if a professor has actually made headlines for past behavior,"[<ref>https://archivewww.orgbuzzfeed.com/detailsamphtml/AlanaMastrangelo2krishrach/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 2016February 2017, a leaked audio recording revealed Mastrangelo assisted in the creation on a phone call with another individual discussing plans to funnel thousands of dollars into student government campaigns at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professor_Watchlist Professor Watch List,[Ohio State University] a website by ] in an attempt to help Turning Point USA that lists U.S. professors deemed to replace the "liberal"discriminate against conservative students, promote anti-American values and advance leftist propaganda in the classroomwith conservatives."[<ref>https://www.insidehigheredchronicle.com/newsarticle/2016/11/22/newInside-websitea-seeksStealth-registerPlan-professors-accused-liberal-bias-and-anti-american-values] After its launchfor/240008</ref> "A Trojan Horse is the best way to put it, " said Mastrangelo of the website was criticized by members of academia, who claimed it was a tool used to threaten professorsplan's logistics.[<ref>https://www.theguardianthelantern.com/us-news/2016/dec2017/02/professorleaked-watchlistdocuments-websiteaudio-academic][http://time.com/4588165/professorconservative-watchlistturning-silencepoint-conservative/] Mastrangelo reacted by defending the website, stating that the site is "helpful" for conservative students who want to "know if a professor has actually made headlines for past behavior"[https://www.buzzfeed.com/amphtml/krishrach/thisusa-websitequietly-wantsfunding-studentsstudent-togovernment-publiclycampaigns-shameacross-anti-american] before signing up for classes.us/</ref>

In February 2017August 2018, a leaked audio recording revealed Mastrangelo discussing plans to funnel thousands of dollars into student government campaigns at Ohio State University.criticized New York governor [https://www.chronicle.com/article/Inside-a-Stealth-Plan-for/240008[Andrew Cuomo]]. In on the audioshow [[Fox and Friends]], Mastrangelo calling his recent comments (replying "[America] was heard talking about how Turning Point USA would be running seemingly liberal students, who were actually never that great"closet conservatives,to President Trump's campaign slogan "Make America great again") "asinine" for student government; a plan in which Mastrangelo referred to and stating that as "a Trojan Horse.descendant of Italian immigrants, Cuomo "should know better"<ref name="IMDB"[https://www> than to make disparaging remarks about America.thelantern.com/2017/02/leaked-documents-audio-conservative-turning-point-usa-quietly-funding-student-government-campaigns-across-us/]

In August 2018, Mastrangelo criticized New York governor Andrew Cuomo on the show [[Fox and Friends]], calling his recent comments "asinine" has been featured in Italian and stating that as French media regarding her support for former Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini.<ref>https://www.lettera43.it/alana-mastrangelo-influencer-salvini/?refresh_ce</ref><ref>https://www.arretsurimages.net/articles/migrants-la-conservatrice-us-qui-soutient-salvini-a descendant of -bout-de-tweets</ref> Mastrangelo has also been featured multiple times on the popular prime time Italian immigrantstelevision series, Cuomo "should know better"[Piazzapulita,<ref>https://www.imdb.com/nametitle/nm10209536tt10921972/?ref_=nv_sr_1] than nm_flmg_slf_1</ref> where one of the show's frequent guests and contributors, Alex Orlowski, claimed that Salvini took away journalist Sandro Ruotolo’s police escort (which he had due to make disparaging remarks about Americabeing under threat by the Italian mafia), amid Ruotolo investigating “propaganda and interference” from “the NRA and Alana Mastrangelo” in coordination with Luca Morisi, Salvini’s communications director.<ref>https://twitter.com/alex_orlowski/status/1092023726319849473?s=20</ref>

Mastrangelo was could be considered a contributor for "[[Top conservatives on Twitter|Top conservative on Twitter]]", and notably the number of followers of her together with two of her fellow media spokesmen founder [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Examiner Washington Examiner[Charlie Kirk] from August 2017 ] and [[Candace Owens]] of Turning Point USA grew, by far, the greatest percentage change of any conservative group outside of government with followers already over 170,000 at the beginning of 2019, on a website known to be hostile to April 2018conservatives.

=== External links =References=={{reflist}}

*[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/author/alana-mastrangelo Alana Mastrangelo] on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Examiner the ''Washington Examiner]''

*[https://www.instagram.com/alanamastrangelo/ Alana Mastrangelo] on Instagram {{DEFAULTSORT:Mastrangelo, Alana}}[https[Category://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instagram InstagramConservative Activists]][[Category:Journalists]]