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- Elon Musk tweeted a hyperlink to a website with conspiracy theories about Paul Pelosi’s assault.
- In a reply to Hillary Clinton, Musk mentioned there “might be more to this story than meets the eye.”
- Police have but to launch a motive for the assault, which left Pelosi hospitalized with a cranium fracture.
Elon Musk, contemporary off his acquisition of Twitter, mentioned there might be “more to the story” on Paul Pelosi’s assault, which left House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband with a cranium fracture and critical accidents.
In a tweeted reply to Hillary Clinton, Musk shared a hyperlink to a website with conspiracy theories about the assault.
Clinton condemned the assault, accusing the “Republican Party and its mouthpieces” of repeatedly spreading “hate and deranged conspiracy theories.”
“It is shocking, but not surprising, that violence is the result. As citizens, we must hold them accountable for their words and the actions that follow,” Clinton tweeted with a hyperlink to a Los Angeles Times report about how the suspect in the assault beforehand unfold right-wing QAnon conspiracy theories, antisemitism, and bigotry.
“There is a tiny possibility there might be more to this story than meets the eye,” Musk replied, linking to a website with the headline, “The Awful Truth: Paul Pelosi Was Drunk Again, And In a Dispute With a Male Prostitute Early Friday Morning.”
The website appeared to be inaccessible shortly after Musk shared a hyperlink.
Authorities haven’t but launched a motive for the assault on Paul Pelosi, although the suspect was reportedly shouting “Where is Nancy?” when he broke into the home round 2:30 a.m. on Friday morning, Business Insider beforehand reported. Speaker Pelosi was not dwelling at the time.
In a statement launched Saturday, Pelosi mentioned “a violent man broke into our family home, demanded to confront me and brutally attacked my husband Paul.”
“Our children, our grandchildren and I are heartbroken and traumatized by the life-threatening attack on our Pop,” she mentioned in the assertion.
Police identified the suspect as 42-year-old David DePape. Following the assault, Paul Pelosi underwent surgery to restore a cranium fracture and is predicted to make a full restoration.
While a number of mainstream conservatives have condemned the assault, some right-wing pundits have forged doubt and shared conspiracy theories about the assault.
On Fox News, host Jesse Watters criticized the police response to Paul Pelosi’s assault, suggesting that the response was stronger due to Pelosi’s standing as the partner of the House Speaker, Business Insider beforehand reported.
Meanwhile, GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger called out fellow Republicans for selling the similar election conspiracy theories that the suspect in the assault had shared.
