The Independent reports:
Elon Musk has shared a lurid, baseless conspiracy theory on Twitter about what transpired the night of the violent hammmer attack on Paul Pelosi – just days after he took over the social media platform on the promise of stripping away content moderation.
“There is a tiny possibility there might be more to this story than meets the eye,” he wrote. The Twitter and Tesla boss gave no explanation for his comments, simply sharing a link to an article which claimed – without any evidence – that Mr Pelosi was drunk and met his alleged attacker in a gay bar.
It is one of several far-right conspiracies that began circulating online almost immediately after the attack on the House Speaker’s husband – all the while the 82-year-old was in hospital undergoing surgery for a fractured skull.
Read the full article. The claim appears to have originated on Truth Social. As you can see below, Dinesh D’Souza is piling on and spreading a false claim made by homocon blogger Jim Hoft at The Gateway Pundit.
NEW: Unstable @elonmusk tweets conspiracy theory about Paul Pelosi, who was brutalized by a rightwing extremist. Musk frequently lies about being a moderate while spreading QAnon adjacent conspiracy theories. pic.twitter.com/JneQO6FJEl
— Kaivan Shroff (@KaivanShroff) October 30, 2022
Summary of the article Musk tweeted. For context, Musk is the one who has tried to buy a woman — his employee — a horse in exchange for sex. Sexual harassment that he lies about. pic.twitter.com/8N2HPdpG9A
— Kaivan Shroff (@KaivanShroff) October 30, 2022
.@ElonMusk just posted a link that says Paul Pelosi may have been drunk and with a gay prostitute.
And he posted it directly to Hillary Clinton.
I have never respected him more than now.
— Lavern Spicer ?? (@lavern_spicer) October 30, 2022
There is a tiny possibility there might be more to this story than meets the eye https://t.co/HCaF5DrRjP
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 30, 2022
EXCLUSIVE: Two Far-Right Websites Attributed to David DePape to Smear Conservatives Were FABRICATED – They Were Created Friday and Deleted Saturday https://t.co/hlAuWRlDUt
— Dinesh D’Souza (@DineshDSouza) October 30, 2022