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Elon Musk spreads nutty Conspiracy Theory about Pelosi Assassin in tweet smearing Paul Pelosi [1]

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Date: 2022-10-30

Twitter’s new ‘Head Twit’ just showed the world how gullible and malicious he really is.

x 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

San Francisco Police chief William Scott said in a press conference that the attack was “intentional” and “not a random act”.

Paul and Nancy Pelosi

Police sources told KTVU that the assailant had a hit list of other lawmakers he also planned to target. A search of Mr DePape’s online history has uncovered a deep-rooted obsession with extreme right-wing conspiracy theories including debunked claims about the Covid-19 vaccine and QAnon.

In the weeks leading up to the violent assault on Mr Pelosi, the pace of the posts ramped up, with Mr DePape posting several times a day. Topics include Holocaust denialism, false claims that Covid-19 vaccines are lethal, venerating alt-right figure Jordan Peterson, and his support for Donald Trump to run in 2024 with Tulsi Gabbard as his running mate. A post from 23 August on his alleged blog suggests he was radicalised by GamerGate, a misogynist campaign against feminism within the video game industry that gave rise to far-right reactionary movements among young men, parallel to the emergence of QAnon and Donald Trump’s presidential candidacy.

I expect Twitter users, followed by advertisers to flee Twitter in droves, as it descends into being the go to place for the latest nonsense conspiracy theories from Q-Anon and Elon Musk.

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