Elon Musk, the new owner of Twitter, tweeted out a since-deleted, unfounded and anti-LGBTQ conspiracy theory Sunday morning about the attack on the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi from a website that has a history of publishing false information.
the link to that story along with the message: “The Republican Party and its mouthpieces now regularly spread 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.”
Musk deleted the tweet by early Sunday afternoon. As of late Sunday morning, it had more than 24,000 retweets and more than 86,000 likes, and was quickly gaining more traction.the Santa Monica Observer as a “questionable source” based on “the routine publication of false and misleading information and the use of poor sources.”
Police said there were only two people — Pelosi and the suspect — at the home at the time of the incident, contradicting information shared at a press conference Friday that suggested a third person might have opened the door or been in the house, which the Santa Monica Observer reported. Police added that zip ties were found at the scene but did not specify how many or the intended purpose for them.