Twitter boss Elon Musk tweeted conspiracy to attack Paul Pelosi, then deleted – Deadline
Elon Musk took upon himself Twitter this week and vowed to make the social media platform a place for free speech. The tech boss raised eyebrows after he tweeted and later deleted a tweet that fueled the unsubstantiated claim around Paul Pelosi’s Violent Attack.
Hillary Clintonverified twitter account tweeted article a Los Angeles Times story about the suspect who attacked Nancy Pelosi’s husband in their San Francisco home.
“The Republican Party and its mouthpieces are now regularly spreading hate and crazy conspiracy theories. Shockingly, but not surprisingly, the result is violence. As citizens, we must hold them accountable for their words and the actions that follow from them,” the statement said. tweet former Secretary of State Clinton.
The article, which Clinton tweeted, alleged that the attacker, David DePaipe, was spreading far-right conspiracies on social media. Musk took note of the tweet and responded to Clinton, saying, “There’s a slight possibility that there may be more to this story than meets the eye.”
In accordance with NBC News, Musk also linked to an article from the right-wing Santa Monica Observer that questioned Paul’s attack. Musk later deleted the tweet, but not before it was seen by thousands of users.
After Paul was physically assaulted at his home, he underwent surgery and is expected to make a full recovery. Speaker Pelosi issued a statement and gave her first comments since the attack.
“Yesterday morning, a violent man broke into our family’s house, demanded to give me a dacha and brutally attacked my husband Pavlo.” read the letter Pelosi wrote to her colleagues. “Our children, our grandchildren and I are heartbroken and traumatized by the life-threatening attack on our pope.”
https://deadline.com/2022/10/twitter-boss-elon-musk-censors-himself-after-tweeting-conspiracy-paul-pelosi-attack-1235158646/
