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Elon Musk Apologizes (Barely) for Spreading Sick Conspiracy Theory About Paul Pelosi

Twitter CEO Elon Musk has offered an inane apology for taking part in a conspiracy theory about the home invasion of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her husband, Paul, who suffered the brunt of a brutal attack.

But when I say his apology was inane, that’s almost the only way to describe it. He was responding to a tweet from a woman who infamously claimed she was raped by former president Bill Clinton, The Independent reports.

Journalists have been on Musk’s tail — especially MSNBC’s Mehdi Hasan — for promoting a conspiracy that’s being pushed by right-wing commentators about the attack on Paul Pelosi by a man who broke into his residence.

So what does this nutball theory propose? Well, this: That it has nothing to do with Nancy Pelosi’s stance as one of the most prominent Demoncrats in the country. No, according to this “theory,” purports it was the result of a lover’s quarrel between her husband and the man who was arrested in the aftermath.

“There is a tiny possibility there might be more to this story than meets the eye,” he tweeted last fall, dropping a link to a story from a California news outlet that has been accused of spreading misinformation. He later deleted the tweet.

But now, police body cam footage of the attack on Pelosi proves it was an unprovoked attack by a stranger, so Musk has now offered a half-hearted apology, in response to Juanita Broaddrick, who accused Clinton of rape and not long after became a popular far-right figure. “Nonetheless, I apologize,” he responded.

He was responding to Broaddrick’s nonsense. She tweeted “Idiots on the left want @elonmusk to apologize to the Pelosis. For what? It is still a questionable and bizarre situation between two men in their underwear.”

But even with the police footage being released and shared all across social media, Broaddrick, and others still continue to spread misinformation. And you really have to wonder why she and others are doing this. The video clearly shows the intruder, identified as David DePape, fully clothed and wearing what looks like a rain jacket. There is never any point in the video where he appears in his underwear, no matter what Broaddrick and other wingnutters want to believe. Then DePape can be seen hitting Pelosi.

The Independent has contacted Twitter to see if Musk had reached out to personally apologize to Pelosi but so far, there has been no response.

I wouldn’t be surprised if Musk doesn’t go any further than this. He’s so self-entitled and I’m not really sure if he has a conscience or not. It would be nice if he would apologize to Paul Pelosi personally, but I can’t picture him doing this.

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Megan has lived in California, Nevada, Arizona, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Florida and she currently lives in Central America. Living in these places has informed her writing on politics, science, and history. She is currently owned by 15 cats and 3 dogs and regularly owns Trump supporters when she has the opportunity. She can be found on Twitter at https://twitter.com/GaiaLibra and Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/politicalsaurus

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