Have you heard? There’s a new Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy in town. This one’s about the violent home invasion that left House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband Paul Pelosi in the hospital. Apparently, some right-wing nutjobs out there think that there was someone else in the house with Paul Pelosi when David DePape broke in!
"Among those baseless claims: that a third person answered the door when police arrived at the Pelosi home … and that DePape was in his underwear when apprehended, a falsehood taken from a since-corrected local news report."https://t.co/wFaGoSXPfT
— Elana Schor (@eschor) October 31, 2022
Where on earth would the conspiracy theorists get an idea like that from? Politico’s Adam Wren wants to get to the bottom of this disinformation parade:
Beyond Trump Jr. and [GOP Rep. Clay] Higgins, pro-Trump commentators from Charlie Kirk to former Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke Jr. also weighed in online to raise questions about the investigation based on unfounded and false claims. Among those baseless claims: that a third person answered the door when police arrived at the Pelosi home, which San Francisco law enforcement has said is untrue; and that DePape was in his underwear when apprehended, a falsehood taken from a since-corrected local news report.
Damn those baseless claims! Damn them to he— wait a second:
Serious question: Are you serious with this?
It was in the POLITICO article.
— ₿ Michelle Ray ₿ (@GaltsGirl) October 31, 2022
Guys:
Politico on Friday: An unknown person let officers in to Paul Pelosi's house
Politico on Monday: Conspiracy theorists are saying an unknown person let officers in to Paul Pelosi's house pic.twitter.com/RiKZjnOBcW
— Cabot Phillips (@cabot_phillips) October 31, 2022
Seriously WTF. pic.twitter.com/Aj4Tc1RJ8A
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) October 31, 2022
Talk about awkward.
Do you read your own website?
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) October 31, 2022
.@adamwren Do you read your own website? https://t.co/RTt5sd4YV9
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) October 31, 2022
If he’s like most people, then no. He doesn’t.
https://twitter.com/HOLYSMKES/status/1587127000589733888
🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔 pic.twitter.com/yItfr79oLr
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) October 31, 2022
I’m not saying that it’s true but this partisan news source sounded convincing. pic.twitter.com/9MgeFBTqzZ
— MR (@2007MLR) October 31, 2022
Ooooof.
This is incredible
— Kevin (@Raider_Kev) October 31, 2022
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/1587128901674979331
Good luck with this one.
— John (@Jrlanger) October 31, 2022
Yeah, we’re not sure there’s enough luck in the world.
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/1587129942252392448
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/1587132010866216961
https://twitter.com/foster_type/status/1587130797911334914
Just perfect.
The baseless claims are coming from inside the house. pic.twitter.com/cIKDXxXM1F
— Mark The Shark (@MRaff57) October 31, 2022
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/1587132165380349953
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/1587130069008293888
Ha!
Absolute crazy pills.
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) October 31, 2022
Politico is a rag.
— ₿ Michelle Ray ₿ (@GaltsGirl) October 31, 2022
Hey now. Don’t insult rags like that. Or flaming garbage, for that matter:
Another episode of "why the media is flaming garbage and that comparison is insulting to flaming garbage". https://t.co/ROb18rWI5w
— Physics Geek (@physicsgeek) October 31, 2022
We’ve seen some bad journalism from Politico, but this is in a class of its own.
"Can't trust the news found on our website" is a helluva take
— Live Hughie Reaction! (@dubiousanimal) October 31, 2022
Yeah, but at least it’d be an honest one. How Refreshing that would be.
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional text and a link to Politico’s article from October 28.
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