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The conspiracy theories Musk has posted

Paul Pelosi, the Allen mall shooter and Hurricane Helene

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The Paul Pelosi attack
The Allen mall shooter
Hurricane Helene

The Paul Pelosi attack

A deleted link.

Days after a man broke into Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home and attacked her husband with a hammer, Musk replied to Hillary Clinton with a link to the Santa Monica Observer, a fringe site, saying there was a “tiny possibility there might be more to this story.” He deleted it. [1][2]

What we can’t tell you. None.

The sources

Reuters: Musk deletes tweet with unfounded theory about the Pelosi attack, 30 October 2022 ↗
The post and the deletion.
CBS News: Musk tweets link to Pelosi conspiracy theory ↗
The source he linked.

The Allen mall shooter

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Evidence called a “psyop.”

After a gunman killed eight people at a mall in Allen, Texas, in May 2023, Bellingcat traced his social-media profile with neo-Nazi content. Musk called the reporting a “psyop” and questioned it. [1][3]

Law enforcement confirmed the gunman had neo-Nazi tattoos and posts. Musk defended his doubts. [2][4]

What we can’t tell you. None.

The sources

AP: Musk spreads misleading claims about the Texas mall shooter ↗
His “psyop” posts.
AP: Texas mall gunman had neo-Nazi tattoos and posts ↗
Law-enforcement account.
Bellingcat: tracing the Texas mall shooter’s profile, 9 May 2023 ↗
Open-source investigation of the gunman’s posts.
The Verge: Musk defends his claims about the shooter, 16 May 2023 ↗
His response to Bellingcat.

Hurricane Helene

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FEMA and the aid flights.

In October 2024, Musk said FEMA was blocking flights of supplies into areas hit by Helene and seizing goods. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said that was false, and PolitiFact found no evidence that FEMA or the FAA blocked aid flights. Musk later said the issue was resolved. [1][2]

What we can’t tell you. None.

The sources

PolitiFact: FEMA and the FAA aren’t blocking flights delivering storm aid, 8 October 2024 ↗
The Helene airspace claim.
The Guardian: Buttigieg rebuts Musk on FEMA and Starlink, 4 October 2024 ↗
The exchange; Musk later said the issue was resolved.

WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT THIS FILE

The claims, rated.

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