Unconfirmed Conspiracy Theory Of Paul Pelosi's Alleged 'Gay Lover' Runs Wild On Social Media Following Attack

As usual, when an event occurs, there are reactions to it. With the event in question being the assault of Paul Pelosi by David DePape, there are two big reactions that are trending online in recent days — with some wild conspiracy theories being spread.

The first is that DePape was supposedly an alt-right radical that tried to break in and assassinate Nancy Pelosi, and the second is that he's actually a gay homeless prostitute that was engaging in some sort of 2 a.m. romp with Paul Pelosi that turned sour and ended with a hammer fight.

This second theory is currently running rampant on Twitter, following some unconfirmed reports that pushed a different piece of the story. This, combined with Paul's previous incident in which he was intoxicated, gave meme creators ample material to create some and post them online.

1. By week’s end, a sizable percentage of the GOP base will believe an absurd conspiracy theory positing that Paul Pelosi was assaulted by his leftist gay lover.

Allow me to explain.

— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) October 30, 2022

#PelosiGate #Pelosigaylover TeamPelosi</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/SpeakerPelosi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">SpeakerPelosi @sfpelosi this family is weird as hell! The elites gotta go!!! pic.twitter.com/DwSNGapiz1

— ❗️❗️❗️ (@Productts) October 31, 2022

#Pelosigaylover is trending. Perhaps there is some truth to it.🤔🤡 pic.twitter.com/MhS1ua0cqH

— Dr. Angelisto Mysterioso🇺🇸 (@DrAngelisto) October 31, 2022

Literally NOBODY believes what the media is selling. The best outcome from this will be Nancy voted out of office. Obviously she needs to be home to keep tabs on her husband. #Pelosigaylover pic.twitter.com/ZMP1IvYn5P

— The Will 🍊 (@TheCurtisMurray) October 31, 2022

As is typical when it comes to events like this, people will quickly start to create memes and push their version of what they think the events were — whether in jest or seriousness. This led to a lot of memes about Paul Pelosi being gay or having Nancy Pelosi supporting him for his sexuality.

Another spin of the conspiracy is taking shots at the perpetrator, David DePape, with pictures being passed around online that purportedly show his house in San Francisco and many claiming that because he supposedly has things like a Pride flag outside a residence they claim he lives in, he couldn't possibly have attacked Pelosi for political reasons.

#Pelosigaylover house with pride flag, anti-police, BLM and the Left is trying to push an extreme right-wing narrative! 🤣 pic.twitter.com/aQYq0625Yk

— John (@j_tauss) October 30, 2022

Pelosi was getting smashed, but not on his head.#Pelosigaylover @SpeakerPelosi pic.twitter.com/LGrtP1yRyx

— Dr. Sean Michael Stimac (@SeanStimac) October 30, 2022

Nancy Pelosi and her gay husband… so cute! #pelosiattack #Pelosigaylover #Pelosi pic.twitter.com/pSxmtvsZek

— Maximus (@245sjp) October 30, 2022

#Pelosigaylover I can't lol the drama pic.twitter.com/AIeSTOtqqr

— Lor Scar (@lor_scar) October 31, 2022

This also created a trend in which people began to post about the dangers of the hammers themselves, with a Ted Cruz image being used to try and ban "assault hammers" from being licensed.

It's time to BAN all semi-automatic assault hammers… Do it for #Pelosigaylover. pic.twitter.com/DHsFhpvPu0

— Jinn (@jinnalexis) October 31, 2022

While these theories are completely unfounded, it hasn't stopped them from being spread (and memed) all around the web.