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The Bulwark reports:
Over the weekend, Conservatism Inc. found a new scandal to promote: A false report that Nancy Pelosi had purchased a $25 million mansion in Florida, home to 2024 hopeful, Gov. Ron DeSantis and former President Trump. To underscore: This story is false. Nancy Pelosi has not bought a $25 million mansion in Florida.
But watching how the fake news blew through the conservative ecosystem is illuminating.
The lib-owning idea went something like this: Nancy Pelosi and her ilk have overreacted to COVID-19 at every turn. Ron DeSantis is a freedom loving governor of the greatest state in America. And now Pelosi was all but admitting that DeSantis was right by spending $25 million on Florida real estate. What an elitist hypocrite!
Read the full article. The piece goes on to trace how the claim spread from one right wing site to another.
Conservative Media Makes Up a Fake Florida Mansion for Nancy Pelosi https://t.co/yQqvnay9PS via @BulwarkOnline
— Jim Swift (@JimSwiftDC) November 29, 2021
Fancy Nancy Bought $25 Million, 11,000 sq ft Beachside Mansion…in @GovRonDeSantis State of Florida! https://t.co/R2BUPUpnjZ
— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) November 24, 2021
Pelosi buys HUGE mansion in Florida. https://t.co/00f4bwgnlg
— Dinesh D’Souza (@DineshDSouza) November 24, 2021
More misinformation spread by Ron DeSantis's press secretary who happens to be paid six figures by the Florida taxpayers. https://t.co/QTv3BnX6bz https://t.co/3F2AQ4yQWi
— Daniel Uhlfelder (@DWUhlfelderLaw) November 29, 2021
— Christina Pushaw ? (@ChristinaPushaw) November 23, 2021