Dinesh D'Souza's new documentary 2000 Mules, launched Saturday on Locals and Rumble, claims the 2020 election was rigged and is causing a stir on social media and with fact checkers. .The Indian-American author and filmmaker has written more than a dozen books, several reaching best-seller status. He has also produced half a dozen documentary films including 2016: Obama's America which earned $33 million making it one of the highest-grossing documentaries of all time. .D'Souza, with the help of election integrity group True the Vote, is said to "expose widespread, coordinated voter fraud in the 2020 election" in 2000 Mules. .True the Vote, founded by Catherine Engelbrecht, is an American organization dedicated to election integrity and works to prevent voter fraud. .Using geotracking and video surveillance, based on a database of 10 trillion cell phone pings, D'Souza exposes what he refers to as "an elaborate network of paid professional operatives called mules delivering fraudulent and illegal votes in mail-in drop boxes in the five key states where the election was decided." .A mule, according to D'Souza, is described as a person collecting and dropping several completed mail ballots at a time. .To track the mules, D'Souza used video evidence obtained by official surveillance cameras states were required to install at each voter drop box. .Fact-checkers have denounced the film calling it conspiracy. .PolitiFact put out an article last Wednesday calling D'Souza a "right-wing filmmaker with a history of spreading false claims" and cited comments from a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who, after watching the trailer, claimed D'Souza does not have "credible evidence." .The article also takes a jab at True the Vote calling it a "national conservative organization founded in 2010 that has spread misinformation in the past.".The Denver Post said D'Souza used "a flawed analysis of cell phone location data and ballot drop surveillance footage to cast doubt on the results of the 2020 presidential election." .The article said the movie is based on "faulty assumptions, anonymous accounts and improper analysis of cellphone location data" and said "this alleged scheme has not been proven." .The Washington Post said, "If he has evidence of this, he’s cracked the voter-fraud thing wide open. But there’s no reason to assume he does.".D'Souza took a shot at fact-checkers on Sunday on Twitter suggesting if his claims in the film are false, "why do we see mules going to 20, 50, and even 100 drop boxes, typically in the middle of the night?"."Isn't it time the left cuts the b*llsh*t and faces up to the fraud?" he tweeted. .Dan Bongino said panic from media and fact checkers over 2000 Mules is "hard evidence that the information in the movie destroys their 2020 election narratives." .The film was released on Saturday at noon (EST) on Rumble and its subscription-based platform, Locals, at a cost of $29.99 USD or can be rented on SalemNOW for $19.99 USD. According to a release from Rumble, the film grossed more than $1 million in less than 12 hours. .“Supporting creative independence is core to our values, and we are thrilled to offer creators a new way to distribute and sell movies independently,” said Locals President Assaf Lev..“The success of ‘2000 Mules’ on Rumble is a great sign for creators who do not want to be silenced or censored for their speech,” said D’Souza..Ahead of the release, Rumble took to Twitter with an update that said the site had been "under an unprecedented attack." ."Our engineers are working around the clock to mitigate these attacks and prepare for a smooth rollout of our 1st moving launch '2000 Mules' tomorrow." .Rumble calls itself a "neutral video platform that is creating the rails and independent infrastructure designed to be immune to cancel culture." Its stated mission is to "restore the internet to its roots by making it free and open once again."
Dinesh D'Souza's new documentary 2000 Mules, launched Saturday on Locals and Rumble, claims the 2020 election was rigged and is causing a stir on social media and with fact checkers. .The Indian-American author and filmmaker has written more than a dozen books, several reaching best-seller status. He has also produced half a dozen documentary films including 2016: Obama's America which earned $33 million making it one of the highest-grossing documentaries of all time. .D'Souza, with the help of election integrity group True the Vote, is said to "expose widespread, coordinated voter fraud in the 2020 election" in 2000 Mules. .True the Vote, founded by Catherine Engelbrecht, is an American organization dedicated to election integrity and works to prevent voter fraud. .Using geotracking and video surveillance, based on a database of 10 trillion cell phone pings, D'Souza exposes what he refers to as "an elaborate network of paid professional operatives called mules delivering fraudulent and illegal votes in mail-in drop boxes in the five key states where the election was decided." .A mule, according to D'Souza, is described as a person collecting and dropping several completed mail ballots at a time. .To track the mules, D'Souza used video evidence obtained by official surveillance cameras states were required to install at each voter drop box. .Fact-checkers have denounced the film calling it conspiracy. .PolitiFact put out an article last Wednesday calling D'Souza a "right-wing filmmaker with a history of spreading false claims" and cited comments from a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who, after watching the trailer, claimed D'Souza does not have "credible evidence." .The article also takes a jab at True the Vote calling it a "national conservative organization founded in 2010 that has spread misinformation in the past.".The Denver Post said D'Souza used "a flawed analysis of cell phone location data and ballot drop surveillance footage to cast doubt on the results of the 2020 presidential election." .The article said the movie is based on "faulty assumptions, anonymous accounts and improper analysis of cellphone location data" and said "this alleged scheme has not been proven." .The Washington Post said, "If he has evidence of this, he’s cracked the voter-fraud thing wide open. But there’s no reason to assume he does.".D'Souza took a shot at fact-checkers on Sunday on Twitter suggesting if his claims in the film are false, "why do we see mules going to 20, 50, and even 100 drop boxes, typically in the middle of the night?"."Isn't it time the left cuts the b*llsh*t and faces up to the fraud?" he tweeted. .Dan Bongino said panic from media and fact checkers over 2000 Mules is "hard evidence that the information in the movie destroys their 2020 election narratives." .The film was released on Saturday at noon (EST) on Rumble and its subscription-based platform, Locals, at a cost of $29.99 USD or can be rented on SalemNOW for $19.99 USD. According to a release from Rumble, the film grossed more than $1 million in less than 12 hours. .“Supporting creative independence is core to our values, and we are thrilled to offer creators a new way to distribute and sell movies independently,” said Locals President Assaf Lev..“The success of ‘2000 Mules’ on Rumble is a great sign for creators who do not want to be silenced or censored for their speech,” said D’Souza..Ahead of the release, Rumble took to Twitter with an update that said the site had been "under an unprecedented attack." ."Our engineers are working around the clock to mitigate these attacks and prepare for a smooth rollout of our 1st moving launch '2000 Mules' tomorrow." .Rumble calls itself a "neutral video platform that is creating the rails and independent infrastructure designed to be immune to cancel culture." Its stated mission is to "restore the internet to its roots by making it free and open once again."
